Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
 
Revolutionary
Socialism in the
21st Century

Colin Wilson

Review | Who’s Afraid of Gender?

Around the world, the right are mobilising around “gender”. Colin Wilson reviews Judith Butler’s new intervention.

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

Kick out the Tories, prepare to fight Starmer

Colin Wilson analyses the 2 May council and mayoral elections in England.

Rishi Sunak grinning at a baby, and on right, Sunak at a conservative party conference stage.

The Tories’ pro-natalism agenda

Colin Wilson unpacks the right-wing agendas behind the new Tory childcare policy.

Rochdale by-election highlights Labour’s bankruptcy on Gaza

Rochdale – a significant victory, but not the left alternative we need.

The Post Office scandal is typical of today’s Britain

“The light in this darkness is that people are standing up and demanding justice.”

Writing the future

Colin Wilson celebrates fantasy novel Babel, part of a growing trend for speculative fiction to include radical politics in work written by women, often women of colour.

Queers for Palestine

Opposing the ‘pink-washing’ of Israel – rs21 member Colin Wilson explains the importance of a slogan increasingly seen on Palestine solidarity protests.

Protesters shout and point angrily.

‘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.

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.

Image shows the cover of the book Britain in Fragments, set against the backdrop of a union flag.

Review | Britain in Fragments

Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever bring a historic account of racism in Britain over the last century. Colin Wilson reviews Britain in Fragments.

Schofield: a homophobic attack, an unequal relationship

The Philip Schofield affair highlights both homophobia and the reality of sexual abuse in certain workplaces.

Cartoon showing King Charles leaning over with his hands in stocks, saying "They assured me this was the only way they could ensure a decent crowd."

Coronation hypothermia

rs21 member Colin Wilson considers the relative lack of enthusiasm for King Charles III’s Coronation.

People hold placard reading "trans bodies are not a political playground"

Stand together against attacks on trans people

Over forty local vigils for Brianna Ghey are planned. Stand together against the transphobes.

Manchester rally

Half a million on strike – organise in your workplace to beat the Tories

A brilliant day – now escalate the strikes, build our unions at the grassroots.

Medics in scrubs with placard reading "Jeremy Hunt: taking the NHS for a ride"

Growing strike wave can beat Hunt’s attack on workers

Thousands of workers are set to strike before Christmas.

Kwarteng with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey

Tory budget gambles on class war – we can beat them

A major attack – but Tories are divided and markets in crisis while strikes and protests grow.

Protesters with signs reading 'Demilitarise the police' and 'Black Lives Matter'

Interview: the United States in crisis, part 2

Openings exist for the American left, but not with the Democrats

Sign reads "best homeless camp in Bay Area"

Interview: the United States in crisis

Housing, school shootings, racism – the US feels like it’s falling apart

Haverhill, Suffolk

Pickets out in force for Royal Mail strike

Lively picket lines around the country marked the first day of strike action by 115,000 Royal Mail workers

Mick Lynch speaking at the rally

Vibrant launch for Enough is Enough

A capacity crowd cheered support for speakers at Wednesday’s rally

Trans+ Pride March, central London, September 2020

The right-on-right battle behind the ‘war on woke’

The ‘war on woke’ scapegoats trans people and migrants – but also reflects deep divisions on the right.

Grafitti of Jonson in a party hat with his mouth open

Tory crisis – kick them while they’re down

The government is descending into farce as Johnson refuses to admit that his time is up. The Tories are in crisis, and a mounting political strike wave can break them.

Strikers in front of a banner

Support the tube strikers!

London’s tube system has been brought to a standstill by striking RMT union members. Colin Wilson explains the background to the strike and calls for full support for their fight.

Review | Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

Caroline Elkins’ compelling new book makes the barbarity of the British empire in the twentieth century absolutely clear.

Stop the war! No to Nato!

Opposition to the war doesn’t mean siding with the West’s rulers.

Review | Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment

We need a feminism integrated with struggles for economic justice and against racism, homophobia and transphobia.

23/12/2020. London, United Kingdom. Boris Johnson Brexit Deal.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his office in Number 10 with his key members of staff as they wait for a response from President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen after they spoke on the phone a few minutes earlier with a possible Brexit deal in sight. Picture by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street

Johnson’s Tory party: how it started, how it’s going

Colin Wilson surveys the resignations, U-turns and scandals of Johnson’s two years in government, the position of the conservative party, and what this means for the left today.

A red wedge piercing a coronavirus cell

Building power in a crisis

Covid-19 is a medical crisis, but also a social one. Amid the devastating social impacts of the crisis, we’re also seeing determined new initiatives of resistance.

Leave Labour with a plan

For the thousands leaving Labour, the key is not just to leave, writes Colin Wilson – it’s to leave with a plan to build something different.