This is a call out from Plan C Manchester to oppose the March for England in Blackpool on April 25th. On April 25th, the first Saturday after St George’s Day, the March for England (MfE) will attempt to march again. For several years MfE has been a gathering point for the far right but now […]
The nation can’t save us, demand the future! Read More »
Anti-fascism
On the 25th January 2015, the far-left party Syriza was elected to power in the Hellenic parliamentary elections. By the party’s own admissions, Syriza’s economic policy amounts to little more than a ‘mild Keynesianism’ – yet the very possibility of a challenge to the new normal of austerity marks a radical break in the last
Paul Mason’s new documentary – "Greece: Dreams Take Revenge" Read More »
Inter/Transnational
We as leftists, anarchists and feminists in London support the Kobanê resistance, and will be joining our Kurdish comrades in the global rally on November 1st. We are going to this rally in solidarity not only with resistance fighters in Kobanê, but with the idea of Rojava. We are inspired and fired up by attempts
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Anti-fascism
Today’s public secret is that everyone is anxious. Anxiety has spread from its previous localised locations (such as sexuality) to the whole of the social field. All forms of intensity, self-expression, emotional connection, immediacy, and enjoyment are now laced with anxiety. It has become the linchpin of subordination.
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Mental Health, Social Reproduction, Work
By posting this little write-up of its research, Plan C Manchester is signalling that it is keen to hear from comrades in France and elsewhere facing similar situations—what forms is the anti-homophobia counterpower taking? what struggles lie on the horizon in light of the seemingly effective alliances being forged between single-issue anti-gay-marriage activists and
This is a shorter write-up by members of Plan C Manchester about Wednesday 11th December’s #copsoffcampus activities. A longer account, written also by members of Plan C Manchester but specifically for the Beyond Europe platform, can be read here. In Manchester, the response to recent events in and around the University of London was heartening. We
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Austerity, Education Struggles, State Violence
Back in July Leeds Plan C hosted ‘WTF Is To Be Done?’, a three part series of reading groups on the subject of organisation. We’ve collated some notes from those discussions into a single document in order to use it as the basis for a follow up discussion on October 7th. [Pdf: WTFITBD] WTF IS
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Strategy
It has been noted that Margaret Thatcher’s electoral triumph hastened the emergence of what is now referred to as the ‘post-political consensus’ that came to dominate debates pertaining to the limitations of contemporary parliamentary democracy. We are pleased to see that her recent death has re-ignited political opinion and debate regarding neo-liberalism, and its legacy
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State Violence
Reblogged from The Free Association Published by Zuccotti Park Press as part of their Occupied Media Pamphlet Series + + + “Fantasy wears boots, desire is violent, invention is organised.” – Antonio Negri “Hundreds of protesters stormed the building after smashing through the windows chanting ‘die Tory scum’. Rocks, wooden banners, eggs, rotten fruit and
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Actions, Austerity, Inter/Transnational, State Violence, Strategy
Plan C were one of many groups present at the Up The Anti conference on 1st December, an event hosted by the Anticapitalist Initiative (ACI) with the aim of creating a space for discussion amongst various traditions of the radical left. Although there are some criticisms to be made of the day and problems to
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Austerity, Counter-power, Strategy
October 20th saw the TUC’s second national demonstration against austerity: “A Future That Works”. An estimated 150,000 turned out to march through London, past parliament and finish with a rally at Hyde Park. During the rally, calls for a general strike were well received and seemed more entrenched than last year and it was heartening
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Actions
One of the impulses driving Plan C is the conviction that because the economic crisis has fundamentally changed what’s politically possible then the Left, the activists and those involved with social movements need to fundamentally re-assess what they do and how they organise to do it. To help us think through this process of recomposition
