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Reclaim the Power is not the only barometer by which to measure climate activism in the UK, but it does epitomise the coalition-building that is happening in order to generalise activism on reclaiming power for a commons – our climate, our energy, our labour. Focusing on a symptom of capitalism – climate change – that affects everyone – Left and Right, top or bottom of the pile – can open up genuine concepts of a collective and of what rights people should have to meet our common needs and aspirations. Drilling license applications in the UK could sow the seeds of a fertile network of resistance and coalitions dispersed all over the country. It can also provoke the possibility of planned alternatives – local sustainable community controlled power in your backyard rather than a fracking rig.
