Callum Cant and Matthew Lee will be presenting their new book on the General Strike on Tuesday 5th May. Tickets are free. Would be really good to see everyone there. It's an RS21 and Partisan Collab event. More info and link for tickets on the Commons Calendar.

https://commonscalendar.uk/event/book-launch-the-future-in-our-past/

📚 Partisan Reading Group – Literary Incels Session 📚

On 4th May at 3pm at Bridge 5 Mill, we will be detouring into fiction and examining the topic of incels with Tony Tulathimutte’s connected short story collection on this very theme, ‘Rejection’.

It’s literary marmite - very distinctive and not like anything else I’ve read. If you want to sample some of it before buying/borrowing the book to see if it’s for you, you could check out the first story from the collection, ‘The Feminist’, which was published on nplusone a few years before the collection came out.

I’d like to pair Rejection with Daniel Kolitz’s Harper essay from last year: ‘Welcome to the Goon Squad’, which I’ve uploaded a PDF of to the drive (as well as a PDF of the many criticisms about the essay). This pairs pretty well with the third story in Rejection specifically.

We want to examine: how is the internet shaping sex, masturbation, romance, self-image and how we relate to one another? Are we lonelier than before? Less lonely?

At the risk of being a character from his collection, it does feel important to include a bunch of trigger warnings, since a book about incels does not always make for pleasant reading. TW: misogyny, racism, eating disorders, threat of violence to women.

Reading list:

Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-35/fiction-drama/the-feminist/

‘Welcome to the Goon Squad’ by Daniel Kolitz
Criticisms of/reactions to the Daniel Kolitz article: ‘Letters by Magdalene J. Taylor, Sascha Cohen’https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nSnUy6L5Sxan1c-EYVayx3OyLKLptF2O

Fighting ICE Everywhere

📆 Sat 2nd May 7pm (please arrive 6:45pm)

📍 Bridge 5 Mill, Manchester

Since the mass repression and resistance against ICE in the US, we have been opening discussions with friends and comrades from various cities in the US involved in resistance the Trump regime. From Los Angeles in California, to the Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Detroit, Michigan and New York, come and here direct from those involved in struggles to resist ICE.

Whether in US, Britain, Europe or Gaza - the same companies, the same policies, the same means of control and exclusion are being rolled out. Thats why we are saying that Fighting ICE Everywhere is becoming a call to unify the terrain and name the processes at work.

We must think both beyond the state, and towards the empowerment of our local communities. To build agency and take control of our lives, accountable only to ourselves and our futures. The trusted channels we create allow us to share a secret which is slowly becoming a living truth for everyone who fights back against oppression; there are effective ways for the fight to be a victory and the seed for bigger ones.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXg-0SXAnV-

🤖 Partisan Computer Club Partisan Computer Club is a space to learn new things and share what you know about software and hardware stuff related to computers. Let’s explore the liberatory potential of computing together. Join the Computer Club channel via the WhatsApp community to find out more or send an email to Partisan.

Partisan’s RISO Beginner’s Course is back! – learn the basics about risography and how to use it with analogue hardcopies from its scanner top from Lisa (Team Trident Press).

RISO Beginner's Course No.24: Saturday 25th April, 3 - 7pm
Workshop ticket prices vary please select at check-out. Free to members.
Get your ticket here: https://bit.ly/4dVrrrj

We’ll be using the Partisan Collective RISO to explore this magical machine and understand how to make use of this unique printing method for DIY projects like zines, flyers and posters. Each participant will be able to create their own two colour A3 print.

Participants are welcome to bring along their own mark making tools such as pens and collage bits, but we’ll provide plenty for everyone anyway. In the end of the workshop you’ll be able to take away up to 10 copies of your design. Biscuits, tea and coffee will be provided. Bring a packed lunch if you feel you will get peckish or have a bigger brekkie.

*Any questions please send an email to thepartisancollective@gmail.com*

If you'd like to continue using the RISO after the course and be elegible for a free ticket, please sign up for annual Partisan Membership here: http://partisancollective.net/membership/

Should you have any access needs please email to have a chat about what we can do to make the workshop a great experience.

Just Do The Thing is a DIY/Do It Together community/social group for trans women & transfems in Manchester to come together to get shit done. Message for any Qs via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/justdothethingmcr/

Our next meet up will be on Saturday 21st March at 3 PM. It's been working quite well not planning anything specific so we're just going to do that again. Bring any board games, projects, crafts, and snacks you'd like to share. The time and space is for us to be around our community.

See you at Just Do The Thing!

Partisan Folk Club is a place for sharing and learning folk songs.

Everyone is welcome to sing or bring an instrument, or just sit back and enjoy the music.
It’s free, and you can bring your own booze, soft drinks, snacks and food.

Next session:

📅 Thursday 23 April 2025
⏰ 7pm
📍 Flaxworks

Partisan’s RISO Beginner’s Course is back! – learn the basics about risography and how to use it with analogue hardcopies from its scanner top from Lisa (Team Trident Press).

RISO Beginner's Course No.23: Sunday 19th April, 11 - 3pm
Workshop ticket prices vary please select at check-out. Free to members.
Get your ticket here: https://bit.ly/3PWE2R7

We’ll be using the Partisan Collective RISO to explore this magical machine and understand how to make use of this unique printing method for DIY projects like zines, flyers and posters. Each participant will be able to create their own two colour A3 print.

Participants are welcome to bring along their own mark making tools such as pens and collage bits, but we’ll provide plenty for everyone anyway. In the end of the workshop you’ll be able to take away up to 10 copies of your design. Biscuits, tea and coffee will be provided. Bring a packed lunch if you feel you will get peckish or have a bigger brekkie.

*Any questions please send an email to thepartisancollective@gmail.com*

If you'd like to continue using the RISO after the course and be elegible for a free ticket, please sign up for annual Partisan Membership here: http://partisancollective.net/membership/

Should you have any access needs please email to have a chat about what we can do to make the workshop a great experience.

The 'Digital Protection Info Session' is an open-ended session which will be partially delivered by an open-source and privacy developer and partially guided by attendees' questions and concerns.

The sessions will cover a range of topics, focusing on, but not limited to: functional digital privacy (e.g. Whatsapp vs Signal), encryption, open-source and free software, and de-googling your digital life. No prior knowledge of technology is necessary—these sessions are open to all levels of knowledge and skill, with the aim of collective empowerment through learning and asking questions together.

🎥 Partisan Cinema Documentary Feature 🎥

Partisan partners with director Pete Knapp to bring you 🔥Fires & Fascism🔥 - a film about European wildfires, capitalism, crime, and community responses

📅 Tuesday 30th March
⏰️ 7-9pm
⌛️ Film duration: 1 hour, followed by discussion with Pete Knapp
🎟️ Tickets: £3-£11

🔗 Links for tickets:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/fires-and-fascism-partisan-collective-manchester-30-mar

FIRES AND FASCISM is a new 57-min documentary that shows the wildfires in Europe are more than just climate change and mismanagement. It links the increasing wildfires of Europe with fascism, big business, organised crime, and the rise of the far right. It showcases how communities are engaging in direct action, protest, rewilding, and suppressing the rise of uncontrollable fires and the far right through direct actions.

Featured are the experiences and actions of 25 people from Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, including scientists, teachers, artists, gardeners, engineers, winemakers, NGOs, and authors. The film is crowdfunded, independent, and non-profit.  

The director of the film, Dr Pete Knapp will be joining us for a Q&A after the film! Dr Knapp has a background in air quality and shifted careers from academia to storytelling. The reason for making the film is to reduce modern day fascism and to help unify people in times of growing division. It aims to start the conversation on what we need to do about the rise of fascism today. The film is currently on a tour of the UK with 100 screenings.

Pete Knapp will be attending each screening to discuss the film and how it links to local community.

Trailer: http://fires-and-fascism.co.uk/

Article: https://felixonline.co.uk/articles/fires-and-fascism/

Film review: https://felixonline.co.uk/articles/fires-and-fascism-2/

Current map of film tour: https://fires-and-fascism.co.uk/#screening-dates

How the film was made: https://medium.com/the-new-climate/how-to-make-an-environmental-documentary-from-a-rucksack-f5b9251c366f

Roundtable discussion: Partisan folk club, antifascism and English folk music appreciation

Anyone from Partisan is welcome to join this discussion that will shape the future of folk club.

10.45am: Arrive and settle in
11am: Welcome with Rowena & Maddy
11.05am: The Question with Joey
11.10am: Roundtable How-To with Esther
11.15am: The Discussion
12.00pm: Break
12.30pm: Missing Perspectives with Joey
12.45pm: Check-in & Sing Parting Glass with Maddy
1pm: End

Optional pre-reading https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMdYYPd7Nuy0BhpizLCkxHULOeKbTUoI2sLmNbSgTyQ/edit?tab=t.0

Partisan’s RISO Beginner’s Course is back! – learn the basics about risography and how to use it with analogue hardcopies from its scanner top from Lisa (Team Trident Press).

RISO Beginner's Course No.22: Saturday 26th March, 10 - 2pm
Workshop ticket prices vary please select at check-out. Free to members.
Get your ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/y8btn972

We’ll be using the Partisan Collective RISO to explore this magical machine and understand how to make use of this unique printing method for DIY projects like zines, flyers and posters. Each participant will be able to create their own two colour A3 print.

Participants are welcome to bring along their own mark making tools such as pens and collage bits, but we’ll provide plenty for everyone anyway. In the end of the workshop you’ll be able to take away up to 10 copies of your design. Biscuits, tea and coffee will be provided. Bring a packed lunch if you feel you will get peckish or have a bigger brekkie.

*Any questions please send an email to thepartisancollective@gmail.com*

If you'd like to continue using the RISO after the course and be elegible for a free ticket, please sign up for annual Partisan Membership here: http://partisancollective.net/membership/

Should you have any access needs please email to have a chat about what we can do to make the workshop a great experience.

Partisan’s Events Planning (Music, Clubs and Parties) Team will be hosting the next general meeting which is taking place this Thursday at 6pm. We're gonna be providing pizza and some drinks for the social afterwards so could you indicate whether you'll be attending via the annoncement channel in our WhatsApp community. Looking forward to see you!

Want to learn more about how our meetings work?: For fair and democratic decision making we utilize a process called Sociocracy. And it would be amazing if more of our members knew more about it. Please consider signing up to the free online training we have set up for Partisan members. 🤓🎓💡

If you are part of a Partisan Team or Group please try and attend this training.

Sociocracy is the tool we use at Partisan to come to democratic and well-informed decisions - and we the chance to take part in this free training course! It's all online and comes in 3 lovely little parts, nicely spread out. Ideally you should be able to attend all of them but let us know if there are any barriers and we'll see how to accommodate for them.

Use this form to sign-up and learn more about it: https://forms.gle/sTVvDaJqGnPYCmqU8

No previous knowledge needed 💖

Just Do The Thing is a DIY/Do It Together community/social group for trans women & transfems in Manchester to come together to get shit done. Message for any Qs via Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/justdothethingmcr/

Our next meet up will be on Saturday 21st March at 3 PM. It's been working quite well not planning anything specific so we're just going to do that again. Bring any board games, projects, crafts, and snacks you'd like to share. The time and space is for us to be around our community.

See you at Just Do The Thing!

Want to learn more about how our meetings work?: For fair and democratic decision making we utilize a process called Sociocracy. And it would be amazing if more of our members knew more about it. Please consider signing up to the free training we have set up for Partisan members. 🤓🎓💡

If you are part of a Partisan Team or Group please try and attend this training.

Sociocracy is the tool we use at Partisan to come to democratic and well-informed decisions - and we the chance to take part in this free training course! It's all online and comes in 3 lovely little parts, nicely spread out. Ideally you should be able to attend all of them but let us know if there are any barriers and we'll see how to accommodate for them.

Use this form to sign-up and learn more about it: https://forms.gle/sTVvDaJqGnPYCmqU8

No previous knowledge needed 💖

This the postponed session that was originally planned for Sunday 22nd February. Now happening on Sunday 8th March, 3-5pm at Bridge 5 Mill.

We are taking an introductory look at Social Reproduction Theory - how are systems of oppression and inequalities reproduced across generations? Our main reading is:

Tithi Bhattacharya, 'Introduction: Mapping Social Reproduction Theory' in Social Reproduction Theory : Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression (2017), pp. 1-20

Alessandra Mezzadri, 'On the value of social reproduction' (2019) (9 pages)

All PDFs here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nUsWeDYyCOkEzAcS63OZjHR40TkEcS1y

Also this short video from Bhattacharya:

https://youtu.be/Uur-pMk7XjY?si=FPDbdNFJvZd0sEB6