We need to recognise that ‘staying at home’ doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone. For some, homes are a sanctuary. For others, the home is another place of work, where cooking, cleaning and childcare take up the majority of their time and energy. There are many for whom the home is a place of
Pandemic Inequalities, Pandemic Demands Read More »
By Leopoldina Fortunati On 8 March, Women’s Strike demonstrations were held in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Plymouth, while massive International Women’s Day mobilisations were taking place across the world. On 9 March, women’s strikes were also held in a number of countries including Chile, Argentina, Spain, and Poland, with the highest turnout
The Movement of the Concrete: The Arcane of Reproduction in Today’s Politics Read More »
Written by the Women’s Strike Assembly Bristol and reproduced here by Plan C. On the 8th of March millions of women go on strike across the world. We strike from the work we do, both paid and unpaid, that keeps the world turning and the profits flowing, while the conditions of our lives continue to
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By Gareth Brown and David Harvie. Cover photo credit: Jacob. On the move UCU (University and College Union) is on the move. Less than six years ago, our union’s national leadership was ordering 2-hour strikes. A handful of lecturers plus assorted librarians, technicians, and others stood shivering on the perimeters of campuses in what appeared
2+ years of militancy in universities: What do we know and where do we go? Read More »
We’re republishing the following piece as we think its adds some useful stuff to the discussion on community organising. It was published in January in Freedom News, originally posted on the South Norwood Community Kitchen blog. Community kitchens are popping up all around the country and they are truly spaces that can make the world
Don’t despair, organise! How to start a community kitchen Read More »
We republish this call, originally posted by Global Project, to participate to the Venice Climate Meeting this spring. As the climate crisis becomes more explicit and brutal, let’s strengthen our transnational connections to challenge fossil capital and extractivism! The latest pictures of Australia on fire and the images of Venice covered by an extraordinary high
Venice, 28-29 March: Meeting and strike for climate justice and against mega works Read More »
Guest writer Jacob Stringer, housing and social movements researcher, writes about his experiences of community organising. In the wake of an unexpectedly savage general election defeat for the most left wing Labour Party manifesto in a generation, many people are asking ‘what next?’. Along with new leadership for the party and yet another round of
Organise Your Life to Organise Read More »
A week on from Labour’s resounding defeat in the UK General Election, Plan C London member Nik Matheou reflects on the Corbyn moment’s passing, the role of the institutional and autonomous Lefts, and the potential for building a broad-based socialist movement beyond electoralism. In this moment of electoral defeat, it’s important not to fall back
None of Us Cracked the Corbyn Moment – but, Comrades, We Can All Build On It Read More »
On Sunday 1st December, nine University of Reading students attempted to occupy the ICMA building on the university campus. Two students have been informed that disciplinary action is being taken against them. One has been suspended immediately and banned from campus. The other student has been banned from campus. Below is a joint statement by
Revoke the ban on the University of Reading students! Read More »
Whatever the outcome of the election, we need to keep fighting on the ground We are all desperate for a reprieve from the punishment the Tory (and Lib Dem) governments have inflicted on us in the UK over the last decade. And we know the stories with the fairytale endings: we’re waiting for a hero
A hero lies in you: Plan C statement on the UK General Election Read More »
