Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
 
Revolutionary
Socialism in the
21st Century
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Revolutionary strategy Education, healthcare, housing, transport Borders, migration and race Anti-fascism and the far right Imperialism and international politics Climate and environment Feminism and LGBTQ liberation Work, unions and strikes Electoral Politics in Britain Culture
Portrait of Lionel Bart with reflection in mirror

Oliver! Reviewing The Situation

A look back at the communist legacy of Lionel Bart and Oliver!

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Review | All In: a revolutionary theory to stop climate collapse

A review of ‘All In’ which argues for a revolutionary strategy as global temperatures continue to rise.

Commodifying mental health: apps, care and profitability

We look at the unnerving business models behind mental health apps.

Trump, Fascism and the authoritarian turn

Is Trump’s rule fascist, or becoming fascist? How can resistance be built? This in-depth analysis draws on history to understand the current crisis.

Nixed group of women, men and children on the steps outside Lambeth Town hall holding placards saying stop evicting, we are not disposable

Learning from the Struggle: Tenants Fight Evictions in Lambeth

The Homes for Lambeth Tenants campaign is organising and fighting back against the threat of evictions

Minority Rule, Race and Class

What would a working class politics look like that takes account of racism?

Video | Understanding state capitalism

A discussion on how state capitalism theory helps us understand the contemporary world

Autonomist Marxism, disability and precarious work

How does capitalism shape disablement? And how can disabled people most effectively resist their oppression?

Valuing care work: a conversation with Alyssa Battistoni

Why is it women who end up doing so much care work – either on low pay or unwaged? We talked to author Alyssa Battistoni.

cover of Mother State by Helen Charman, with painting by artist Paula Modersohn-Beker

Review | Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood

How does the state shape who gets to mother, who suffers, and who survives?

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Review | Mickey 17

Boon Jong-Ho’s new film Mickey 17 uses science fiction to shine a light on our world

UCU pickets outside an entrance to Dundee University

University crisis – Dundee UCU fights back

How the UCU strike in the face of the threat of massive job losses at Dundee University has shifted the agenda

Cover of Digital Degrowth has title in green with a QR code enclosing a pixilated fist

Review | Digital Degrowth

Digital technologies are inseparably linked to imperialism and the climate emergency – we need to transition away from Big Tech.

Brightly coloured tents around a statue I Albert Square Manchester

The Green Paper: a final rollout of the workfare state

A detailed analysis of the green paper which is all about workfare not welfare.

The cover of Lifehouse - taking care of ourselves in a world on fire

Review | Lifehouse

A critical review of Adam Greenfield’s Lifehouse argues that we have to keep fighting for system change in the face of the climate crisis

Review | Monstrous Anger of the Guns

A new work unpacks the global arms industry and how to fight it.

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Labour – war hawks

Trumpeting the military is a distraction from Labour’s policies to deepen oppression and exploitation.

Disabled people protesting outside Norfolk County Hall

10 ways you can fight the disability benefits cuts

Ten ideas for ways to oppose Labour’s cuts to disabled people’s benefits

Why we need a maximum rent

The government says they need to cut spending – so let’s stop this £35 billion handout to landlords.

NHS workers on strike in London. Placard with an acrostic poem reads: 'Needed Undervalued Resigning Short-staffed Exhausted Still saving lives!'

How do we democratise and invigorate our unions?

“Every worker should feel empowered with the tools and confidence to organise.”

Post-apocalypse London: Houses of Parliament in ruins, Thames run dry

‘There is no escape for European capitalism’

Trotsky argued in 1924 that “the USA that rules the capitalist world”. Trump wants it to stay that way, even if it means ditching Europe.

Close up of the F-35 stealth fighter on a runway

Defund the death jets

The case for defunding the F-35 stealth fighter

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The United States U-turns on Ukraine

The long term issues that underlie the shift in US policy on Ukraine

Workmen installing large array of solar panels on the flat roof of a building in Shanghai in 2019

Video | China and the US in the 21st century

The rapid growth of the Chinese economy over the last quarter of a century and the growing tensions with the US

Graffiti - word "No!" with letter O resembling Hitler's face

German election: far right surges, chances for the radical left

A big step forward for the AfD, a surprise success for Die Linke

A tent city protest in Minnesota

Why is homelessness spending not working?

Billions are wasted on landlord profits so what can be done different?

Pacific Palisades – after the fire

After the LA fires – reflecting on the history of the Pacific Palisades

London housing crisis – Peckham fights back

Peckham protesters are standing up to one of London’s biggest housing developers

Higher education in crisis – what now for UCU?

As massive cuts and redundancies are threatened across the university sector – how can we build the fightback?

Review | Hard Graft

Kika Hendry reviews the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition Hard Graft, which explores the relationship between work and health tracing through histories of exploitation, oppression and resistance.