Yun-Tong Tang13 Jun 2019
In September 2014, hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong went onto the street, standing up against the Chinese National People’s Congress’s decision to bar Hong Kong from having a free and fair universal suffrage. Protesters occupied the roads around the...
Admin Account19 Jan 2018
For this semester we’re focusing our readings on the relationships between movements, states and parties. All welcome; no need to sign up in advance. All sessions in 3.040, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester. 10-12, Tues 6th Feb Maoism in China: Joel...
Admin Account6 Nov 2017
Steve Andrews looks at a profit-making petition platform’s questionable relationship with the cab company. This blog post was originally published by Red Pepper in October, 2017. Re-posted by kind permission. ‘As an open platform, anyone can use our platform no...
Yun-Tong Tang27 Apr 2017
A 500,000 person demonstration, a referendum for universal suffrage, a 79-day Occupy Movement……efforts to fight for democracy in Hong Kong over the past decade or so have not yet paid off. The election for the Chief Executive of Hong Kong held on March 26, 2017...
Kevin Gillan14 Feb 2017
A brief reflection on: Törnberg, A., & Törnberg, P. (2017). Modelling free social spaces and the diffusion of social mobilization. Social Movement Studies, 16(2), 182–202. Social Movement Studies have recently published an interesting article making use of formal...
Gemma Edwards1 Apr 2016
How Corbyn wrecked the anti-austerity-movement (probably) David Bailey, University of Birmingham, School of Government and Society The world keeps turning: Lessons from emancipatory struggles in the Middle East Cemal Burak Tansel, University of Sheffield,...
