Plan C

By Sergio Ruiz Cayuela, a Plan C member. Originally published in Pirate Care. Covid-19, a “not-so-natural” disaster The global Covid-19 pandemic is being faced by governments and covered by the media as a natural disaster. And in a way they are right: as scientists predicted, the rapid change in climatic conditions has created a favourable […]

Social reproduction is what keeps us alive; capitalist production is what’s killing us By Plan C members Susy and Katie The coronavirus pandemic has led to an intensification of reproductive care work, inside and outside of the home, carried out mostly by working class women, migrants and women of colour. A huge recruitment drive for

By Cyril Winstanley The UK government has launched its new hashtag, ‘StaySafeSaveLives’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tweeted, in the know-it-all tone of contemporary social media: “Stay two metres apart.  It’s not such a difficult thing.  Do it.  It really will save lives.” The short imperative sentences with their strong sense of righteousness come from a man who, at

By Iida K Times of crisis give rise to emergency powers. The main function of these powers is to extend the capacity of the state to control the population. The state is built on one central premise: the provision of security for its population, in exchange for obedience and loyalty. This social contract might at