A crowd of red flags had already mostly blocked the road by the time I got to the St James Tavern in Kemptown. At 4pm on a sunny Saturday, which would normally be prime drinking time, the bar staff were walking out and a large crowd was there to cheer them on.
“WE’RE GOING TO WIN! WE’RE GOING TO WIN!” Read More »
Strike, Work
Join us in London on Saturday January 19th as we show solidarity with Russian anti-fascists currently being tortured and repressed by the Russian state, 2pm at CABLE STREET MEMORIAL. 19-1-19 // CABLE STREET MEMORIAL, London, E1 0BL (Facebook event, here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1954513344639049/) Russian anti-fascists and anarchists are being arrested, framed and tortured in a brutal wave of repression which has put
Russian anti-fascists under attack: London Solidarity demo Read More »
Actions, Anti-fascism, Borders/Migration, Counter-power, Feminism, Inter/Transnational, Strike
In the wake of the UCU strike, the 2018-19 Pay Negotiations are now underway. Last year, the unions settled for a below inflation increase of 1.7%, this year things might be a bit different. Militancy on campuses, distilled into collective action, sowed the seeds of discontent, and there’s a real possibility that we will be
HE strike – What next? Read More »
Education Struggles, Strike, Work
This communiqué, from the evening of Wednesday 11th April, recounts the mood of the ZAD after 3 days of evictions. The government announced the eviction of the ZAD on the 17th January, along with its abandonment of long-standing plans to relocate a nearby airport to the land. The 31st of March marked the end of the
Against Macron and his world: Communiqué from the ZAD Read More »
Climate/Ecology, Commons, Counter-power, Inter/Transnational, Radical Municipalism
The student movement which started in 2010 in protest of the tripling of tuition fees in higher education predominantly took the form of direct action, with its preferred tactic being the occupation of public space. This was a powerful act of defiance against the privatisation of services forced through austerity. While we should have no
Struggles in education and political re-composition: On the latest UCU strikes Read More »
Education Struggles, Strike, Work
The University of Sussex had been slowly grinding to a halt since the start of the UCU strike. Things came to a head last week, with the students calling a national demonstration for 15th March, and the management’s decision to shut down campus in response. All sorts of emails were flying around from the VC’s
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Counter-power, Education Struggles, Strike
This article is a different version of a piece published in Vice, and written by a member of Plan C who attended the G20 summit protests. It’s 2am on Saturday morning and in the heart of St. Pauli, a district of Hamburg known for its celebration of counter-culture, the atmosphere crackles with tension. Through the
The Hamburg “City-Strike”: Towards a Way Beyond the G20 Summit Read More »
Actions, Beyond Europe, Climate/Ecology, Inter/Transnational, Kurdistan, Social Strike, Strike
This is the English translation of the G20 call out-from our comrades …ums Ganze!, who are part of Beyond Europe, an antiauthoritarian platform against capitalism. The G20 takes place from the 6th-8th July in Hamburg. “As long as there are masters and servants, Our mission is not accomplished.” Hamburg, “Gate to the World” (“Tor zur
G20 Hamburg: Blast the chain. Bring the harbor to a halt. Read More »
Beyond Europe, Inter/Transnational
Originally published by Novara Media. Cam Stocks, Plan C London. The biggest hospital in Europe. An NHS trust straddling one of the starkest economic divides in the country, from London’s least employed borough to the gleaming towers of the City. An ex-CEO and chief nursing officer who resigned just two years ago after the trust reported
Serco vs Staff: Why Barts Health Cleaners Are Voting to Strike Read More »
Social Reproduction, Strike, Work
The May issue of Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. It contains updates from the Precarious Mayday demonstration in Brighton, as well as a call for a ‘general deconnection’ from France and a guide to setting up a rank and file group in your city. Get the PDF here, or contact rebelroouk@gmail.com
The April issue of the Rebel Roo, a bulletin for and by Deliveroo workers, is here. This month we’ve got reports from victorious campaigns in Leeds and Brighton, as well as an update from roos in France who are taking on management over pay cuts. After a series of successful first confrontations with management we need to expand
International Womens’ day 2017 saw the first ever International Womens’ strike, and a huge range of activity in the UK and beyond. We collected some texts reflecting on the strike here. The following reports come from a few key areas where Plan C groups either led mobilisations or participated in events that have not been widely reported in
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Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strike