Breakthrough for striking rail guards
Striking rail guards have forced a major climb-down from the Northern rail franchise, but questions remain over what will happen next.
Anti-imperialist resistance against the coup
“From our many different countries, we will join in united anti-imperialist actions to condemn this attempted coup in Venezuela.”
Colin Barker (1939-2019)
We are extremely sad to announce the death of our comrade and friend, Colin Barker. Today we republish the first section of an interview with Colin, where he reflected on his experiences in the International Socialists (IS) in the 1960s.
Video: The right in Latin America
Watch Mike Gonzalez, Neil Davidson and activists from ResistBrazil discuss the social and political situation in Latin America
In Remembrance of ‘Alternative Comedy’
Jeremy Hardy was part of a left-wing generation who transformed British comedy and will be sadly missed.
Remembering Bloody Sunday
47 years ago the residents of Derry awoke to the aftermath of the Bloody Sunday massacre. The struggle for justice continues.
Statement on the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
The government’s Immigration Bill needs to be opposed without reservation. Labour should stop equivocating.
Brumadinho collapse: a crime, not an accident
Hundreds are dead or missing after a catastrophic dam collapse in Brazil. The culprits are a mining conglomerate with a record of murderous negligence
Review: Sorry to Bother You…
Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You (USA, 2018) is a breath of fresh air.
How we beat them last time
How can anti-fascists find a cultural politics to fit the current moment? David Renton speaks to Colin Revolting about Rock Against Racism, the Anti Nazi League and his new book, Never Again.
revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 1
The relationship between the state and capital is a major problem in Marxist theory. In the first of a three part series Colin Barker investigates how Marxists have addressed this question.
Caring enough to strike: US teachers’ strikes in perspective
Last week, 33,000 Los Angeles teachers went on strike. Tithi Bhattacharya analyses the past year’s teachers strikes from a social reproduction framework.
What we mean when we talk about benefits cuts
The Secret Housing Barrister describes the consequences of the UK government’s continued enforcement of an illegal benefits cap.
Deliveroo couriers strike back in Bristol
Deliveroo couriers in Bristol went on strike on Friday demanding better pay.
‘Courageous conversations’: students occupy SOAS library
This week students at SOAS occupied the library in opposition to cuts. Seth Uzman points to the wider education struggles they are part of.
Repression in Russia: demonstrate on Saturday 19 January
Support anti-fascists and leftists facing repression in Russia this Saturday.
What exactly does a university Vice Chancellor do?
As HE workers prepare for action over pay, Mike Haynes asks: what do VCs actually do?
‘I was, I am, I will be’ – 100 years after the death of Rosa Luxemburg
The deaths of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht have haunted the imagination of the left for a century.
I Bring Her a Flower
On the 100th anniversary of the murder of Rosa Luxemburg, we republish a poetic tribute to her written by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Protest in London calls for a general election
On Saturday, the People’s Assembly called a demonstration calling for a general election and anti-fascist activists rallied outside the Brazilian Embassy.
Building the Left in the face of Brexit
Charlie Hore responds to Neil Davidson’s discussion of the Brexit crisis and offers an alternative analysis of the Leave vote.
No exit from the Brexit crisis
What does the Brexit crisis mean for British politics and the European Union?
Leeds Socialist Party ‘visited’ by far-right
We send our solidarity to Socialist Party in Leeds following a far-right attempt to disrupt a meeting.
Review: Deportation Discs: A Public Hearing
A multimedia installation exposed the cruelty at the heart of the ‘hostile environment’.
None of them care about Syrian lives
Emma Wilde Botta and Shireen Akram-Boshar provide the background you need to understand the conflicts and consequences of Trump’s Syria withdrawal plan.
The sorry story of Fortress Britain and its war on refugees
Mike Haynes looks at the UK’s record on receiving migrants and its relationship to that of the European Union.
Safe passage now – the border is the crisis
As around a hundred migrants have crossed the Channel in recent weeks, the Government and the Border Force are trying to prevent a new route into the UK at all costs.
2018 in protest photos
Photographer Steve Eason looks back over the movements on the streets in 2018, from the anniversary of the Grenfell fire to the Extinction Rebellion bridge occupation
Happy NEU year?
The newly formed National Education Union is currently balloting for action. What are the prospects for the new union and the left within it?
Favourites of 2018: rs21 reviewers recommend…
Our reviewers recommend the music, films, books, exhibitions and TV they discovered in 2018.