Social knowledge and the academy: a gulf with few bridges
Academia likes to see itself as a producer of knowledge, and that’s difficult to argue with. But most of the […]
What does community organising mean when there’s no community?
I have been interested in community organising for some time, and am currently part of an organisation trying to do […]
On Participatory Action Research as a burden
I’ve just finished my first attempt at Participatory Action Research within a social movement organisation, specifically London Renters Union. I […]
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 […]
New Cross fights new wave of housing privatisation
Residents of New Cross, London have rejected the borough of Lewisham’s proposal to build council-owned private rental housing on public […]
Politics in a time of crisis by Pablo Iglesias: A review
This work by Pablo Iglesias, leader of insurgent Spanish party Podemos, is now subtitled ‘Podemos and the future of a […]
Organisations=people=relationships=politics
I’ve written about organisations on this blog, and I’ve written about people, and I’ve written about politics. What I haven’t […]
The Corbyn insurgency: why it’s really not the Trots
Curious things keep happening in UK and US politics. The pundits are puzzled: why do Trump, Sanders, Corbyn exist? Why […]
Brexit to nowhere? Finding hope in convivial institutions
It appears that many people in the UK, some of them left-inclined, joined a right-driven rush to exit the EU, […]
Inventing the future, ignoring the past – a review
There was much that interested me in Nick Srnicek and Alex Williams’ Inventing the Future. The first part of the […]