On the 25th January 2015, the far-left party Syriza was elected to power in the Hellenic parliamentary elections. By the party’s own admissions, Syriza’s economic policy amounts to little more than a ‘mild Keynesianism’ – yet the very possibility of a challenge to the new normal of austerity marks a radical break in the last […]
Paul Mason’s new documentary – "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge" Read More »
Demanding the Future: Plan C MCR Campaign Statement February 13th 2015 On May 7th people in the UK will go the polling station to elect the next government. Political events such as elections offer us a chance to think about the future of the society we want to live in and make some
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It’s getting to that time of year we all start panicking about what our loved ones would like for Christmas… Well don’t worry, because Plan C MCR has the perfect solution! That’s right, for just £8 you can get your very own limited edition contemporary communist scarf ™! Perfect for looking the part on a
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Midwives’ working conditions are mothers’ birthing conditions Download the Midwives Leaflet Following on from their first ever strike last month, the Royal College of Midwives have decided to strike again on Monday 24 November. Despite well-attended picket lines and broad public support on 12 October, the government is continuing to ignore demands for a
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On Thursday 6th November, Turkish troops murdered Kader Ortakaya, a young woman, at the Turkey-Syria border near Kobanê. She was taking part in a “human chain” demonstration when she was shot in the head. In the last month Turkish soldiers and police have killed around 50 Kurds and others protesting inside Turkey. Meanwhile, across the
On 15th-17th October, the international property conference MIPIM came to London for the first time. Mayor Boris Johnson welcomed developers, investors, public and private property owners (including local government,) and others to a gathering of buying and selling two of capitalism’s most enduringly popular commodities; land and buildings. Between 15th-20th of October, the Radical Housing
Housing organising in London: co-ordination beyond opposition? Read More »
We as leftists, anarchists and feminists in London support the Kobanê resistance, and will be joining our Kurdish comrades in the global rally on November 1st. We are going to this rally in solidarity not only with resistance fighters in Kobanê, but with the idea of Rojava. We are inspired and fired up by attempts
Viva Kobanê Resistance / 2pm Saturday 1st November Read More »
Another strike was called. Another TUC demo in London. And around us we heard the same collective sighs as when an alarm rings for work. The call out came with little vigour, the heeding even less so. 3 days were originally called, and this resulted in 2. We supported the strike but with a similar
#strikeup: what it was, what it did, and what it told us. Read More »
Last week saw national co-ordinate strike activity across the UK as civil servants and NHS staff went on strike for higher wages. The TUC held a national demonstration under the slogan “Britain needs a Payrise” on Saturday the 18th of October. One of the Banner Drops in Leeds Plan C were active in their local
Report back from National Strikes and TUC National Demo (Oct. 2014) Read More »
This is the second text we’ve posted that emanates from conversations around safety held at Fast Forward. As should be obvious from the title, it’s written as a response to the previous one which can be found here. Neither of these texts represents a Plan C position of safer spaces, and neither is written by
Response to anonymousrefused/’For your safety and Security’ Read More »
