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Video | End the siege of Gaza: building solidarity with Palestine

Anindya Bhattacharyya discusses the shifting landscape of Palestinian solidarity campaigning during the siege of Gaza.

Understanding the contradictions of Ukraine

rs21 member Sam O’Brien argues for a more nuanced understanding which sees both the struggle for national liberation and rivalry between imperialist powers as driving the war.

Protests for Palestine

Protests in solidarity with Palestine swept Britain yesterday. rs21 members report.

China – end of the boom?

rs21 member Charlie Hore explores how a changing demographic, environmental issues and inherent instability pose serious threats to the growth of the Chinese economy.

End the siege of Gaza! Victory to the Intifada!

Demonstrate this weekend and demand an end to the siege of Gaza.

Australia: anti-Indigenous racism and the Voice referendum

An Australian socialist explains why a ‘Yes’ vote is important in the Voice referendum.

Resisting transphobia at the Working Class Movement Library

The rs21 steering group reports on the campaign against transphobic attacks

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.

Strikers at the UAW picket line

Let them eat steak: voices from a UAW picket line

Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

A small earthquake in Chile, 1970-73

Mike Gonzalez writes about the 1973 coup in Chile and the lessons it offers for the struggle for socialism today.

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Learning from the Second International: a review of Reform, Revolution and Opportunism

Mike Taber’s new collection exposes fissures within the Second International.

Review | Shows at the Whitworth Gallery Manchester

Colonialism, art, the museum logistics chain. Gareth Dale reviews this month’s shows at the Whitworth.

Earthquake in Morocco: neoliberal failure and popular solidarity

A solidarity statement written by Moroccan socialists after the earthquake of early September 2023

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Interview | Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

Matthew Cookson interviews the authors of a new graphic novel on the Haitian Revolution.

Sunak wants to kill our planet

Gus Woody argues that the Tories’ latest environmental U-turns are part of a cynical power grab that all socialists should resist. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak announced that he was watering down many of the already meagre measures the Government was taking to the breakdown of the environment. These included delaying the phase out of the sale […]

Syria – ‘The people want the fall of the regime!’

Large demonstrations have been taking place across Syria in recent weeks. While their scale has yet to reach the peaks seen in 2011, many are hopeful that the government will be brought down. We republish an interview with an Australian based Syrian leftist.

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Where did all the gravediggers go?

‘A Nation of Shopkeepers’ asks important questions about class in Britain today, but lacks clarity in its answers.

In praise of ‘Essays on Marx’s Theory of Value’

In praise of a groundbreaking work of Marxist economics in its centenary year.

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.

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Starving Armenians and Very Tasty Cookies

The blockade of 120,000 people trapped in Nagorno-Karabakh has awakened trauma in Armenians around the world.

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‘Troublemakers at Work’: Why trade unions need a militant rank-and-file

‘Troublemakers’ brought trade unionists and activists together to discuss the importance of a militant rank-and-file.

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‘Our Bodies, Our Lives’: Hundreds protest against anti-abortion demonstration in London

rs21 member Colin Wilson reports from ‘Our Bodies, Our Lives’,  the counter-protest to this weekend’s anti-abortion march in central London.

Popular protest and labour insurgency in Iran

A Tehran-based activist assesses the movement, and the under-reported role of workers’ struggles in the wider street mobilisations.

Rishi Sunak looks at the phone of Georgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, at the G7 Leaders Summit in May 2023.

Review | Mussolini’s Grandchildren

Italy’s far-right government has roots stretching back a century. Colin Wilson reviews Broder’s book.

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?

Keir Starmer looking to his right looking surprised.

What the hell is Labour doing?

Despite a commanding lead in the polls, Starmer is still running scared from the Tories.

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Report from the Fourth International’s Revolutionary Youth Camp

“Youth education in politics should not be based on receiving lectures by old men.”

Review | White Riot

Novel celebrating anti-racist and anti-fascist struggles