| Jonny Gordon-Farleigh interviews Raj Patel | MST: The Landless Workers Movement With the announcement of the surprising and remarkable fact that the obese now outnumber the hungry — both forms of malnourishment — we need to be looking deeper into our food system and the industry...
Making currencies work for us
| David Boyle | When it comes to creating those new kinds of money there is no one perfect currency that can right all the wrongs of the past and every flaw in the conventional money we use. There are currencies fit for the job in hand, and which have specific...
Here and Now: The Opportunity to Reconne...
| Douglas Rushkoff | Here and Now: The Opportunity to Reconnect (Chapter Nine of Douglas Rushkoff’s Life Inc) The Melt- Up As highly corporatized people, it’s only natural for those of us interested in addressing our social and environmental rehabilitation to do...
Interview: A People’s History of L...
| Jonny Gordon-Farleigh interviews John Rees and Lindsey German | Stir Magazine: The publication of A People’s History of London coincides with the 2012 London Olympic Games and for those who know the history of the games will find it unsurprising that there has been a virtual...
CoolTan Arts: Mindfully Creative
| Ed Harkness | Sponsored Walk: The Largactyl Shuffle CoolTan Arts was founded in 1990 in a disused suntan lotion factory in Brixton. The factory, squatted by artists, provided a venue for not only art studios and a café but also CoolTan Arts’ first workshops and exhibitions....
Q&A with Summer School
| Jonny Gordon-Farleigh interviews the organisers of Summer School | STIR: As founders of the Summer School could you talk about the need for community organising and movement building method workshops? SWS: We are community organising and movement building against...
Keep the Aspidistra flying: Olly Twist, ...
|William Ronan | Imagine a different story. It’s unfortunate Dickens got it mixed up. Oliver Twist finishes his soup and slides his shiny spoon into the bottom of the bowl. It clatters still. Looking round at the other slurping faces he feels a hunger for more. He rises from the long...
Growing possibilities in Africa
| Dr. Zareen Bharucha | Recent evidence shows that a remarkable transformation in African agriculture is underway through a relatively quiet and very Green revolution. All too often, images of drought and hunger stalk the continent. Despite the fact that agriculture accounts for 65%...
The food co-op revolution on our univers...
| Liza Tozer | Last September, People & Planet — the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment — launched Scoop: a student food co-operative project in partnership with Food Co-ops experts...
Thoughts on the Future of Radical Publis...
| Kika Sroka-Miller | News from Nowhere Bookshop, Liverpool. by Sinta Tantra Having been invited by Stir to write a piece on the future of radical publishing, and having read Nik Gorecki and Anne Beech’s previous articles in this series, I find myself asking some pretty...
Review: A People’s History of Lond...
| Clive Bloom | A People’s History of London is the latest book to survey London’s radical past. Written by John Rees and Lindsey German of the Stop the War Coalition, the book was apparently suggested as a series of radical walks around the capital by Tariq Ali. As it is, the...
Food and Land: Base camps for community ...
| Patrick Chalmers | Pogo Cafe in Hackney, London The Pogo Café in Hackney is everything we’re told modern Western consumers aren’t capable of doing, which makes it a treat to visit. The place serves great-quality vegan food, it’s staffed by enthusiastic volunteers who host a...