The fall of Afrin in Rojava in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria has been announced at the hands of Turkish forces and “Free” Syrian Army militias (some documented as allied to ISIS and Al Qaeda). Although the Kurdish and Democratic forces of the YPG/YPJ have announced their intention to continue the struggle against the […]
The fall of Afrin and the wider context in Syria Read More »
Kurdistan
“A woman’s work is never done.” There’s something insulting about the neutered cutesification of the familiar realities of women’s lives – vast swathes of which are dedicated to the largely unpaid task of domestic or caring labour upon which all other work depends. Ask anyone facing down that mammoth, life-long work assignment and they’ll tell
Women’s Strike: Reclaiming the Future of Work Read More »
Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Strike
The University of Sussex had been slowly grinding to a halt since the start of the UCU strike. Things came to a head last week, with the students calling a national demonstration for 15th March, and the management’s decision to shut down campus in response. All sorts of emails were flying around from the VC’s
Sussex Students in Solidarity with the UCU Read More »
Counter-power, Education Struggles, Strike
I am a professional. That’s how I am referred to in my work, that’s how I refer to myself in the course of doing my job and that’s how the people I work with refer to me. Or rather my ‘service users’, as we insist on calling them. I am the service, they are the
Professionalism and alienation: How to maintain capitalist relations Read More »
Work
In November British broadcaster ITV aired a documentary called “Undercover: Inside Britain’s New Far Right” focussing on emerging far right groups and activists in the UK. The programme was notable in tracing the links between trends in the far right. The programme followed the bid of the self-proclaimed “counter jihad” activist Anne Marie Waters to
WTF are Generation Identity? Read More »
Anti-fascism
In the first days of January 2018, Tunisia has been shaken by a new round of social rebellion for socioeconomic rights, including demonstrations, roadblocks, and clashes with the police in most regions of the country. I will first summarise the facts and then provide a theoretical interpretation. The proximate cause of the unrest is the
On the latest round of social rebellion in Tunisia Read More »
Inter/Transnational
DEMO: 1PM SUNDAY FEBRUARY 18TH / CENTRAL LONDON For endorsements and help in mobilising for this bloc – please contact us at london@weareplanc.org Please keep up to date using our facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/410114042778033/ For over two weeks, the citizen militias of Afrin Canton in Northern Syria have been bravely fighting against the Turkish army’s invasion.
Defend Afrin: Plan C Solidarity Bloc Read More »
Kurdistan
We must join with our Kurdish comrades at this moment. As a small gesture of material support we will be donating £600 that we have raised through the sale of comic books to Heyva Sor , the Kurdish Red Crescent. We strongly encourage others to do the same.
Solidarity with Afrin! Defend the Rojava Revolution! Read More »
Kurdistan
A short campaign statement written by Plan C Manchester explaining their decision to focus on building an ACORN renters union branch in 2017 – 2018.
Build Power, Build the Union: Campaign statement by Plan C MCR 2017 – 2018 Read More »
Housing
Crisis in the migrant sector The other day, there were landings in three Sicilian ports and in Sardinia. One and a half thousand people who somehow, between one deal and another made far above their heads, managed to get past the Libyan Coast Guard. But they were the exception. Landings are down by two thirds
Mafia in the Parliament, Naval Battles at Sea, Violence in the Hostels. This is the latest in a series on migration in Italy. You can see the first one here. It’s not going well, to say the least. This week we saw the elections for the Sicilian regional parliament. Sicily represents around 10% of the
The November issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. After a bit of a break, we’re publishing again. This month we’ve got reports from a victorious strike in Bristol and a big precarious labour demonstration in London. Across the country, a new round of Deliveroo conflicts are starting
