US organising scholar Dr Hahrie Han has a new book out, Undivided – The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an…
Responding to the racist UK riots
Over the last week horrific Islamophobic and racist violence has broken out across England and also in Belfast – crowds…
How to map a movement
Big transformational social, political and cultural changes aren’t driven by individuals, organisations or coalitions acting alone. They’re driven by all…
Mapping the UK women’s movement
Back in 2022, Jim Coe and I led a small research team with Sonia Long and Katie Chandler-Clarke, commissioned by…
Can grassroots groups genuinely partner with NGOs?
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if your liberation is bound up with…
Mapping the UK climate movement
Climate change is now the thing the UK public is worried most about (despite everything else going on). The climate…
Campaigning in 2021
As we enter the second year of the global covid pandemic, the political and economic context remains volatile and uncertain,…
The state of digital organising in Europe
With all that 2020 has thrown at us, I’m so very grateful to be able to continue my work and…
Uncertain times & movement moments: campaigning amidst Covid-19
What a time to be alive! Global pandemic, moments of the whirlwind bringing massive change and backlash, recession and economic…
Love (and community) in the time of Covid-19
Covid-19 is bringing out the best and worst in us. Mutual aid, hoarding toilet paper, uncertainty… What might it all…