March 2017 – We are Plan C

Final Statement on TSS Assembly, London 2017

The Transnational Social Strike Platform (TSSP) is an international conglomeration of grass roots unions, migrant collectives and militants, collectively exploring what it means to take strike action today as well as coordinating internationally in order to deliver more effective strategies for worker’s struggles. Plan C is an active participant within this co-ordination, that is now […]

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike

27th March 2017

Free University Brighton: Education for love, not money

Matt Lee, Brighton Plan C “We know that the more a place is set apart for free play, the more it influences people’s behavior and the greater is its force of attraction.” (Ivan Chtcheglov, 1953) Free University Brighton (FUB) is both a protest against the growing marketisation of education and a practical response. It

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Education Struggles

25th March 2017

Creatures of the Night: Changes in the Labour Process at Sainsbury’s

The retail sector employs 2.8 million people, over 10% of the total UK workforce. If we want to understand how those workers can develop their power and leverage we need to understand the specifics of their work. It’s in this spirit that we’re sharing this anonymous first hand report from the Sainsbury’s shop floor, explaining

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Work

22nd March 2017

Women Fight Back: Reports from March 8th

International Womens’ day 2017 saw the first ever International Womens’ strike, and a huge range of activity in the UK and beyond. We collected some texts reflecting on the strike here. The following reports come from a few key areas where Plan C groups either led mobilisations or participated in events that have not been widely reported in

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Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strike

14th March 2017

Becoming Critical: Update on IWW vs. Deliveroo in Leeds

Friday 10th March saw a critical moment in the growing struggle in Deliveroo in Leeds. A mass bike ride was called by Bradford IWW, in City Square for 6pm. By the time we set off there were 100 plus people; mostly cyclists, a third of them Deliveroo couriers, the rest of us supporters, troublemakers and

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Work

13th March 2017

March 8th International Women’s Strike Reader

Tomorrow will see the first ever Transnational Women’s strike. In over 30 countries around the world women will refuse waged and reproductive work, walkout, demonstrate, blockade, wear black and more. This important moment comes on the back of women’s strikes in Argentina, Spain, Poland and Ireland and large feminist mobilisations against authoritarian nationalism and its

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Feminism, Social Reproduction, Strike

7th March 2017

The Impossibility of the International Women’s Strike is Exactly Why It’s So Necessary

Camille Barbagallo The article was originally published on Novara Media. The international women’s strike is impossible. Really, it is. But let’s be very clear – the impossibility of the women’s strike is precisely why it is one of the most important things that needs to be done. The impossibility of the women’s strike is not

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Feminism, Social Reproduction, Strike

7th March 2017

Video: What went down at the Transnational Social Strike Assembly

On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations and 9 countries to discuss, organise and plan around questions of the social strike. This video, produced by Tom Staricoff, gives you a flavour of the event. If you want to engage with those ideas further

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

6th March 2017

Rebel Roo #5

The March issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue contains two big reports from Leeds and Brighton. Workers there have been striking, demonstrating and generally raising hell over bad wages and victimisation! If you want to get in touch with other workers or distribute paper copies

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

4th March 2017

Reflecting on ‘One Day Without Us’

The following is a compilation of collective impressions and feedback from Plan C members, all of whom were involved in the ‘One Day Without Us’ day of action. Where did it come from? The ‘One Day Without Us’ campaign was arranged following the U.K.’s decision to leave the E.U. It was a spontaneous coalition of

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Anti-fascism, Borders/Migration

4th March 2017