Social reproduction is what keeps us alive; capitalist production is what’s killing us By Plan C members Susy and Katie The coronavirus pandemic has led to an intensification of reproductive care work, inside and outside of the home, carried out mostly by working class women, migrants and women of colour. A huge recruitment drive for […]
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Coronavirus
By Tom Anderson, originally published by The Canary. This article is about my experience of being involved in one of the thousands of new mutual aid groups which have sprung up across the British Isles. It’s the first thing that I have written in this confusing time since the global coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak reached the
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Coronavirus, Counter-power
By JB & Plan C Health Group. Epidemiologists, healthcare experts and environmental scientists all knew a pandemic would come. Everything that is happening has been anticipated. Despite these facts, the UK government has systematically dismantled institutional capacities of the NHS and refused to follow advice from scientists and medical experts. We now face an unprecedented
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Coronavirus, Healthcare
Over the coming weeks Plan C will release modules based on different topics we think are important for political education, as well as resources for people to self-organise their own remote sessions. We announce this series with a perspective written by Plan C LDN members Katie H & Nik M, outlining both the opportunity for
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Popular Education
By Cyril Winstanley The UK government has launched its new hashtag, ‘StaySafeSaveLives’. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tweeted, in the know-it-all tone of contemporary social media: “Stay two metres apart. It’s not such a difficult thing. Do it. It really will save lives.” The short imperative sentences with their strong sense of righteousness come from a man who, at
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Coronavirus
By Iida K Times of crisis give rise to emergency powers. The main function of these powers is to extend the capacity of the state to control the population. The state is built on one central premise: the provision of security for its population, in exchange for obedience and loyalty. This social contract might at
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Coronavirus
After an escalation of measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus, Italy has been in full lockdown for a week while a campaign for a “quarantine income” has taken off there. As more countries are implementing social distancing measures, we have translated this text by Eleonora Priori, originally published by NERO editions, partly as
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Coronavirus
By Al Mikey and Julia H We are in the midst of a surreal time. Everything is changing fast in a way that many of us feared and hoped we would not experience. As we enter into a stage of mass social distancing and the crisis deepens, we must not let it scare us into
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Coronavirus, Counter-power
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
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Coronavirus
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
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Feminism
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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Feminism
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
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Education Struggles