Social Movement Appreciation Project
Social Movement Appreciation Project
Podcast Description
In our rapidly destabilising world, it's clear that nothing will get better without large numbers of people working together. But social movements remain mysterious and under-studied creatures: the Social Movement Appreciation Project aims to shine a warm and loving light on today's many efforts at collective agency and system transformation.
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The podcast covers diverse topics related to social movements, climate justice, and community empowerment. Examples of episodes include discussions about Climate Camp Ireland and Scotland, the legacy of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and the embodiment practices within climate activism. It specifically focuses on the intersections between social justice, historical contexts, and community resilience.
In our rapidly destabilising world, it’s clear that nothing will get better without large numbers of people working together. But social movements remain mysterious and under-studied creatures: the Social Movement Appreciation Project aims to shine a warm and loving light on today’s many efforts at collective agency and system transformation.
You might be as surprised as me to learn the anti-nuclear fight is one of the biggest social movement scenes in France. I sat down with Pauline Boyer to learn about France’s current nuclear crossroads and its peculiar economic, cultural and geopolitical dimensions. We also consider nuclear as an ideology and Type of Guy, and discuss Pauline’s journey into activism through Alternatiba, a 2010s movement which created joyful, utopian spaces before it was cool.
End music from a spontaneous performance at Les Résistantes by what I think was La Criée, a feminist choir Montreuil in Paris. This song is ‘La Danse des Bombes’. It’s about the fighting for the Paris Commune in 1871
Follow me on Bluesky @douglasrogers.bsky.social or Twitter at @writingDouglas if you're into that kind of thing
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