the commune

National

The next aggregate meeting is in Sheffield in February. The meeting is open to all members and friends of the group who’re interested in organising with us,so if you’re interested in attending, drop us a line at uncaptiveminds@gmail.com.

London

We hold regular meetings at Freedom bookshop near Aldgate East. These are most Monday evenings at 7pm, but email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com to confirm.

Edinburgh

Email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com for details. We have held three ‘Global Commune’ day schools in the city, one on communism, one on trade unions and one on internationalism and organisation.

Manchester

Contact 07976386737 or email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com to register your interest in the group.

Bristol

A reading group series on ‘Alternatives to capitalism’ has monthly meetings.

Kent

We participate in the Kent Communist Group: email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com for info.

South Yorkshire

We participate in the Sheffield communist forum: email uncaptiveminds@gmail.com for info.

West Midlands

We participate in the Coventry Radical Network. If you are interested in its activities  or our network, call Dave on 02476 450027

Wrexham

We are planning a series of meetings around the title “Storming the heavens—alternatives to capitalism”.

Paper sales will also be launched in and around the town centre.

Contact via uncaptiveminds@gmail.com

Previous discussion series

Our first series of ‘uncaptive minds’ forums took place in autumn 2008, and was on the subject of the 1970s class struggle, discussing various disputes as well as the organising methods and ideas prevalent at the time. Click here for reports on individual meetings and links to resources.

In the first half of 2009 we held a reading group on ‘communism from below’, looking at both the future communist society and the means of organisation needed to get there. Click here to see the full list of dates, subjects and texts.The autumn 2009 London reading group looked at trade union theory and workplace organising, see here for the questions discussed and recommended reading.