Back in July Leeds Plan C hosted ‘WTF Is To Be Done?’, a three part series of reading groups on the subject of organisation. We’ve collated some notes from those discussions into a single document in order to use it as the basis for a follow up discussion on October 7th. [Pdf: WTFITBD] WTF IS […]
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It has been noted that Margaret Thatcher’s electoral triumph hastened the emergence of what is now referred to as the ‘post-political consensus’ that came to dominate debates pertaining to the limitations of contemporary parliamentary democracy. We are pleased to see that her recent death has re-ignited political opinion and debate regarding neo-liberalism, and its legacy
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Reblogged from The Free Association Published by Zuccotti Park Press as part of their Occupied Media Pamphlet Series + + + “Fantasy wears boots, desire is violent, invention is organised.” – Antonio Negri “Hundreds of protesters stormed the building after smashing through the windows chanting ‘die Tory scum’. Rocks, wooden banners, eggs, rotten fruit and
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Plan C were one of many groups present at the Up The Anti conference on 1st December, an event hosted by the Anticapitalist Initiative (ACI) with the aim of creating a space for discussion amongst various traditions of the radical left. Although there are some criticisms to be made of the day and problems to
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October 20th saw the TUC’s second national demonstration against austerity: “A Future That Works”. An estimated 150,000 turned out to march through London, past parliament and finish with a rally at Hyde Park. During the rally, calls for a general strike were well received and seemed more entrenched than last year and it was heartening
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One of the impulses driving Plan C is the conviction that because the economic crisis has fundamentally changed what’s politically possible then the Left, the activists and those involved with social movements need to fundamentally re-assess what they do and how they organise to do it. To help us think through this process of recomposition
Re-published with the permission of Shift magazine. The recent student unrest has massively expanded political possibilities in the UK and Europe. The game is afoot and the next move is to generalise the struggle beyond the education sector. For many an ‘anti-cuts’ message is the way to do this. There is a danger, however, that
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Republished with permission of Shift Magazine. I I want to start with a quotation from a Socialist Workers Party poster that I saw on the way to the Anarchist Bookfair. It said: ‘Fight Back the Wrecking Tory Cuts’. There is no doubt that the cuts have to be rejected and will be opposed; society will
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Some of the members of Plan C MCR were involved with organising the very first Occupy! Manchester event which took place over a year ago during the Tory party conference in 2011. Whilst it didn’t meet all it aimed to achieve we stand by its attempts at moving beyond familiar forms of political action. For
Re-published with permission from Shift Magazine. Originally published early 2012. Shift Magazine: There has been much talk of finding an economic ‘plan B’ in the media recently, notably with the New Statesman publishing nine respected economists’ suggestions for George Osborne in October. Could you briefly outline what you see plan A as being and the
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