Thomas Swann

Thomas Swann is a PhD student in the University of Leicester School of Management and member of the Centre for Philosophy and Political Economy. His research focuses on radical left organization, social media and organizational cybernetics.

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Social media and movements: is the love affair really over?

Social media are monitored and controlled by large corporations. Can they also facilitate the kind of self-organization that defines...

Capitalism & Crisis

Thomas Swann
July 31, 2015

Creating the future on the road to Scottish independence

Autonomous social movements involved with the campaign for Scottish independence have a chance of permanently changing Scotland’s political landscape.

Borders & Beyond

Thomas Swann
September 12, 2014

The cybernetics of Occupy: an anarchist perspective

Stafford Beer’s organizational cybernetics can help us understand Occupy’s non-hierarchical democratic processes and the role of autonomy within them.

Anarchism & Autonomy

Thomas Swann
June 20, 2014

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