Capitalism and Racism
The successor to feudalism, capitalism rests on the past enslavement of Black people and ongoing globalized exploitation of Black people and people of color as the cogs of production
Activism
Free Movement Building Training by Animal Think Tank, August 10/11 in London
“This free training is for people in the animal justice movement who want to think big and get inspired. Drawn from cutting-edge research on mass movements and civil disobedience, this training will introduce some key concepts, principles and strategies for building a powerful mass movement that can achieve transformative change for other animals. The deadline […]
Supply + Demand: two days of climate action against fracking and new gas infrastructure
What: Two days of resistance and direct action to disrupt the fracking supply chain and new gas infrastructure When: Friday 22nd – Saturday 23rd February 2019 Where: Locations across the UK Who: Environmental, anti-fracking and grassroot groups across the UK including Reclaim the Power, Fuel Poverty Action, Frack Free Leeds and Preston New Road crews. Click here to add […]
Earth First! Winter Moot
Dates: 22nd-24th February, 2019 Location: Halton Mill, Hill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, LA2 6ND Nearest Station: Lancaster A weekend of campaign updates, networking, planning, solidarity and socialising in Lancaster – in solidarity with Lancashire anti-fracking resistance. Involved or want to get involved in ecological resistance in Britain & Ireland? Whether you are fighting fracking, opencast coal, […]
Facing up to race, power and privilege
Spotted on the New Economy Organisers Network email list: For some of us, 2018 marked a turning point. We could no longer ignore the effects of race, power and privilege in the workplace. Fifty years after the Race Relations Act, systemic racism is alive and well. We’re still trying to eliminate workplace racial inequality by […]
Climate Warning! Creating a map for what’s to come – Deep Adaptation event
Invitation to Deep Adaptation Deep Dive Join us for a shared exploration of how to be and act in extraordinary times. This is a professional, personal and creative gathering. Part ‘Lab’, part facilitated journey, part Open Space. The times are urgent. Let’s slow down together When: Sunday December 16-Thursday December 20th, 2018. Where: Venue somewhere […]
Occupy and consensus decision-making
At this year’s Green Gathering festival near Chepstow I bought a book called From Democracy to Freedom. It is produced by Crimethinc, which among many other descriptions says that it is an international network of aspiring revolutionaries. Their book led me to an article on the Occupy Wall Street website called Occupiers! Stop Using Consensus! […]
Worldwork facilitation and leadership, 12-17th October, London
This is a five day facilitator training that we can highly recommend from personal experience having participated in several. Worldwork is the application of Process Work to facilitating groups, organisations and communities, and working with conflict and hot spots in the issues that tear us apart. Rhizome uses Process Work concepts and approaches in much […]
Summer Gatherings – NEON & Earth First!
NEON Summer Gathering 21st July 2018 2018 has been an important year for social movements. We have seen ACORN tenants groups successfully stop housing evictions, Grenfell campaigners demanding justice and communities stopping new Fracking sites; health and education groups have stepped up their fight against the ever expanding hostile environment policy and cleaners at the […]
Rhizome newsletter early summer 2018
Take a look at our newsletter, packed full of upcoming Rhizome workshops, what’s hot in our field, featured resources and more. Book on to our one-day workshops whilst there’s still spaces – a facilitation masterclass and managing conflict. There are also open workshops we’re offering at Block around the Clock, on building resilient groups, avoiding […]