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Sudanese dialogue and political processes at a time of war: people, participation, and power

Nada Wanni warns against letting elites keep control.

Revolt and reaction: lessons from the struggles in Sudan, Syria, and Palestine

Revolution and reaction in Sudan, Syria and Palestine.

Solidarity with the popular movement in Sudan

rs21 stands in unconditional solidarity with the popular movement in Sudan. The revolutionary process continues to be endangered by open conflict between factions within the military junta, now in its fourth week. We reprint here three statements that have been circulated by the MENA Solidarity Network. The first is an appeal from April 19, 2023. […]

Protestors demonstrate in solidarity with the uprisings in Sudan against the military coup, October 2021

Stand with the people of Sudan!

‘We ask the working class worldwide to stand in solidarity with the people of Sudan.’

The Making of a Revolution: Art from Sudan

Allan Struthers reflects on a recent exhibition co-hosted by rs21 and the Sudan Doctors’ Union.

AUDIO: Sudan, Yemen and the British arms trade

Listen to the talks from our recent meeting on how British arms exports to Saudi Arabia are fueling repression in Sudan and a bloody massacre in Yemen

Motion: Solidarity with the revolution in Sudan

Take this motion to your local union branch to build solidarity with the revolutionary movement in Sudan. This motion was initiated by members of The Sudanese Workers’ Alliance for the Restoration of Trades Unions.

Declaration from the Forces of Freedom and Change in Sudan

A Declaration from the Forces of Freedom and Change in Sudan accuses the Transitional Military Council of staging a coup against the revolution and declares a general strike and civil disobedience until the regime falls.

Sudan’s revolutionary crisis

The revolution in Sudan gathers pace. Magdi el Gizouli analyses the contradictions at heart of the revolutionary crisis and what institutions and the social forces that will be necessary to resolve them.

An image of a group of campaigners of "Hackney Votes Palestine" taking a group photo. Many of them are wearing Palestine-related clothes and holding flags of banners. They look happy and are smiling. It's sunny and there's trees in the background.

Hackney Votes Palestine? Insights from a grassroots electoral campaign

Local election victories are worth pursuing as a means of building the organisations and protected ground necessary for mass working-class reorganisation

An image of a road in Khartoum, Sudan. Several cars are going in both directions and an airplane is taking off, facing the direction of the camera. There are LG and other advertisements on the sides and graffitis on the walls.

Food, land, water: Africa and emerging Gulf sub-imperialisms

Gulf involvement in Africa reproduces the worst aspects of parasitic and decaying capitalism

Strengthening socialism in South Yorkshire: Sheffield Transformed past, present and future

The 2025 Sheffield Transformed conference brought together activists from more than 60 organisations in South Yorkshire.

Destination Defence

Destination Defence is a new government attempt to intensify the militarisation of British society.

Imperial machinations, oil and the rebirth of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela reveals a struggle for US control over the western hemisphere’s resources

Colonial roots of Manchester’s homelessness

What are the root causes of homelessness for many people in Manchester

Review | Emergency Exits exhibition 

The Imperial War Museum’s ‘Emergency Exits’ explores Britain’s violent retreat from empire and the brutality of colonial rule

Review | The Long Heat

Elite geoengineering won’t save our warming planet

Gaza: the shifting ground of empire and resistance

As Israel escalates its project, the cracks appearing within Western support reveal both the brutality of the moment and the urgency of resistance

Nine year old Phan Thị Kim Phúc, her back severely burned by napalm, runs down a road near Trảng Bàng, 8 June 1972. Photo – Nick Ut, public domain

Long read | Vietnam, 1968 and what lies ahead of us

The Vietnam War ended fifty years ago. The struggle against the war changed the world and still echoes today.

Report | Workers in Palestine day school

rs21 members report on a successful day school for Palestine solidarity activists

rs21 – the first ten years

For the tenth anniversary of the launch of rs21, Jonny Jones reflects on a decade of activity, our ups and downs, challenges and achievements, and considers our hopes for the future.

Global crises and global revolts

Shireen Akram-Boshar on multiple global crises and revolts, signalling rising popular rage against the neoliberal capitalist order

Palestine 101: Israel is the watchdog of US imperialism

brian bean analyses US support for Israel and the geopolitical implications of the war on Gaza

Western terror in the Middle East

Wars and oppression in the Middle East and North Africa are a product of centuries of colonial and imperial domination by Western powers. Eleanor Morley explains the bloody history.

Hope amid the horror: Palestinian resistance after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

Anindya Bhattacharyya analyses Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and its repercussions for resistance to occupation and imperialism.

‘The Generals’ fight for power is not our fight’ – interview

Interview with a Sudanese activist about about the escalating armed conflict between rival factions of the ruling junta and its impact on the revolutionary dynamic in Sudan.

Fighting fascists in Erskine

Fascists have been organising weekly demonstrations in a small Scottish town – we explain who they are and how antifascists are organising to beat them.

A photo of Manston camp from 30 October 2022, showing a large number of people fenced in with barbed wire and many security guards, with children running towards the barbed wire fence in front of the camera.

Eye-witness report from Manston Camp

Camp well over twice capacity, vulnerable people sleeping on the floor.

Cartoon shows Boris Johnson as emperor Nero playing the lyre while the world burns

From Nero to Net Zero

Boris Johnson’s classical references are a window onto how he will deal with climate breakdown, writes Gareth Dale.

Cover of 'Fight the Fire' by Jonathan Neale. Text: 'FIGHT THE FIRE: Green New Deals and Global Climate Jobs.

Review | Fight the Fire

Jonathan Neale’s new book calls for a global mass movement to confront the capitalist forces driving climate breakdown, linking analysis with real world action and what must be done to fight climate disaster.