Guest writer Jacob Stringer, housing and social movements researcher, writes about his experiences of community organising. In the wake of an unexpectedly savage general election defeat for the most left wing Labour Party manifesto in a generation, many people are asking ‘what next?’. Along with new leadership for the party and yet another round of […]
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Counter-power, Strategy
A week on from Labour’s resounding defeat in the UK General Election, Plan C London member Nik Matheou reflects on the Corbyn moment’s passing, the role of the institutional and autonomous Lefts, and the potential for building a broad-based socialist movement beyond electoralism. In this moment of electoral defeat, it’s important not to fall back
None of Us Cracked the Corbyn Moment – but, Comrades, We Can All Build On It Read More »
Plan B+
On Sunday 1st December, nine University of Reading students attempted to occupy the ICMA building on the university campus. Two students have been informed that disciplinary action is being taken against them. One has been suspended immediately and banned from campus. The other student has been banned from campus. Below is a joint statement by
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Education Struggles
Whatever the outcome of the election, we need to keep fighting on the ground We are all desperate for a reprieve from the punishment the Tory (and Lib Dem) governments have inflicted on us in the UK over the last decade. And we know the stories with the fairytale endings: we’re waiting for a hero
A hero lies in you: Plan C statement on the UK General Election Read More »
Plan B+
On 9 November, Oslo Against Racism (Oslo Mot Rasisme, OMR) and other anti-fascists carried out a demonstration and blockade campaign against the racist conference Scandza Forum at Sinsen in Oslo. The aim of this action was to prevent the nazis from peacefully planning their genocidal agenda. Unfortunately, the police chose to respond to the action
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Anti-fascism
You might have read our article ‘Universal Disaster’ published in May this year. Well, here’s an update on the ‘progress’ of the Department for Work and Pensions’ nasty and very expensive publicity campaign, designed to convince us that Universal Credit (UC) is a good thing… rather than a deeply punitive welfare benefits system, that creates
Kick Boris Out continues its campaign to oust Boris Johnson from his seat with a street party this Saturday. Along with sound systems and dancing, #FCKBoris activists will be registering people to vote. Their aim is to get thousands of people registered by the 26th November deadline. One activist commented: “We’re joining together to show that Boris
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Actions
A perspective from Plan C’s Kurdistan Cluster on the current struggle in North-East Syria, following the Turkish state’s invasion earlier this month. We’ve said before why the Women’s Revolution must be supported and defended, and others have powerfully argued the same in recent weeks. So, in this moment of existential crisis, we focus on addressing
Over the last two weeks, mass popular protests have escalated in Chile putting forward demands including the reduction of social inequalities, better, accessible and public welfare services, and a redressing of the rising cost of living. So far, the mobilisations have culminated in the mass countrywide marches of 25 October, in which over three millions
Until it is worth living: Solidarity with the Chilean struggle for a dignified life! Read More »
Inter/Transnational
By Désobéissance Ecolo Paris – reprinted article from 19th October 2019. 🚨 We are living among a major revolutionary sequence of events that we must seize in its global, not isolated, character. Like the Arab Spring, like the movements of 1936, 1968, 1989, this autumn is neither ordinary nor benign, it is ungovernable. For several
People are rising up. Everywhere. 🔥 Read More »
Actions, Inter/Transnational
Report back: a Plan C member from Wakefield gives details of the activities of the Kirklees Anti Fascist Assembly, set up a year ago in an area with a significant history of far-right activity. My name is Smurf. I’m from Wakefield. I work as a support worker for adults with special needs and mental health
Grooming gangs and sexual violence: challenging far right narratives on the streets Read More »
Anti-fascism, Feminism
We were privileged to have scott crow of the Common Ground Collective join us for Plan C’s first ever Zoom call on 30th September, talking about solidarity, crisis and building community outside the activist bubble. On a rainy Monday evening, over forty people in the UK joined an online call with an anarchist friend across
“At the end of the day, it’s just us” – Mutual Aid, Direct Action and Disasters Read More »
Counter-power