Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
 
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The storm and the street – racist riots and how to fight back

rs21 statement on the far right protests and how to fight back

Rachel Reeves and the ‘maxed out credit card’

Kate Deer takes a critical look at the new government’s claims that Britain has ‘maxed out its credit card’.

Video | Fantasies of the new far right

Richard Seymour on the global far right, disaster nationalism, and fascist fantasies.

Southport murders and fascism

A local perspective on events in Southport and the need for clarity about the threat of fascism.

Red Bird #3 | What we learned in France

Takeaways from the Soulèvements de la Terre mobilisation in France.

Statement on Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Iran

On the Zionist attacks, and a call to renew our work against imperialism in Britain.

Resisting Israeli scholasticide and academic apartheid – interview with Maya Wind

Israel’s genocidal war is massacring Palestinians and destroying their infrastructure, in particular, targeting Palestinian educational institutions

Settler colonialism and socialist politics – a contribution to the debate

David Camfield, a socialist active in the Canadian state, responds to the debate on this website about settler-colonialism. 

Escalations in Palestine

Daire Ní Chnáimh collates developments in Palestinian resistance and their interlocked escalations.

Bangladesh: student protests continue

Protestors in Bangladesh are continuing to organise despite the government, led by Sheikh Hasina, backing down on the reinstatement of job quotas that reserved places for relatives of war veterans.

Red Bird #2 | Gaza and ecological action

Investigating the crossover between the climate and Palestine movements, from common tactics to strategic dilemmas.

The Zapatistas – the first revolutionaries of the new age

 Mike Gonzalez looks at how events in Chiapas have unfolded since 1994 and assesses the latest developments as Mexico elects a woman president for the first time.

Review | What Was Neoliberalism?

What can we learn about neoliberalism from Neil Davidson’s new book? Charlie Post reviews ‘What Was Neoliberalism’

Report | Workers in Palestine day school

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

Cyprus: 50 years of partition

Andrew Stone looks back on the military coup that divided Cyprus in 1974 and reflects on developments over the subsequent fifty years

Sussex Academy Trust faces strike from angry workforce – UBAT strike report

Lou Hayton reports from one of the picket lines where Sussex NEU members are fighting back against the University of Brighton Academies Trust

The French far right pushed back – for now

Ian Birchall assesses the results of the second round of France’s parliamentary elections, celebrating a defeat for the far right and assessing the problems and opportunities ahead.

Red Bird #1 | What is Red Bird?

The Red Bird Collective introduces their new ecological movement bulletin – a project aiming to increase discussion amongst the ecological left.

Jane McAlevey 1964-2024

Ian Allinson pays tribute to and assesses the work of Jane McAlevey, the US-based organiser and author who popularised many organising concepts and techniques, and who inspired and trained thousands of activists

Election – threats from the right, big new chances for the left

Colin Wilson provides an analysis of the election, including the unreported detail of successes for a new kind of left

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.

The Popular Front then and now – France and the elections

Ian Birchall looks back at the history of the original Popular Front and outlines what’s at stake in France’s general election.

UNISON conference backs Palestine, organising, strikes and trans rights

rs21 members in UNISON report that the recent National Delegate Conference saw continued progress and highlighted areas for campaigning and reform.

Review | The Vote

Danny Bee reviews Paul Foot’s ‘The Vote’ – how it was won and how it’s undermined.

Setback for Modi in India’s elections

Narendra Modi’s right-wing government suffered a severe setback in the recent elections in India. Tanroop Sandhu looks at the reasons for this reverse, in an edited version of a talk delivered to East London rs21.

Debate on settler colonialism: Part 4

Steve Leigh contributes with a review of Englert’s book.

Green imperialism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Imperial powers control and profit from the DRC’s minerals. Ben Radley explains the history and calls for protest.

Palestine and the Arab Revolution: rising in solidarity

Revolutionaries from the Middle East and North Africa discuss Palestinian liberation’s and links to global freedom.

South Africa: the beginning of the end of the ANC

For the first time in South Africa’s 30 years of democracy, the African National Congress (ANC) failed to obtain a majority of votes, making a coalition imminent.

Making Gaza the issue in the general election

Jonny Jones argues for making Gaza a central issue in the general election as part of starting to build a serious opposition to Starmer’s Labour.