The Slow Down

In this (late) lockdown episode, Anabel and Dom get Dani and Josh on the pod to talk about ACORN community union and issues around housing both in general and over lockdown. We recorded this back in May so please enjoy the peak of lockdown bunker mentality. To find out more about ACORN’s Housing is Health campaign, go to: acorntheunion.org.uk/housingishealth

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It’s part 1 of The Slow Down coronavirus pandemic edition! Dom and Anabel check in on each other from their bunkers, run through some updates on workplace organising that’s gone down so far during the lockdown, and give their unscientific tips on How to Stay Sane during social isolation. We’re still sorting out remote recording so apologies in advance for the quality of the audio, we will have it sorted by next episode.

Thanks for listening to our sixth episode. The background theme music is by Kabbalistic Village.

As always, our podcast can only run thanks to our unwavering commitment to not fact-checking, and prioritising feelings over stats. If you want to support what we do head to our patreon and pay us for our emotional labour. Once we get into the swing of things we will release patreon exclusive content so watch this space.

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For episode five, we sit down with our special guest and friend of the pod Kieran, an organiser in the London Renters Union - a union for renters across London.

We discuss the origins of the London Renters Union, why renters should unionise, and how we’re building power as a community of renters.

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Thanks for listening to our fifth episode. The background theme music is by Kabbalistic Village.

As always, our podcast can only run thanks to our unwavering commitment to not fact-checking, and prioritising feelings over stats. If you want to support what we do head to our patreon and pay us for our emotional labour. Once we get into the swing of things we will release patreon exclusive content so watch this space.

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Welcome to the first part in a series of podcasts we’re going to be doing on trade unionism 101, where we try our best to explain some key concepts we’ll be talking about on the pod. What is a trade union? What are some forms of industrial action they can take? Which popular animated TV series does the best at explaining the antagonism between labour and capital in the workplace? Tune in.

You can listen to the Autonomy episode that Anabel mentions on the ep here.

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For episode three, we sit down with our first two guests, Ross — a postal worker in the CWU (Communication Workers Union) and Duncan — friend/bf of the pod.We look at some highlights from the world of union organising in 2019 through the medium of a quiz, then have a more serious chat later on about the aborted CWU strike, what is a wildcat strike, and and some ideas for young activists who want to get involved in trade unionism.

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Anabel and Dom bring you the second episode of The Slow Down to discuss the IWGB strike earlier this month, grassroots trade unionism, and what next for the left post-2019 General Election. Please enjoy our dumb opinions on why Labour lost and what gives us hope for 2020.

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Anabel and Dom sit down for the first ever episode of The Slow Down to discuss the UCU strikes both this and last year, woke scab discourse, student solidarity, and how shit trade union legislation in this country is.

Thanks for listening to our debut episode. The background theme music is by Kabbalistic Village. If you want to support what we do head to our patreon and pay us for our emotional labour. Once we get into the swing of things we will try to release patreon exclusive content so watch this space.