Brexit and beyond: interview with Gareth Dale
Gareth Dale was interviewed by the Romanian left-wing site CriticAtac about the what Brexit will now mean in Britain and more widely in Europe. Here we republish their interview. CriticAtac: So, Brexit has won. Nonetheless, it is not entirely clear what this entails and, indeed, if anything really major has happened so far. What are the […]
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 – and making mining ‘greener’ won’t stop the damage
Gareth Dale debunks the notion that mass extraction of minerals is necessary for an ecologically sustainable society.
Why the world’s first flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel is a green mirage
November saw the first transatlantic flight using what’s claimed to be a sustainable aviation fuel. Gareth Dale and Josh Moos interrogate the latest claims for green flight.
Review | Shows at the Whitworth Gallery Manchester
Colonialism, art, the museum logistics chain. Gareth Dale reviews this month’s shows at the Whitworth.
Britain’s new PM Sunak is as wealthy as the king — and as distant from the people
Britain has a newly-unelected prime minister. Gareth Dale looks at how we got here, and what to expect from the coming months.
Russia’s war and the West
Gareth Dale responds to an article by Tom Bramble exploring the reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
From Nero to Net Zero
Boris Johnson’s classical references are a window onto how he will deal with climate breakdown, writes Gareth Dale.
Video: Climate, coronavirus and capitalism
A video of a discussion on Andreas Malm’s forthcoming book ‘Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century’, introduced by Gareth Dale.
Covid capitalism
In this essay originally published in Spectre Journal, Tithi Bhattacharya and Gareth Dale explore state responses to coronavirus to mitigate the crisis of capital.
Earth hurtles toward ultimate tipping point as climate summit ends in a cop-out
Amid climate catastrophe, hope hinges on action.
Green class struggle: workers and the just transition
Climate politics is not the playground of distant elites, but a field where collective action is decisive.
Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.
BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.
Working Class Movement Library – Stand up to transphobia
Solidarity against transphobia must be a principle of the movement.
The politics of degrowth – technology, ideology, and the fight for eco-socialism
What does Marxism bring to degrowth, or what does degrowth bring to Marxism?
El Niño is accelerating climate chaos: it’s time for action
The extreme heat of the upcoming El Niño years should compel us to subordinate profit motives to urgent climate goals.
Tory budget gambles on class war – we can beat them
A major attack – but Tories are divided and markets in crisis while strikes and protests grow.
Tories bring back fracking – major protests to come
Tories are happy to trash the environment – activists are ready to fight
Mikhail Gorbachev: twin portraits of a failed reformer
Gorbachev was neither a liberal man of peace nor an incompetent who trashed Russia
The actuality of the revolution: exploitation and oppressions
In this extract from Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age, Neil Davidson suggests ways to draw struggles against oppression and exploitation together.
Revolutionary Reads – What books got us through 2021?
We asked rs21 members what they’ve been reading in 2021, whether new works of revolutionary theory, fiction, or old classics. These were some of the examples our members had. James B – Psychoanalysis and Revolution (2021) Pyschoanalysis and Revolution argues for the relevancy of psychoanalysis as a tool for those of us involved in liberatory […]
Extracts from Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age
On the possibility of socialist revolution and the tragedy of the Egyptian revolution.
Jet Zero: a one way ticket to climate hell
The package of plans to make the aviation industry ‘green’ is a charade driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation’s corporate consumers.
Review | Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age
Andy N reviews Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age, a new collection discussing political upheavals since 1989. He finds a wide ranging and insightful work, which will deepen both the theory and practice of the modern left. Colin Barker, Gareth Dale, and Neil Davidson, Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age (Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2021) 410 […]
Marx, the Paris Commune & socialism’s two souls: What liberation are we fighting for?
At the heart of the Communist Manifesto of 1848, recalled Engels, was the idea that “the emancipation of the workers must be the act of the working class itself.”
Revolutionary Reflections | Moving towards an ecological Leninism
The urgency of the climate crisis has led some on the left to turn towards ‘ecological Leninism’ – but we need greater clarity on what this means.
Class Struggle Against Covid
The coronavirus pandemic has created numerous crises for global capitalism, both nationally and internationally. The pandemic has exposed the inability of societies dominated by the capitalist mode of production to respond in an effective way to emergencies, and it has laid bare the particular weaknesses of the British economy. The pandemic, both in its root […]
Break the border
Socialists are fighting against borders around the world. East London rs21 recently held a meeting to discuss strategy for this struggle in the here and now. Watch recordings of the opening speeches here.
Fortress Europe after Moria
After Moria burned to the ground, a new camp was quickly built to replace it. We interviewed Chloe Haralambous and Michalis Poulimas about events on the ground and what they mean for the EU border regime.
Global fever
The Covid-19 pandemic is a foretaste of the approaching climate catastrophe. Andreas Malm’s electrifying new book looks at both these crises and asks what we’ll need to do to face them down.
Review: Green Growth
Stephen Graham reviews Green growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives