Last week saw national co-ordinate strike activity across the UK as civil servants and NHS staff went on strike for higher wages. The TUC held a national demonstration under the slogan “Britain needs a Payrise” on Saturday the 18th of October. One of the Banner Drops in Leeds Plan C were active in their local […]
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Actions, Healthcare, Strike
This is the second text we’ve posted that emanates from conversations around safety held at Fast Forward. As should be obvious from the title, it’s written as a response to the previous one which can be found here. Neither of these texts represents a Plan C position of safer spaces, and neither is written by
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This text is one of a series emanating from conversations held at Fast Forward. The texts do not represent ‘positions’, but are instead shared in the spirit of the development, contestation and refinement of ideas which characterises Plan C. Originally published by Anonymous Refused For your safety and security… “This safe space policy is designed
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Here’s a quick round-up of some of the things our Plan C groups have been up to recently and some dates for your diary. London Plan C London met in late March to discuss various proposals on developing ourselves as a group. Some of us have been involved in starting The Common House – a
Any attempt to change the world has always been connected to the future – history is driven by a belief in worlds which once seemed impossible. Yet the present is defined by a suffocating cynicism, one in which it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. What would it
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Acid Communism
Plan C MCR: 2nd 6 month strategy review On Saturday the 28th of September Plan C MCR spent the day reviewing their previous 6 month strategy and setting out plans and targets for the next 6 months. For a reminder of our last 6 month plan, head here. The morning was open to both members
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In 1930, when thinking about the future, liberal economist J.M.Keynes believed that; “man [sic] will be faced with his real, his permanent problem – how to use his freedom from pressing economic cares, how to occupy the leisure, which science and compound interest will have won for him, to live wisely and agreeably and well.”
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Work
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
A spectre haunts British politics – Thatcherism Read More »
State Violence
A new regional Plan C group has been formed, active in the Thames Valley area (Berks/Surrey). The group meet regularly (every two weeks) and aim to rotate meetings between various local towns in order to ensure maximum participation in what is a large and disparate geographical region. They are currently focusing on action aimed at
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Misc
“Young people will have to get used to the idea of not having a fixed job for life… what monotony! It is much nicer to change and accept new challenges.” – Mario Monti, Italian Prime Minister “The Future is already here; It’s just unevenly distributed.” – William Gibson I After the defeat and seeming disappearance of
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Social Reproduction
Re-published with the permission of Shift magazine. The recent student unrest has massively expanded political possibilities in the UK and Europe. The game is afoot and the next move is to generalise the struggle beyond the education sector. For many an ‘anti-cuts’ message is the way to do this. There is a danger, however, that
From the Defence of the Present to the Control of the Future Read More »
Education Struggles, Strategy
There are some ideas that many of us in Plan C London share (and more than a few that are contested). This short text is meant to spark a conversation to lead towards a common understanding of organisation and ‘making politics’ and enable us to create the kind of organisation that works for us right
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