Less than a year after the start of the criminal war of aggression against the canton Afrin, the people of North-Eastern Syria are again confronted with an aggression by the fascist state of Turkey and its Islamist allies. The threats of the Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan are no empty words, are not just election […]
Statement and call to action by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava Read More »
Kurdistan
Just over a year ago the first edition of the Social Strike Game rulebook was released into the world. The game, a table-top, scenario planning game, was designed to do three things. Firstly, we were aiming to spread the idea of social strikes and help people grasp the analysis behind it. Secondly, we wanted to
The Social Strike Game (Edition Two) – Now with added dice Read More »
Kurdistan, Social Strike
“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 republish the call for the next Transnational Social Strike Platform meeting which will take place on the weekend of November 23-24th in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information and translations of the call please checkout the TSS website. Last year helped published a reader on logistics which is a great place to start on understanding
Against the Logistics of Exploitation. Stockholm November 23-24th 2018 Read More »
Kurdistan, Social Strike
Earlier in week of May 21st, Kurdish youth and supporters, including members of Plan C Rojava Cluster, occupied a vacant building near Edgware Road, Central London. Kurdistan Place, Portsea Mews, W2. (Just off Edgeware Road). A newly occupied space by Anna Campbell’s friends to promote solidarity with the Kurdish people’s struggle. Please read below:
KURDISTAN PLACE: A NEW SOLIDARITY SPACE IN LONDON Read More »
Kurdistan
On Saturday March 31st, around 1,000 people converged on Old Quebec Street, Marble Arch, London to demand that the body of Anna Campbell be returned and that a ceasefire is called on Turkey’s invasion of Syria. Anna was a 26 year old anarchist and anti-fascist comrade, killed alongside two close comrades by an airstrike while
Anna lives on. Report from the Defend Afrin demonstration in London Read More »
Kurdistan
Plan C is working with groups all over Europe to support the women’s military units in both Rojava and Shengal by funding “Celox” hemostatic dressings.
Defend the Women’s Revolution: Bandages for Shengal and Afrin Read More »
Kurdistan
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
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
Claire is a member of Plan C London. I don’t know about you, but my social media feed is exploding with accounts of sexism and violence right now. It has been quite a month for us Feminists On The Internet, that is for sure. First, there was the incredible, largely anti-trans, response to proposed changes
We Are Not Alone: Organising in and beyond #metoo Read More »
Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Strike