Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
 
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a colourful March with blue NEU banners going through streets in London

15 March rallies roundup

Half a million workers strike across Britain. rs21 members report on the massive day.

Norfolk NEU UCU PCS RMT ASLEF strike protest march in Norwich. Signs call for more funding for teachers, held by women, smiling, at a march.

#IWD2023: women fight across the globe

On International Women’s Day, rs21 members share 13 inspiring examples of women fighting for liberation and against capitalism and state repression.

Seoul, South Korea

South Korea: updates from recent struggles

A South Korean socialist talks about union struggles, parliamentary politics and Me Too

Counter demo at the Honor Oak pub, London.

Mobilising against the convergence of the far right and transphobia

Across Britain last weekend, far-right elements and transphobes of various stripes were threatening to organise in large numbers. Several rs21 members took part in activity against them and report back on some of the actions.  South London stands up in numbers Turning Point UK, the embarrassing moribund cousin of the US far-right Turning Point, had […]

January 2023’s week of resistance

Photographs celebrating the wave of protests and industrial action that swept Britain last week.

Protest outside RWE office

Climate protest: London stands with Lützerath

A corporate polluter is demolishing a village to expand a coal mine

collage of images detailed in piece: Granny Made Me an Anarchist, Squid Game, Ballad of a White Cow and Francis Bacon.

2022 cultural highlights

rs21 members round up some of the cultural highlights from 2022.

Image shows a group of protesters holding signs including 'Life is where you live', 'Hold ladnlords accountable' and 'Freeze rents not renters'.

Tenants’ unions fight back against rocketing rents

rs21 members report on December’s tenants’ union protests against some of the largest estate agents in England.

March on Waterloo bridge

Thousands march for climate justice

Marches took place on Saturday in cities including Edinburgh, Blackpool and London.

Image shows a high green fence lined with protesters banging metal items against it.

End immigration detention! Ways to take action

Want to get involved in campaigns against immigration detention? We highlight the work of some key campaigns.

Outlines of Britain with a photo of a TUC rally in the background and triangles dotted around locations of major strikes and protests on October 1 2022. Logos on the side: CWU, ASLEF, RMT, Unite, Just Stop Oil, Enough is Enough, Don't Pay energy bills, and People's Assembly Against Austerity

What is happening this Saturday?

rs21 members have compiled a quick roundup of the strikes, protests and actions taking place on 1 October. 

Picket line at Euston station with RMT, ASLEF and UNISON members

Diary: dozens of strikes and protests from Tuesday

Pay, NHS and climate actions restart – baptism of fire for Truss

Union protest at Kings Cross, London

Queen dies: it’s wrong to stop strikes and protests

‘National unity’ is one-sided. Keep fighting, and fight for a republic.

‘Keep warm this winter – make trouble!’

As Liz Truss becomes prime minister , we look at some of the battles she will face and how best to resist the Tories.

Stopping the EDL in Walthamstow – ten years on

Opposing the EDL in Walthamstow ten years ago.

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Climate Camp Scotland unites climate, migrant and workers’ struggles

Climate Camp Scotland saw hundreds of climate and community activists gather to discuss the practice and theory of fighting for climate justice.

Stikers and suppoeters at King's Cross, London

Rail strikers win widespread support – but not from Labour

Trade unionists support rail workers’ picket lines – but Labour MP Sam Tarry is sacked for attending one.

Picket line at Paddington, London

Strike round-up: National strikes begin, local disputes winning

Local disputes are winning double-digit pay rises, with national strikes starting this week and public sector unions balloting for action.

Rally at end of TUC march, plus book cover

‘If you want to organise at work, buy this book’

Organising at work can rebuild working-class power. In his forthcoming book, long-time activist Ian Allinson explains how it’s done.

Rail workers picket line in Cambridge

How you can help the rail workers win

The rail workers are leading a crucial struggle against the Tories. We all need them to win – and everybody can do something to help.

Rwanda protests cap a week of anti-racist struggle

 People have taken to the streets in numbers to protest the Tories’ racist plans to deport asylum speakers to Rwanda. rs21 members report on a week of mobilisations in London against the deportations.

Universities battles ahead – UCU Congress 2022

The University and College Union (UCU), which organises teachers, researchers and some support staff in further and higher education, held its annual congress earlier this month. Two rs21 members who were delegates report on the key debates.

Protest against the Slivertown tunnel

The Silvertown tunnel is a health disaster

On Saturday 11 June, the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition held a Health Summit for a packed audience in Newham.

A photo of the occupation of the British Museum by BP or not BP

Activists occupy the British Museum

This weekend, climate and anti-colonial activists occupied the British Museum in opposition to its oil sponsorships.

Ban conversion torture

The Tories’ attempt to exclude trans people from the ‘conversion therapy’ ban has triggered a massive backlash.

Photo of protest outside Stoke Newington police station on 18 March after revalations that Child Q was strip-searched in her school in Hackney

Cops out of schools!

rs21 members report on the protests in London and Manchester after the revelation that Child Q was strip searched in her school.

Lenin reading a book

Revolutionary Reads – What books got us through 2021?

We asked rs21 members what they’ve been reading in 2021, whether new works of revolutionary theory, fiction, or old classics. These were some of the examples our members had. James B – Psychoanalysis and Revolution (2021) Pyschoanalysis and Revolution argues for the relevancy of psychoanalysis as a tool for those of us involved in liberatory […]

Banner reads: Workers of the world, unite! #System Change Not Climate Change

Climate protesters hit the streets across Britain

Reports from climate protests around Britain as part of the global day of action around COP26

Kill The Bill: the day of action

rs21 members took part in a social media campaign as part of the #KillTheBill day of action against the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Saturday 21 August 2021,

Motion: COP26 and workplace environmentalism

Use this model motion to mobilise for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November and organise for action on climate in every workplace!