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Resist and Renew

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The Resist+Renew podcast, where facilitators interview social movement organisers about their work and how they do it, along with a good chunk of geeking out about the different tools in our training toolbox.

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Episodes

  1. Becoming ungovernable (Aviah from Hackney Copwatch)

    Season 2 episode 15 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Aviah. A sneaky extra episode after the season closer! It took us a while to get back together. Aviah is a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a community organiser the rest of the time. She is involved in the…

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  2. Season 2: that’s a wrap!

    Season 2 episode 14 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where… we wrap up for season 2! Show notes, links Sign up to our newsletter to hear about our future conflict courses! And finally, some perennial resources: our sister facilitation collective Navigate have a conflict facilitation booklet (from...

  3. Toolbox: You’ve named it, now what?

    Season 2 episode 13 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about a few tools to respond when conflict is happening in a meeting. ‘The sad update that we have is, at least to our knowledge, there is no fancy Magic Bullet intervention.’ Show notes, links An outline of the VERA model: Validate...

  4. Toolbox: Conflict in the moment

    Season 2 episode 12 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about how to deal with conflict in the moment where it spikes up, using a frame called an “OODA loop”. ‘Conflict doesn’t have to be fighting or loud. It can be a stickiness, or a tenseness that our body is picking up on.’ Show…

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  5. Toolbox: Positions in conflict

    Season 2 episode 11 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about a model to understand some different positions that exist in conflicts. ‘This tool forces you to think about what it would be like for you to be in any of these different roles: having caused harm, having been harmed and…

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  6. Sex worker solidarity in practice (Elio from SWARM)

    Season 2 episode 10 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Elio. They organise with SWARM (a UK-based collective founded and led by sex workers who believe in self-determination, solidarity and co-operation) and are a branch organiser for United Voices of the World (UVW, a grassroots...

  7. Toolbox: Safer spaces policies

    Season 2 episode 9 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about safer spaces policies, as a tool that groups use for a variety of reasons. ‘Safer spaces policies can create a void that people will then fill with punitive approaches to difficulty, difference and conflict’ Show notes, links...

  8. Youth-led climate organising (with Youth 4 Climate Leeds)

    Season 2 episode 8 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Nell, Martha and Naomi from Youth 4 Climate Leeds. We talk about shifting tactics from just strikes, working in solidarity with other groups, “de-diversification”, and navigating being a group during a pandemic! “Both the cause...

  9. Toolbox: Maintenance meetings

    Season 2 episode 7 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about maintenance meetings: a meeting you hold for the overall health of your group. ‘It’s a space to focus on the maintenance of your group, rather than waiting until the car breaks down. It’s like a regular MOT’ Show notes, links...

  10. Resisting school exclusion (with No More Exclusions)

    Season 2 episode 6 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Kadeem, Nirad and Zahra from No More Exclusions. “It goes back to how the teacher stands at the front. The students act to passively receive. We don’t want to reproduce that amongst ourselves” – Nirad “Whether the law changes…

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  11. Toolbox: Transformative vs punitive approaches to conflict

    We now have a Patreon! Please help keep the podcast going, at patreon.com/resistrenew. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and subscribe! Season 2 episode 5 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about some frameworks of justice, and reflect on them in relation…

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  12. Practical migrant solidarity (Savan from No Evictions Network)

    We now have a Patreon! Please help keep the podcast going, at patreon.com/resistrenew. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and subscribe! Season 2 episode 4 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Savan from the No Evictions Network. “Evictions, arresting...

  13. Toolbox: Unhelpful frames about conflict

    We now have a Patreon! Please help keep the podcast going, at patreon.com/resistrenew. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and subscribe! Season 2 episode 3 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we talk about some unhelpful frames* that come up when we think about...

  14. Join a grassroots union! (Henry from IWGB)

    We now have a Patreon! Please help keep the podcast going, at patreon.com/resistrenew. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and subscribe! Season 2 episode 2 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Henry Chango Lopez from the Independent Workers’ union of…

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  15. Toolbox: Understanding conflict

    We now have a Patreon! Please help keep the podcast going, at patreon.com/resistrenew. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and subscribe! Season 2 episode 1 of the Resist + Renew podcast (we're back!). In this one, we go over what we think conflict is, why we're...

  16. Season 2 is coming…

    Episode 15 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we bring a little teaser for season 2. This season, we have a Patreon (patreon.com/ResistRenew) if you want to help support us in our podcasting and wider facilitation work. If not, there's always the classic ways to support: like, share, and...

  17. Living healing justice (Farzana from Healing Justice Ldn)

    This is the final episode of season 1! We can only do a season 2 / iterate and improve this with your feedback: so please, let us know how you've found this season using our super-quick feedback form. Episode 14 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Farzana from Healing Justice Ldn....

  18. Toolbox: Temperature checks

    We are nearing the end of season 1, so please, let us know how you've found this season using our super-quick feedback form. Episode 13* of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we feel the heat of temperature checks: what they bring, issues and benefits. (* the observant amongst you will spot that...

  19. Toolbox: Spectrum lines

    Episode 12 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we lay down some spectrum lines: what they bring, issues and benefits. 'What's really valuable about them is their way of drawing out and making visible polarity' - Sami Show notes, links The perenially-useful Seeds for Change have a description of...

  20. Decolonising local organising (Rabab from Gentle/Radical)

    Episode 11 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Rabab from Gentle/Radical. We couldn't pick one pull quote, so here are two! "Conversation and dialogue is probably the bedrock of how I understand the work, how I understand organising, how I understand cultural work" - Rabab and...

  21. Toolbox: Conflict icebergs

    Episode 10 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where our icebreaker ship explores conflict icebergs as a model: what it highlights, and what it hides. 'All models are wrong, but some are useful' - George Box Show notes, links The perenially-useful Seeds for Change have a PDF on navigating conflict in...

  22. Resisting state violence (Ru from London Campaign Against Police And State Violence)

    Episode 9 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Ru from the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV). “Very often, the best way to realise what you're about is actually to do something, and not get caught up in the semantics of it all the time” - Ru Show notes, links...

  23. Toolbox: Hand signals

    Episode 8 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we get into using hand signals ("agreed gestures or shapes that people make with their hands, to communicate in a non-verbal way") as a facilitation tool: what hand signals are useful in facilitation, when they're useful, and their limitations. 'Know...

  24. Exploring class in the UK (D and Dot from The Classwork Project)

    Episode 7 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview D and Dot from The Classwork Project. “Thinking that we can just, because we've read some Marx or wherever, that we can start acting in a non capitalist way all the time is silly” - Dot Show notes, links You can find The Classwork…

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  25. Toolbox: Fishbowls

    Episode 6 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we get into "fishbowls" as a facilitation tool: what they are, when they're useful, and their limitations. 'That's a key component - you go into it expecting to listen 80% of the time.' - Ali Show notes, links Find "Fish bowl" on Seeds for Change's...

  26. Fighting for racial justice (Peninah from the Racial Justice Network)

    Episode 5 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Peninah from the Racial Justice Network (RJN). “We have race at the core of the work and then see how it intersects with other other struggles or identities.” - Peninah Show notes, links Racial Justice Network website + Twitter. A few...

  27. Toolbox: Check-ins

    Episode 4 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we get our nerd on about "check-ins" as a facilitation tool: what they are, when they're useful, and their limitations. 'Notice what intention you have when you're trying to do a check in, and bring that intention as much as you can into the way that...

  28. Building land and racial justice (Josina from LION)

    Episode 3 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Josina from Land In Our Names (LION). So yeah, I mean ending racism, loads of black farmers, lots of use of the land that's in accordance with spiritual practices or farming practices from places where we have heritage. - Josina, on…

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  29. Toolbox: What is facilitation?

    Episode 2 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we get our nerd on with an overview of facilitation, and why it's important. 'There is no such thing as no design, just bad design. The same is true with facilitation' - Sami Show notes, links Other facilitation collectives: Seeds for Change Navigate...

  30. Abolishing prisons in the UK (Kelsey from CAPE)

    Episode 1 of the Resist + Renew podcast, where we interview Kelsey from Community Action on Prison Expansion (CAPE). Show notes, links Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) Community Action on Prison Expansion (CAPE): website; Instagram @no_more_prisons; their "Defund the prison estate" petition...

  31. Resist + Renew podcast teaser!

    Our training and facilitation collective is making a podcast! We will interview UK-based social movement organisers about their work and how they do it, along with doing a good chunk of geeking out about the different tools in our training toolbox. Transcript Kat: So this is the Resist+Renew...

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