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Banksy statue in central London showing a man walking with his face obscured by a huge flag wrapped around it (that he is holding)

Towards meaningful action – NGOs & far right authoritarianism

Reform’s recent local electoral victories should be a further wake up call for the social change sector to respond to … More

Image showing crowd at the Together Alliance anti far right march in London 2026

What does hope look like in practice?

I’ve been sounding the alarm about the existential threats of the geopolitical moment and the need for much more action … More

People hold a banner across a street which reads 'East London is Ant-Fascist'

How can the UK social change sector meet the moment?

How is the UK social change sector responding to the rise of the far right? And what is needed? Jim … More

Picture shows Right to remain local solidarity session in Liverpool - a group of people are holding a banner saying 'Right to Remain campaigning for migration justice'

Mapping the UK migration justice movement

Picture above shows the solidarity session of Right to Remain in Liverpool this year In summer 2025, in the run … More

A road with red St George's crosses crudely spray painted onto white road markings

Reflecting on new strategies to defeat the far right

We need new strategies for social movements to respond to the rise of the authoritarian far right in the UK. … More

A Reform UK campaign poster in the Kingston upon Hull East constituency on the day of the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

We need new strategies to respond to the far right

Global power is shifting, the authoritarian far right is winning, and civil society across the UK is not yet responding … More

Map of the world

Geographic maps in movements

I’ve written a lot about mapping movements – in terms of theory of change, power, conflict, relationships, approach to a … More

Picture showing sunlight through trees

Mapping the UK climate movement again

I revisited the climate movement to see what had changed since I first mapped it back in late 2021. This … More

climate, climate-change, environment, politics
Picture of Hahrie Han's book Undivided - The quest for racial solidarity in an American church

Lessons for organisers in a time of monsters

US organising scholar Dr Hahrie Han has a new book out, Undivided – The Quest for Racial Solidarity in an … More

building-power, countering-the-rise-of-the-right, leadership, organising, politics, social-change
Protestors opposing fascist violence in Plymouth. The man at the front holds a sign which reads 'LOVE BEATS HATE. ONE RACE = HUMAN RACE'

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 … More

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