Wirksworth Civic Society present

Empty Homes Update

From empty buildings
to lived in homes

With contributions from:
DDDC empty homes officer
#Wirksworth Co-housing Project
Skylark Housing Coop / #RadicalRoutes

7pm Wednesday 28 January
Wellspring Church, Wood Street, #Wirksworth DE4 4DS

Free entry
Donations welcome

“How To Start a Revolution in 2026”

by Roger Hallam in Savage Minds on Substack

[Note: #Hallam is an environmental activist known for having co-founded #ExtinctionRebellion, #JustStopOil, #InsulateBritain, the cooperative federation organisation #RadicalRoutes, & the political party #BurningPink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hallam_(activist)]

@uk_politics
@thegreenparty

“Ordinary People Can Run Society—But Only if We Build the Structures to Let Them”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/how-to-start-a-revolution-in-2026

#Press #UK #Revolution #Rupture

Perennial Housing Co-op had a really lovely time staffing their first Radical Routes stall at London Anarchist Bookfair last month.

A stall also appeared at the Bristol #Anarchist Bookfair, assisted by #SumacCentre.

Meanwhile @Veggies displayed the #RadicalRoutes banner at the @ethicalconsumer Conference at #Richmix in Whitechapel, London and at Nottingham Green Festival #NottmGreenFest

'So many people excited to hear about #RR' - great news!

Meanwhile, this Saturday 8th November see the Manchester &
Salford Anarchist Bookfair at the People’s History Museum .

Stall included AK Press, PM Press, Freedom Press, Active Distro, Sparrows Nest,

And of course #RadicalRoutes

https://bookfair.org.uk/

Rebel Soul

Whilst not catering at #ShambalaFestival Veggies will assist again with facilities for the #RebelSoul space.

Whet your appetite with #SamosasForSocialChange, home-baked cake, fair trade teas & coffees and tuck shop.

In 2025 Rebel Soul are supporting these campaigns:

DEFEND OUR JURIES

CLIMATE RESISTANCE

TOURETTESHERO

More details of the Causes in the #AltText and at https://www.veggies.org.uk/event/shambala-festival-rebel-soul-2025/

(Come see the @RadicalRoutes #RadicalRoutes banner too)

We are pleased to announce that at the recent #RadicalRoutes Gathering these #Housing #Cooperatives were welcomed to join the network:

Bog Housing Coop (Wirksworth)
Citrus Housing Coop (Manchester/Swansea)
Kunsthaus Housing Coop (Nottingham)
Lapwing Housing Coop (Lancaster)
Toad Hall Housing Co-op (Derbyshire)

Teinnteanach in Scotland have also become full members.

Cinnabar (Bristol) have become associate members.

It's a big year for radical social centres in England.

This year marks the 44th anniversary of Bradford’s ‘1 in 12 club’, the 30th anniversary of Bristol’s BASE, and the 24th year of Nottingham's #SumacCentre, home of Veggies!

The 1 in 12 are running a series of events in June to celebrate.

Meanwhile, this Bristol Cable article features 30 years of The Base.

https://thebristolcable.org/2025/04/celebrating-30-years-of-the-base-for-anarchy-and-solidarity-in-easton-base/

#RadicalRoutes #SocialCentres #Anarchy #DiY #Solicatity #Cooperation

📢 testing testing, is this thing on? 📢

#introduction post!

We are #RadicalRoutes - a mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change, based in the #UK.

We're planning on using this account to share news from within the network and the wider cooperative movement.

Thank you to #socialcoop for hosting us! 💞

Welcome @RadicalRoutes to social.coop and the Mastodon fediverse!

Radical Routes is a mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change.

We have been holding space for them, pending this big moment. See past posts at #RadicalRoutes

Their website is https://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/

See also https://www.veggies.org.uk/shop/books-and-publications/radical-routes/