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Heart and soul: meet the UK groups changing activism

We can't change where we're from, but building a mass movement means confronting power and privilege.

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 Eilidh Macpherson.
Eilidh Macpherson.

Sisters Uncut May Day action. Credit: Eilidh Macpherson.

Building movements that are truly liberating takes heart and soul. Recently, from #BlackLivesMatter to the Scottish Independence Campaign, organised movements have challenged power both outside and within us.

We can’t change where we’re from, but we can work towards understanding the privileges that are afforded to us because of who we are and what our background is. Confronting power in a movement means working together to unlearn oppressive behaviours that stem from these privileges.