By Bertie Russell of Plan C Manchester Writing in the Telegraph at the beginning of April, the now-former Prime Minister framed Brexit as a ‘needless and reckless… act of economic and political self-harm’[i]. The same conclusion was drawn by a Financial Times editorial in the days prior to the referendum; with Brexit amounting to […]
Brexit, Self-Harm, and a Method for Taking Control Read More »
Commons, Inter/Transnational
Dave Brand, Plan C Brighton Post Brexit, my lexit friends keep telling me that the result represents ‘huge opportunities for the left’. The ruling class is in crisis and antagonisms are being sharpened. My answer to these people is always, ‘what Left’? Where is it, what social forces does it have that can take advantage
For a ‘Spoons of the Left Read More »
Commons, Social Reproduction
A German nationwide campaign against Fortress Europe and its fans. Below is the campaign statement of the Nationalismus ist keine Alternative (NIKA) campaign, which our comrades from the Beyond Europe platform ums Ganze! are involved in. NIKA operates as a shared slogan and website for various antifascist and antiracist groups in Germany which take both local action
Introducing: „Nationalismus ist keine Alternative“( Nationalism Is No Alternative ) Read More »
Anti-fascism, Beyond Europe, Inter/Transnational
Plan C has an ongoing commitment to the Social Strike as a strategic and theoretical orientation. This interview hopes to contribute to that process by focusing on the experiences of struggle and the ideas generated by struggle that the Social Strike is based on. The interviewer is Callum Cant, Plan C Brighton, and the interviewee
“Every Strike Acts as an Accelerant”: A Conversation about the Social Strike Read More »
Commons, Strike, Work
No Love for a Nation, No Coal for the Power Station A short report from members of Plan C who took part in the Ende Gelände (#endegelaende) mass action to stop coal production and burning in Germany. Ende Gelände is a grass roots campaign organisation with the aim of shutting down and stopping coal extraction.
No Love for a Nation, No Coal for the Power Station Read More »
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This article is, for the most part, the first result of a weekend session about the political possibilities and desired forms of action and campaigning that Plan C Birmingham might want to be a part of in the city and in the ‘West Midlands Economic Engine’1. As such, it was not meant to be about
Organising in the economic engine: intervention, strategy and critique Read More »
Austerity, Strategy
Originally published by The Word From Struggle Street Blog on the continuing debate around Plan C’s Social Strike and Directional Demands article.
Dancing in the Dark: social strikes and directional demands, some comments on a debate. Read More »
Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike
Austerity is now the new normality in Europe. In these years monetary policies have been used to enforce neo-liberal labour reforms, privatization of the commons, cuts in welfare benefits and less civil rights. European governments and financial institutions use debt and technical parameters as a political tool to play workers and populations against each other, as the blackmail against Greece has shown.
Call for a transnational social strike meeting in Poznan 2-4th Oct. 2015 Read More »
Strike
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Plan C Little Rebel Song Sheet – June 20, 2015 Read More »
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Matt Dunne from Leeds reports on Plan C’s Bloc on the National anti-austerity demonstration on June 20th in London. We organised our biggest intervention as Plan C on a national demonstration as part of the “End Austerity Now” march called by Peoples Assembly. We had put a call out for people to meet by Bishopsgate
“When we go to protest, this is how we do it” – Plan C at J20 Read More »
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Come and join us on the streets – hot banners and slogans guaranteed! Plan C have called a bloc for the national anti-austerity march in London on Saturday June 20th. Over 100,000 people are expected to fill the streets starting at the Bank of England in the heart of the financial district. Plan C will
Everything for Everyone – Plan C Bloc on J20 Read More »
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We’ll be honest, the election results have come as a bit of a shock to us. Today, we were expecting to be entering a period of grubby politicking in the scrabble to form a coalition government. However, a confused and uninspiring Labour campaign failed to capitalise on 5 years of austerity and the collapse of
The Elections are Over. We Still Want Everything for Everyone Read More »
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