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TSS London — FULL PROGRAMME

Plan C is hosting the Transnational Social Strike Meeting (www.transnational-strike.info) on Feb 10-11-12. With over 150 participants from 40 organisations – we are holding a series of workshops, view the full programme here: http://planc.autonomic.zone/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/FINAL-TSSLondon.pdf The meetings will be happening at several venues (check the programme for details). ✪✪✪✪ REGISTRATION ✪✪✪✪ If you would like to […]

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

8th February 2017

Rebel Roo #4

The fourth issue of the Rebel Roo, a self-organised Deliveroo workers’ bulletin supported by Plan C, is now being distributed around the UK (and further afield). This issue covers the strike in Brighton, Error 503 app crashes, cuts to hours is Middlesbrough, and working conditions in Marseilles. Riders around the country are getting more and

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

7th February 2017

“A real revolution is a mass of contradictions” – Interview with our member in Rojava

In October 2016 Peter Loo travelled to Rojava* to volunteer as an English teacher and participate in work within civil society – the outcome of over 14 months of organising within the Plan C Rojava solidarity cluster. He is currently working for the SYPG campaign in Qamishlo. As well as directly offering his skills Peter

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Kurdistan

1st February 2017

At the Forefront of the Struggle Against Capitalism and Patriarchy

I began this year by crossing into the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria, commonly referred to in the West as Rojava. Rojava is seeing the creation of a radical, autonomous democracy with feminist and ecological values at its foundation, all whilst embroiled in the ongoing civil war and facing open hostility from surrounding countries.

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Feminism, Kurdistan

23rd January 2017

The Kurdish revolution – a report from Rojava

Peter Loo, Rojava Solidarity Cluster This report was originally published in December by the Red Pepper. In 2012 the PYD, a Kurdish political party connected to the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) based in Turkey, took advantage of the spiralling chaos of the Syrian civil war to eject regime forces from large parts of Northern Syria (Rojava

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

16th January 2017

Transnational social strike – London assembly 10th-11th february 2017 – callout

With as many as 2 million EU migrants facing the uncertainty of Brexit, with many non-EU migrants asking for asylum or simply working in the UK facing the exacerbation of immigration controls, on the 20th February 2017 a “migrant strike” has been proposed in the UK called «one day without us». The term – initiated

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

16th January 2017

Rebel Roo #3

The January issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue covers a successful strike by Bristol trainers, Deliveroo being forced to back down over their attempts to victimise a London worker, the City-Sprint legal ruling and a call out from striking Foodora workers in Italy. If you

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

10th January 2017

Teaching English to Migrants in Birmingham

Bea Hughes, Birmingham Plan C From November to July last year members of IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) s and Plan C partnered with Kurds to form an English Language teaching initiative. The project came about after members of IWW showed documentaries on the social revolution in Rojava and held discussions on texts on

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Borders/Migration, Commons, Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

9th January 2017

Rebel Roo #2

Rebel Roo #2 is here. This December issue of the Deliveroo Workers’ bulletin contains updates from London, Brighton, Berlin and Italy as well as information on how to get in touch with union-building projects currently being led by the Industrial Workers of the World and the Independent Workers of Great Britain. If you want to get in

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

7th December 2016

‘What do you mean you support Rojava?’

This article was written by two friends of Plan C who recently returned from Rojava. The Rojava Solidarity Cluster is interested the issue of support in Rojava and hope this text contributes to that understanding in the broader left. It is also worth noting that there is currently a member of the cluster in Rojava

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

29th November 2016

A New Initiative: Rebel Roo #1

The struggle for decent wages and conditions within the ‘gig economy’ has entered a new phase recently with the Uber court victory and the announcement of a union-building drive by the IWGB amongst Deliveroo workers in London. The initial energy of the summer’s spontaneous strikes is successfully being converted into long-term campaigns. As part of

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

16th November 2016

Direct support for the revolution in Rojava

This October I have travelled to Rojava to offer what skills I have as a volunteer. Despite three years of military attack, political hostility, and economic embargo the revolution in Rojava, complete with all the victories, setbacks, and contradictions that this process entails, is continuing to expand in the midst of the brutal Syrian civil

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan

7th October 2016