Troubling stories of the end of occupy: Feminist narratives of betrayal at occupy Glasgow

Intersectionality and coalitions in social movement research—A survey and outlook

“…Fourth, the systematic study of the (failed) efforts to achieve political intersectionality would benefit from a focus on specific temporary and spatial contexts and/or organizationally bounded networks. Above, I have discussed the World Women's March and Black Lives Matter, in addition such settings include social movement organizations, networks, or campaigns, such as the Coalition of Labour Union Women (CLUW) (Kirton, 2015;Roth, 2003Roth, , 2005Roth, , 2008, Occupy (Einwohner et al, 2019;Eschle, 2018;Maharawal, 2013;Milkman, 2017;Montoya, 2019;Roth et al, 2014), or the World Social Forum (Conway, 2011;Doerr, 2008;Siméant, 2013). These contexts provide a good lens to analyze obstacles and strategies to achieve political intersectionality including both conflicts and tensions and the acknowledgment and inclusion of the various interests of heterogeneous constituencies.…”

Feminism and Solidarity on the Left: Rethinking the Unhappy Marriage Metaphor

“…3 We were all also known feminists to our interviewees. This may have discouraged non-feminists from talking to us, and articulating directly their neutrality on or hostility to the issues discussed, but it also meant we had shared reference points with interviewees and were able to provide a safe space for other feminists to talk about their struggles (discussed at more length in Eschle, 2018). The full dataset consists of interviews conducted in 2014 with seven activists heavily involved in Occupy Glasgow or the campaign for its closure, and an additional two from Occupy Edinburgh, supplemented by information available on internet and social media sites; thirty-four interviews with RIC activists and three core organisers, also conducted in 2014, as well as documents published by the organisation before and after that point; and ten interviews conducted 2016-17 with members of parliament, high-ranking cabinet members and party officials in the SNP, in combination with a selection of party and policy documents.…”

“…In Scotland, specifically, the 2014 campaign for independence sparked 'a debate about social justice, economic democracy and an opportunity for radical change' (Boyd, 2014), that saw persistent feminist efforts to move gender inequality to the centre of discussion (e.g., Caskie, 2015;Boyd and Morrison, 2014). Simultaneously, there is ample evidence of the persistence of sexual violence, gendered discrimination and hostility to feminism across sites of left politics, old and new (e.g., Eschle, 2018;Coleman and Bassi, 2011;Bindel, 2011).…”

“…Simultaneously, there is ample evidence of the persistence of sexual violence, gendered discrimination and hostility to feminism across sites of left politics, old and new (e.g. Bindel, 2011; Coleman and Bassi, 2011; Eschle, 2018).…”

“… 2. The data are from three discrete projects: Catherine Eschle’s (2017, 2018) research on ‘Engendering Protest Camps’; Jenny Morrison’s (2018) PhD on feminist activists in Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) and Mairi Tulbure’s 2016 MSc dissertation on political leadership within the Scottish National Party (SNP). …”