One year after the anti-G20 mobilisations in Hamburg, Anna Clara Basilicò from globalproject.info has interviewed the social movement scholars Peter Ullrich – researcher at the Technische Universität Berlin – and Donatella Della Porta – professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Florence. We have decided to re-publish this interview in light of the recent wave […]
“The women’s strike made us protagonists in history.” On a heatwave evening on a busy street corner in Bethnal Green, the shouts of “Marielle vive” and “Jin, jiyan, azadi” rang out. These chants — the first commemorating Marielle Franco, a black feminist socialist organiser from the Maré favela of Rio de Janeiro who was assassinated
High on the Feminist Tide: Ni Una Menos, the Women’s Strike and a revolution for all Read More »
Counter-power, Feminism, Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike
We have translated this text by Italian neo-workerist economist Andrea Fumagalli, first published on Effimera.org. Fumagalli analyses Italy’s new right-wing government resulting from the alliance of far-right Lega Nord and populist Five Star Movement (M5S). Some people, especially outside of Italy, have thought of the M5S as a leftist electoral force. The M5S, however, has
Reflections on Italy’s new government Read More »
Anti-fascism, Borders/Migration, Inter/Transnational
In February this year one of our members had a chance to sit down with a comrade from Autonom Organisering (AO) in Lund, southern Sweden. They talked about the Swedish political situation and AO’s wider network, the Autonomous Revolutionary Nordic Alliance (ARNA), who we first saw mobilising for the G20 in Hamburg. Could you briefly
Organising autonomously – an interview with AO from Sweden. Read More »
Actions, Anti-fascism, Beyond Europe, Borders/Migration, Inter/Transnational
This communiqué, from the evening of Wednesday 11th April, recounts the mood of the ZAD after 3 days of evictions. The government announced the eviction of the ZAD on the 17th January, along with its abandonment of long-standing plans to relocate a nearby airport to the land. The 31st of March marked the end of the
Against Macron and his world: Communiqué from the ZAD Read More »
Climate/Ecology, Commons, Counter-power, Inter/Transnational, Radical Municipalism
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
Introduction by the TSS PLATFORM This reader collects texts written by workers, activists and trade union members from several European countries, who took part in the discussions promoted by the Transnational Social Strike Platform around the issue of logistics. Since the beginning, as TSS platform we recognised that logistics poses an unavoidable political challenge to
TSS Reader: Logistics, Power, Strike: Elements for the Political Infrastructure Read More »
Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike
This article is a different version of a piece published in Vice, and written by a member of Plan C who attended the G20 summit protests. It’s 2am on Saturday morning and in the heart of St. Pauli, a district of Hamburg known for its celebration of counter-culture, the atmosphere crackles with tension. Through the
The Hamburg “City-Strike”: Towards a Way Beyond the G20 Summit Read More »
Actions, Beyond Europe, Climate/Ecology, Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike
Hamburg G20 protest: a photo diary A collection of photos from our comrades in Hamburg for the G20 counter-protests. 6th July – Welcome to Hell anticapitalist demonstration. 7th July – Shut Down the Harbour! + Blockade of the summit 8th July – Solidarity without Borders Instead of G20 demonstration
Live from Hamburg G20 – news from the streets Read More »
Inter/Transnational
This is the English translation of the G20 call out-from our comrades …ums Ganze!, who are part of Beyond Europe, an antiauthoritarian platform against capitalism. The G20 takes place from the 6th-8th July in Hamburg. “As long as there are masters and servants, Our mission is not accomplished.” Hamburg, “Gate to the World” (“Tor zur
G20 Hamburg: Blast the chain. Bring the harbor to a halt. Read More »
Beyond Europe, Inter/Transnational
The Transnational Social Strike Platform (TSSP) is an international conglomeration of grass roots unions, migrant collectives and militants, collectively exploring what it means to take strike action today as well as coordinating internationally in order to deliver more effective strategies for worker’s struggles. Plan C is an active participant within this co-ordination, that is now
Final Statement on TSS Assembly, London 2017 Read More »
Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike
On February 10-12th Plan C hosted the third Transnational Social Strike Assembly in London. It brought together 160 people from 40 organisations and 9 countries to discuss, organise and plan around questions of the social strike. This video, produced by Tom Staricoff, gives you a flavour of the event. If you want to engage with those ideas further
Video: What went down at the Transnational Social Strike Assembly Read More »
Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike