Sustaining our Activism: Building Resilient Communities Workshops in the UK in 2016 To sustain our work for social change we need to feel empowered, nourished and creative. In these workshops we will explore tools and strategies for finding inspiration, hope, and ways forward through the ups and downs, to keep going for the long […]
Rhizome is happy to be supporting the new Co-operatives UK programme, for which we will design & deliver training to existing and new co-ops across Britain. Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Bank have agreed a £1 million three-year partnership to support the development and growth of the UK’s dynamic co‑operative and social enterprise sector. The […]
If you didn’t see this earlier in the year, fired up by the symbolism of Bonfire Night*, and you’re more than ready for the weekend after a long week, give this a watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g_oKmhIeA0] How many of us have a sneaking suspicion that something pretty fundamental is going wrong in the world? We keep […]
Just missed out on joining a small and mighty team of people passionate about using nonviolent power to turn the tide of injustice in society? Then how about applying for a job co-ordinating Turning the Tide’s programme? It’ll be based in London, and the deadline is 20th November – see here for more info. Good […]
Utopian and dystopian writings often have a great appeal to those of us who consider ourselves to be working towards a better world. If that chimes with you, then you might want to know about Stealing the Future, written by a good friend of Rhizome, Max Hertzberg. In Max’s own words: There are quite a […]
This just in from our friends at the Edge Fund: In November of 2014 members of Migrant Artists Mutual Aid, Lesbian Immigration Support Group and Action for Trans* Health met at Edge Fund’s Radical Sharing Forum and hatched a plan to make their groups more sustainable through a unique community fundraising event. They’ve worked really […]
There’ll be a lot of people in the community activist groups, the campaigning organisations, and the co-operatives that we work with who will be feeling the anger, frustration, disbelief, despondency, resignation, powerlessness and more that an election result like the one we’ve just had here in the UK can bring about. So much time, energy, […]
Where? Claverham, near Bristol Cost? Sliding scale of £15 – £100 When? Fri 19 (pm) – Sunday 21 June 2015 Why? When we think of mounting inequalities, eco-systemic collapse, runaway climate change, and the rise of the Right – the problems we face can seem insurmountable. No matter what we do, it never seems to […]
A 12 day residential workshop in rural Devon 11th – 22nd May 2015 This workshop offers personal and collective tools to help make our activism more effective. Theworkshop aims to help us stay inspired, nourished, empowered and creative. It offers space to reflect and analyse, helping us to stay involved for the long haul, create […]
Just been listening to this as I have on and off for the last 26 years, thought you might like to as well. Lyrics below as well as a few comments from The Cockburn Project website. Back in the day it was a song about “the third world”. Nowadays could apply much closer to home… […]
