Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
 
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The Far Right’s Embrace of Neurodivergence

A short article on the seemingly unlikely links between neurodivergence and fascism.

Cancer researchers on strike in west London

Workers from the ICR enter their ninth week of strike action, demanding pay restoration from their bosses

a collage of different photos associated with the democratic socialists of america. photos of AOC, Mamdani, and different protest banners with people protesting lay on top of each otehr on a red background.

Should the British left build its own DSA? Two views from rs21

The British left has little to lose, but where should it go?

The evolution of democratic centralism in the SWP

We must never again allow organisational structures to remain unchanged, unchallenged and unreviewed, as the world around us changes

Fighting Transphobia – new and updated edition

An updated version of rs21’s Fighting Transphobia pamphlet is now available

people playing football on sandy ground, with car tires as goal posts. a young man ist jumping towards the ball.

Solidarity through football

What’s next for football after the FIFA farce?

Sí, ya puede hablar: The UFW and Abuse

Earlier this year, United Farm Workers founder César Chávez was accused of sexual abuse. But this problem goes beyond one man.

A crowd of mostly white people, all dressed in different ways. In the middle, just off to the right, there is a sign which has three options as a check boxes. It has Boy, Girl and then the third option which has been checked with a cross, which says 'Fuck You'. In the foreground stands a person with blue hot shorts and bleached hair made to stand up with product.

Maleness, femaleness, heterosexuality – sold to us by capitalism

Colin Wilson explains how capitalism makes big money selling ‘natural’ ways of life.

Infantino and Trump holding a football and smiling

Whose World Cup?

The tournament’s rot is capitalism’s, but the game belongs to us

A photo of a street in Jaywick. The houses look cheap and broken, the streets need to be fixed.

Farage in Clacton – Socialists need to build resistance everywhere

An in depth look at Clacton’s history and fighting back against Farage and the far right

Teamsters: The ghost of Jackie Presser

Report from the recent Teamsters union congress in Las Vegas

Protestors confront an ICE officer who is getting out of a car. They carry ICE OUT signs.

The state of the resistance in Trump’s America 

The resistance has emerged from the streets, not the Democrats 

Delegates applaud at Unison conference with large screens in the background

A New Era in UNISON?

A report from the rs21 Unison conference in Brighton

A landscape image of United Kimpton Workers striking outside the Kimpton Clocktower hotel, a red brick building with scaffolding covering it. Red flags can be seen amonst the crowd. On the entrance arch, three flags can be seen - the butcher's apron, a progress pride flag, and a black clocktower flag.

Video | On strike at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel

Ish T-N spoke to Unite members at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester out on strike against their employer InterContinental Hotels Group UK

Video | Support the strikers at the Institute of Cancer Research

Members of staff at the Institute of Cancer Research are currently on strike

Andy Burnham is papering over the cracks

Socialists must be ready for new challenges under a government led by Andy Burnham

UNISON flags. Keywords: UNISON general secretary election

Video | NHS strikes against overtime pay cuts

Ian Allinson interviews UNISON members at the Royal Oldham Hospital

Abandoned: how Labour’s century of power came crashing down in Wales

The story behind Labour’s historic collapse in Wales

A detail from the poster for Vermin with an Xpro filter over it. The poster is organge text on white paper background, which is on top of another layer of orange. The text reads 'VERMIN: Keep Manchester Weird' with one of the act 'Hedgehog' listed to the bottom left of the top section.

Interview | STAT Magazine on Vermin

rs21 interviews STAT Magazine editor Pete Mercer on their recent cultural event Vermin.

The escalating crisis in English schools

Fixing the crisis in education means breaking with austerity and prioritising human need over private greed

A revolutionary transfeminism in and against our time

To confront the challenges of today, we need to revitalise the tools of Marxist-feminisms to develop more effective forms of political organisation

Unite’s General Secretary election

Who to vote for and what to do after the election

An edited image of a protestor at the UK embassy in Lisbon. They hold a sign saying 'Free the Filton24'. It has been edited to look red with black shadows.

Banned but not beaten: Palestine Action and the state’s total lawfare

DK Renton covers the Court of Appeals upholding of the Palestine Action ban, the past struggles, and the next steps.

A photo showing a white van and activists blocking an entrance to a factory. They carry a banner saying shut elbit down.

Re-igniting direct action for Palestine

rs21 interviews Arms Embargo From Below, which aims to rebuild a disruptive, anti-imperialist movement

Photograph of José Maria de Almeida, a middle aged man, with tan skin and male pattern baldness. He wears a blue shirt with a white t shirt underneath. He holds a microphone and has his right hand raised, gesticulating as he talks. The background is a mixture of pink and blue lights.

The price of saying ‘Free Palestine’: Zé Maria and international repression

Florence Open and Martin Ralph write on the incarceration of the Brazilian trade unionist, and how to show solidarity.

a negative of a bunch of palantir keychains

Palantir in the NHS: How to fight the surveillance state at work

Workers can defeat Palantir by refusing to use the platform, building alliances with patients, and coordinating multi-union strike action

A violet coloured image collage of a photo of Sylvia Townshend Warner and a painting depicting the burning of King Louis Philippe's throne in 1848. Sylvia is a white woman has short dark brown hair and wears glasses. She wears a short sleeved shirt and in the original image wears trousers. Below her is the painting, and it almost looks as if she is looking down on the symbol of the monarchy being burned by revolutionaries.

Lavender Solstice: Revolution in Summer Will Show

Benjamin Hargeaves looks to the novel Summer Will Show for its lessons on revolution

Party, class and the event: Interview with Phil A. Neel

Communist organisation emerges from our historical conditions, not mythologised blueprints from the past.

The image shows actors on a stage in front of a theatre audience. They are playing people affected by war, clotehd in rags and with dirty faces. They are pulling Mother Courage's sales wagon.

Review | Mother Courage and Her Children

War is a guzzling money‑making machine

Pickets with banners and supporters including Green MP Hannah Spencer

Video | Manchester AQA strikers speak out

UNISON strikers at AQA in Manchester talk about their dispute.