An inside look at one of Bristol’s new coronavirus mutual aid groups

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

How to Save Lives: Healthcare Worker Demands

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

Responsibilising Corona

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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Covidnomics: Facing the Contradictions, Imagining New Worlds

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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The Movement of the Concrete: The Arcane of Reproduction in Today’s Politics

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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2+ years of militancy in universities: What do we know and where do we go?

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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