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Video: What went down at the Transnational Social Strike Assembly

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 […]

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

6th March 2017

Rebel Roo #5

The March issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This issue contains two big reports from Leeds and Brighton. Workers there have been striking, demonstrating and generally raising hell over bad wages and victimisation! If you want to get in touch with other workers or distribute paper copies

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Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike, Work

4th March 2017

“We’re Many and Growing At a Global Level” – an Interview with the Strike4Repeal Campaign

As International Women’s day approaches calls for a global women’s strike echo through headlines and social media. Rights that we fought hard to win and considered unassailable seem to be up for discussion. Actions will be taking place in over thirty countries so far; women across the globe are mobilising to take direct action and

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Feminism, Strike

28th February 2017

Assembling the Strike: Recordings from the TSS Assembly

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 on the social strike. We’re pleased to be able to share recordings of all but one of the workshops that took place on the Saturday of

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Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike

16th February 2017

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

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

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

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

Polish womens strike – Interview with a participant

The first Black Protest (Czarny Protest) on Monday 3 October was the largest strike by women in Polish history. In opposition to a proposed new law banning all abortions, 100,000 women took part in demonstrations across 147 cities and towns in Poland, with 30,000 attending a demonstration in Warsaw. It was estimated by The Independent

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Inter/Transnational, Social Reproduction, Strike

11th October 2016

Solidarity Networks and Rent Strikes

This is the text of a pamphlet handed out at the recent Rent Strike Weekender. You can find a pdf of the pamphlet itself here. Renting is shit – but rent isn’t our only problem. We work, more than ever before. We’re depressed and anxious, more than ever before. Life is expensive, academic work is

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Commons, Education Struggles, Feminism, Housing, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strategy, Strike

23rd September 2016