In 1930, when thinking about the future, liberal economist J.M.Keynes believed that; “man [sic] will be faced with his real, his permanent problem – how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well.” […]
Manchester Plan C Launches New Working Group: Workers Against Work Read More »
Work
Yesterday about a 100 people marched in Manchester to remember Clément Meric, an 18-year-old antifascist murdered by fascists in Paris whilst out shopping with friends on Thursday the 6th of June. Our demonstration came in the wake of several other demonstrations across France and in other European countries including Germany, Spain and Italy. In the
RIP Clement Meric: Solidarity Demo in Manchester Read More »
Anti-fascism
Saturday June 1st saw the far-right use the murder of Lee Rigby to mobilise across the country and push their racist ideology. In Leeds we saw one of the largest turnouts of the day by the EDL, who used the opportunity to march through the city centre to the war memorial in an attempt to
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Anti-fascism
“Over the past twelve months we have watched as universities have been dramatically transformed through tuition fee increases, job cuts and restructuring, privatisation and financialisation. Less attention, though, has been drawn to other insidious changes in the sector: the transformation of the classroom and university into a border checkpoint and university workers into immigration control”.
Education Commission Report #2: Education at the Border Read More »
Borders/Migration, Education Struggles
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
A spectre haunts British politics – Thatcherism Read More »
State Violence
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
Up we rise: Reflections on global rebellion Read More »
Actions, Austerity, Inter/Transnational, State Violence, Strategy
The occupation at the University of Sussex began on 7 February over the university management’s intention to outsource 235 jobs to private companies. Since then a “Sussex Against Privatisation” blog has received heavy traffic and yellow squares – the adopted symbol of the campaign – have become ubiquitous across the campus, adorned everywhere from coats
Reflections on #Mar25 at Sussex University Read More »
Education Struggles
Workers at the University of Sussex have formed a new union in a bid to halt the outsourcing of 235 campus jobs. The initiative comes from rank-and-file members of the three recognised campus trade unions, with the support of students from the now six-week old Occupy Sussex movement. Announcing the move at a mass demonstration
Sussex ‘Pop-Up Union’ to fight outsourcing Read More »
Actions, Education Struggles
Press Release – 25/03/13 – 4.30pm Today marks an important and momentous day in the history of resistance at Sussex University and in the United Kingdom. At 1pm today, students from across the country stood alongside academics, university staff and others in a mass display of solidarity and expressed anger at the Management of Sussex
Occupy Sussex Press Release Read More »
Education Struggles
A new regional Plan C group has been formed, active in the Thames Valley area (Berks/Surrey). The group meet regularly (every two weeks) and aim to rotate meetings between various local towns in order to ensure maximum participation in what is a large and disparate geographical region. They are currently focusing on action aimed at
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Misc
Manchester Plan C’s report of their recent strategy discussions: We started the day off with a short discussion around a recurring theme within Plan C: How can we engage in anti-cuts politics without ending up in a position that supports the Big Society and varieties of Plan B? How can we not just defend the
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Strategy
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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Austerity, Counter-power, Strategy