Archive for category: Praxis & Protest

Reparatory Justice

Reparatory Justice

PARCOE is a grassroots alliance working in Europe to amplify the voices of Afrikan Communities of Reparations Interest all over the world. For us in PARCOE, there are spatial dimensions to reparatory justice for people of Afrikan heritage. According to political geographer Edward Soja, ‘spatial (in)justice refers to an intentional […]

On Circulation Struggles

On Circulation Struggles

Today’s left is beset by a lack of strategic reflection. After decades of being weakened, the various forces that comprise the left have been set on the back foot, reacting against the active forces of capital and the state. They have been fractured into a plurality of small-scale and independent […]

Shut Down Yarl’s Wood: A Call to Action

Shut Down Yarl’s Wood: A Call to Action

The demonstration at Yarl’s Wood on Saturday June 6th was at its most powerful, and empowering, the moment the windows of Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre came into view. At this point, the movement inside and outside of detention connected as one – visibly, and audibly. That was when the […]

East Street Resistance

East Street Resistance

Recently, Home Office immigration enforcement teams have been increasingly  targeting the East Street market in Walworth, London, with no less than five raids in a single week. On Sunday 21 June, they came again at 5pm and snatched one man from a fish shop, presumably accused of working without legal […]

Ecstasy & Warmth

Ecstasy & Warmth

For the last few weeks I’ve been caught up in the idea of fugitive planning. In their book The Undercommons, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney talk about “an ensemblic stand, a kinetic set of positions… embodied notation, study, score”, which is “practiced on and over the edge of politics, beneath […]

Social Reproduction and Collective Care

Social Reproduction and Collective Care

A Horizon for Struggles and Practices The Radical Collective Care Project is a small research group investigating the politics of collective practices of care. Our aim is to explore different methodologies from small self-organised experiments (such as mutual legal aid and housing cooperatives), to substantial movements (such as the PAH […]

Eat Together, Fight Together!

Eat Together, Fight Together!

The Free Breakfast for Children Program, organised by the Black Panther Party (BPP), has a powerful legacy. Around 10,000 children were fed daily across North America through this initiative. Based on need and not ability, the Free Breakfast Program offered a glimpse into a way of living that promoted the […]

Organising in our Communities

Organising in our Communities

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) have been organising together for two years on housing, benefits and other issues we face relating to poverty. Over time we have explored ways to make our organising more accessible and better addressed to our diverse needs. There are people in our group for […]

Deliberate Tate

Deliberate Tate

“This piece is no criticism of anyone involved – rather an attempt to inspire some thought on the challenges that confront us if we are really serious in our intention” – Give Up Activism, Do Or Die #9, 2001 Museums and galleries weren’t always the grand institutions we experience today. […]

Urban Struggle: London 2011-2015

Urban Struggle: London 2011-2015

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