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On dual outcomes in social movement research

21 January, 202121 January, 2021

The dissertation for my MRes in Geography, available here, was research with London Renters Union into member engagement during a […]

Organising renters Social movements

What does community organising mean when there’s no community?

25 September, 2020

I have been interested in community organising for some time, and am currently part of an organisation trying to do […]

Social movements

On Participatory Action Research as a burden

15 September, 20207 December, 2020

I’ve just finished my first attempt at Participatory Action Research within a social movement organisation, specifically London Renters Union. I […]

Organising renters

Poor people’s movements and how to win

20 June, 20201 Comment

I have been re-reading a classic of social movement studies ‘Poor people’s movements: Why they succeed and how they fail’ […]

Organising renters

Organising to develop members: who to have 121s with

28 May, 202028 May, 2020

There isn’t much academic work on deepening the involvement of new members in a social movement organisation. Since I am […]

Self help for the apocalypse

A mental health check-in for activists

29 April, 202028 May, 2020

The world is messed up and that’s why a lot of people do politics. Saying the world is messed up […]

Journalism

Up the Quaggy: a coronavirus cycle ride

5 April, 20205 April, 2020

It was the first truly warm day of spring and the fourteenth day since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. […]

Social movements

The story of enclosures in Britain had a (sort of) happy ending – why don’t we talk about it?

17 November, 201917 November, 2019

The left in Britain has a great narrative of loss in the story of enclosures. The rich stole the land […]

Self help for the apocalypse

The control gap: why we obsess about what we obsess about

1 September, 20191 September, 2019

Some of the most curious ideas a society develops will rarely be remarked upon. Once an idea is commonplace it […]

Self help for the apocalypse

David Smail: Therapy doesn’t work (caveats apply)

1 August, 20191 August, 2019

David Smail, a dissenting psychologist writing in the 90s, was prone to making sweeping statements about the uselessness of therapy. […]

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