About

Hi, my name is Sonny and I’m the organiser of this site. I’ve been a grassroots activist now for over 20 years and I started this site mainly because I wanted a platform to share my perspective with other grassroots organisers or those interested in social change.

I had for a while been writing articles and compiling issues of my zine Social Change without any real idea of what I was going to do with it all. Mostly I just found myself with a lot to say but no-one to say it to, which was pretty frustrating. So after nearly a year I hit on the un-original idea of starting a website where I could publish the Social Change zine, develop a workshop programme and also develop a social change blog, and the result is what you see.

My anarchist work focuses on the roots of authoritarianism and forms of domination, and how these express themselves, especially within subcultures and movements that self-identify as anarchist.  My work also focuses on how those who have experienced oppression relate to others forms of oppression.  This has similarities to but is not the same as intersectionalism.  I have generally found that movements opposed to specific forms of oppression can be deeply prejudiced and often continue to act out the exact same forms of oppression on others, and that this is justified as the ‘other’ is demonised as an ‘oppressor’.  Dealing with these forms of oppression within our movements is for me a very vital task.  As an experienced grassroots campaigner and organiser I also possess a valuable critique and analysis of existing movements and campaigns that I share.  

I also just want to be able to present the increasing number of people who become disenfranchised with the system with an alternative perspective as well as ideas for what a more ecological and socially just society might look like and how to get there. I’m not a revolutionary trying to radicalise people or turn them into ideologues. I’m interested in providing an alternative dialogue, one that I think is more truthful and better informed. Of course, that means not only critiquing the system, but also our movements, as all too often our movements can mirror the very worst aspects of the system.

Lastly, I am also on my own journey healing from the brutality of our death culture, and on the zines page I share some of that journey in various pdf’s that I occasionally write.  

I guess, in time, I hope that Social Change might lead to a small radical collective of some sort, so by putting it all out there I am also hoping to connect with other like-minded people who resonate with the ideas and projects I outline here.

So that is my rationale for this website. I hope you find it useful, informative and thought provoking.