2019: The Rise of Animal Think Tank
Amidst the wave of protests shaping the globe in 2019, Animal Think Tank and the activists behind Animal Rebellion have had an extraordinary year. Repeatedly thrust into the mainstream through a range of high profile actions, they’ve occupied the UK’s largest meat market, and scored a prime time TV show-down between Piers – ‘Peas’ – Morgan and a floret-haired activist called Mr Broccoli.
Volunteer Course Organiser
The Ulex Project is looking for an energised, organised and self-motivated person to volunteer as part of the onsite residential support team for the main training centre.
International Gathering of Activist Educators
Ulex welcomes activist educators from around the world to meet and learn together between 13 – 21 July 2019.
Who is “The Left”?
At a time when the only way to think beyond the horizon of capitalism seems to be dystopian fantasy, Laurence Cox points us to the power of collective agency to re-vision and contest our future. This extract is from his forthcoming book, Why Social Movements Matter, which will be published by Rowman and Littlefield International in July 2018.
THE POWER OF ACTIVIST EDUCATION
Holly Hammond, a member of the Ulex advisory group and founder of Plan to Win, an activist training organisation in Australia helping to develop the skills, clarity and wellbeing we need to win, talks to Ulex about her work.
The Journey Begins: Ulex News
It has been an amazing year for the Ulex Project. In the spring 2017, we received the generous support of friends and colleagues to raise finance for the renovation of the new centre.
Burnout to Renewal
Kat Wall, co-Director of Organising for Change, a new UK-based training initiative, shares some reflections on the role of social change organisations in creating a regenerative approach to activism.
Crowdfunding Update – the power of collaboration to make change happen.
One of the key aims of the Ulex Project has always been about offering a space for activists to build new connections across Europe. A space where – away from the day-to-day slog of making change happen – people can take time to strengthen their networks and better understand how our struggles intersect, forming new friendships in the fight for a better world.
Supporting Sustainable Activism With Transgender Europe
As part of our series on Ulex Project Partners, we speak with Akim, Operations Officer from Transgender Europe (TGEU), about why sustainable activism is a key focus for 2017. With 105 member organisations in 42 different countries, TGEU works for the equality of all trans people by combating discrimination, raising awareness and supporting advocacy for trans people’s human rights.
Project Partners : Living beyond capitalism in Catalunya
For the second in our series of Project Partner Spotlights we speak with Daniel Negro from Cooperativa Integral Catalana (CIC), a collective which launched in Catalunya in 2010, with the aim to build from the bottom-up a self-managed society beyond capitalism.