The Rebel Citizens

#10 Rebels On… Co-ops & Community Shares

From pubs and football clubs to housing and music venues, community shares are a way for ordinary people to pool their resources and take ownership of the places and services that matter most. Dave Boyle [https://www.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/find-adviser/dave-boyle] has spent years helping groups do just that, proving that another way of running our economy is not only possible, but already happening. --- 00:00 Co-ops & Community Shares 05:53 The power of co-ops 08:28 What are community shares? 14:09 Bad landlords 20:28 Non-private ownership models 24:17 Invisible inequalities 28:13 Co-operative movements are the political form for the neurodivergent 36:39 How-to: Community Shares 40:36 Get an irish passport; get a flag --- 📩 News Club – newsletter [https://newsclubuk.substack.com/], podcast [https://rss.com/podcasts/newsclubuk/]@newsclubuk_ [https://www.instagram.com/newsclubuk_/?hl=en] 🔥 Dave Boyle – co-operative advisor [https://www.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/find-adviser/dave-boyle]; community shares expert [https://communityshares.co.uk/] 📖 Ian Adderley – Co-operatives: Linking practice and theory [https://www.ukscs.coop/pages/co-operatives-linking-practice-and-theory] 🤝 Co-ops UK – empower and support co-operative enterprise with specialised knowledge and expertise [https://www.uk.coop/] #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode10 #newsclubs #communityshares #daveboyle #coops #coopmovement #communityownership #cooperativeeconomy #solidarity

#9 Rebels On… Big Tech Narratives

This week we’re joined by Manasa Narayanan [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/manasa-narayanan], a journalist and researcher looking into issues at the intersection of politics and technology, including Big Tech/AI, misinformation, online hate and misogyny, surveillance and data rights. In this episode, we unpack the stories we’re told about Big Tech and AI, and why so many of them are misleading by design. --- 00:00 Big Tech Narratives 02:00 Tech complicity in violence 05:54 Palantir is evil 11:07 Mainstream misrepresentation 17:26 AI: an ethical consumer choice 25:35 Technological determinism 27:12 Missing context – check out Migrants Organise [https://www.migrantsorganise.org/asylum-accommodation-can-be-done-better/] 32:33 Independent media consortium --- 📅 NEWS CLUB LIVE – 20 September, register here [https://mediarevolution.org/news-clubs/] 📩 News Club – newsletter [https://newsclubuk.substack.com/] & podcast @newsclubuk_ [https://www.instagram.com/newsclubuk_/?hl=en] ✒️ The Citizens [https://the-citizens.com/] – nonprofit journalism and campaigning organisation with a focus on technology and politics. 🏘️ Migrants Organise [https://www.migrantsorganise.org/asylum-accommodation-can-be-done-better/] – provides a platform for refugees and migrants to organise for power, dignity and justice. 💼 Independent Media Association (IMA [https://www.ima.press/members]) – co-operative dedicated to promoting the work of independent media in the UK. 📰 Independent Community News Network (ICNN [https://www.communityjournalism.co.uk/about-icnn/]) – supporting the development of community news hubs. 📻Independent Publishers Alliance (IPA [https://www.the-alliance.co.uk/]) – championing, advocating for, and interconnecting independent publishers.

#8 Rebels On… 21st Century Public Ownership

This week we’re joined by Johnbosco Nwogbo from We Own It [https://weownit.org.uk/] to ask: what can 21st century public ownership look like? From buses to rivers, health to food, we get into why privatisation sucks, and how we can build services that put people (and planet) first. --- 00:00 21st Century Public Ownership 04:51 Goodbye to PFI 08:18 Why privatisation sucks 13:31 What can public ownership look like? 18:24 Wins wins wins 22:31 Check out Signalise Co-op 26:13 Better buses!! Better everything 31:00 Reform want to steal all your money --- 📅 NEWS CLUB LIVE – 20 September, register here [https://mediarevolution.org/news-clubs/] 📩 News Club – newsletter [https://newsclubuk.substack.com/] & podcast @newsclubuk_ [https://www.instagram.com/newsclubuk_/?hl=en] ✊ We Own It – campaigns against privatisation and for 21st century public ownership @weownit_campaign [https://www.instagram.com/weownit_campaign/?hl=en#] 📖 Radical Abundance [https://www.plutobooks.com/product/radical-abundance/] – Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell 💧 Windrush Against Sewage Pollution [https://www.windrushwasp.org/] – making the River Windrush safe for all 🌊 River Action [https://riveractionuk.com/our-mission/] – rescuing Britain’s rivers 👍 Compass [https://www.compassonline.org.uk/] – building a Good Society --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode8 #newsclubs #weownit #publicownership #commons #coopsnotcorps #privatisation #betterbuses #climatejustice #movementmedia #waterjustice #nhs

#7 Rebels On… Community Energy & Ownership

Our Rebel Citizens this week are Dan Edelstyn and Leonie Rousham from Power Station [https://power.film/]: the East London art-activism project turning rooftops into solar stations and neighbours into co-owners of their own energy future. --- 00:00 Community Energy & Ownership 01:03 Who are Power Station? 06:38 Bank Job: Creditocracy 08:30 Stop murdering everyone in Gaza 13:52 How to set up your local power station 20:46 Financial sustainability: The Green Back 30:05 An energy commons 36:26 The time Debs saw Angela Davis 38:57 Power Station, coming to a cinema near you… 44:27 NEWS CLUB LIVE: 20 SEP ‘25 50:03 Project 2029 --- 📩 News Club – newsletter [https://newsclubuk.substack.com/] & podcast @newsclubuk_ [https://www.instagram.com/newsclubuk_/?hl=en] 💪 Power Station – art-activism project turning rooftops into solar stations for the community [https://power.film/] @power.film.art [http://power.film.art] ✊ The United Families and Friends Campaign – coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody [https://uffcampaign.org/] @uffcampaign [https://www.instagram.com/uffcampaign/?hl=en#] 🚌 Inter-Action's Fun Art Bus – routemaster bus giving free rides and hosting a variety of entertainments on board [https://the-lcva.co.uk/archive/lcva_18751] @the_lcva --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode7 #newsclubs #powerstation #energycommons #powerstationfilm #climatejustice #communitypower #solarenergy #coopenergy #energytransition #artactivism #thewarofart #greenback #greennewdeal #sunflowers #vodkanation #bankjob #soildecontamination #autonomy

#6 Rebels On… Mutualising The BBC

This week, your dedicated PhD-holding, newsletter-writing, Dr. Tom Chivers [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/thomas-chivers-162a0845] finally gets his own episode on how we turn the BBC into a democratic media mutual, and why the time to act is now (...with the BBC Charter review looming and whatnot). 00:00 The Mutualisation of the BBC 01:13 Dr. Thomas Chivers 03:13 The “syphilitic” academic loan system 06:23 What should be headline news but isn’t? 09:00 The BBC’s communicative violence 15:16 What motivates Dr. Chivers? 28:09 What does mutualisation even mean? 35:16 What does that look like in practice? 45:42 Another -tion: The federalisation of the BBC? 55:56 Collective wellbeing 01:03:15 A media commons? 01:08:32 NEWS CLUB LIVE: register here [https://mediarevolution.org/event/the-online-news-club/]! 01:10:12 What is the one thing everyone should do leading up to 2029? --- 📩 News Club – Newsletter here [https://newsclubuk.substack.com/] (thank you, Chivers!) 📄 Media Reform Coalition – Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age [https://www.common-wealth.org/publications/our-mutual-friend-the-bbc-in-the-digital-age] ✒️ Media Reform Coalition – Who Owns the UK Media? [https://www.mediareform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-Who-Owns-The-UK-Media-report.pdf] 📻 Media Revolution – campaign to transform the global media landscape [https://mediarevolution.org/event/the-online-news-club/]. --- #podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode6 #newsclubs #journalism #independentmedia #mediapower #publicmedia #rebelmedia #movementmedia #mutualisation #bbc #mediacommons #movementmedia #mediaforthepeople #democracy #mediajustice