Poor people’s movements and how to win
I have been re-reading a classic of social movement studies ‘Poor people’s movements: Why they succeed and how they fail’ […]
Organising to develop members: who to have 121s with
There isn’t much academic work on deepening the involvement of new members in a social movement organisation. Since I am […]
A mental health check-in for activists
The world is messed up and that’s why a lot of people do politics. Saying the world is messed up […]
Up the Quaggy: a coronavirus cycle ride
It was the first truly warm day of spring and the fourteenth day since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. […]
The story of enclosures in Britain had a (sort of) happy ending – why don’t we talk about it?
The left in Britain has a great narrative of loss in the story of enclosures. The rich stole the land […]
The control gap: why we obsess about what we obsess about
Some of the most curious ideas a society develops will rarely be remarked upon. Once an idea is commonplace it […]
David Smail: Therapy doesn’t work (caveats apply)
David Smail, a dissenting psychologist writing in the 90s, was prone to making sweeping statements about the uselessness of therapy. […]
You exist within a network of care
We all exist within networks, and through these networks move material goods, information, power. The stuff-info-power network is easy to […]
Nobody loves your data self
The dangers of big data have by now become apparent to all. Objectification of humans can now take place on […]
Should distress lead to change of the interior or exterior world?
If you’re not having fun in life, is that because of something inside you, or something in the world outside? […]