Glasgow against fascism: a report on 7th September and thoughts on next steps
Tactical considerations for the antifascist movement in Glasgow.
Working class unity means anti-racist unity: no compromise with racist state power
rs21 members make the case for an anti-racist politics that combats all forms of oppression and exploitation
Ireland today: interview with Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Pat Stack talks to Derry based socialists Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Four theses on fascism, pogroms and liberation
Reflections on fascism, crisis and class politics, as the left responds to far-right mobilisations.
After the 7th August – building networks across the country
TK Adisa argues that we should celebrate 7 August but build and strengthen networks of resistance
After the horror, the hope
Author and activist Dave Renton reviews a week in which mass anti-racist and anti-fascist protests started to push back
The storm and the street – racist riots and how to fight back
rs21 statement on the far right protests and how to fight back
Southport murders and fascism
A local perspective on events in Southport and the need for clarity about the threat of fascism.
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.
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.
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.
Remembering the Portuguese Revolution
Marxist historian Raquel Varela remembers the Portuguese revolution of April 25 1974 and its aftermath
The Tories’ pro-natalism agenda
Colin Wilson unpacks the right-wing agendas behind the new Tory childcare policy.
Climate denial and far right populism
Pete Cannell explores the way in which far right populist parties are using climate denial as a key part of their agenda.
What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist
Many Democrats argue that Trump is a fascist and demand that the Left subordinate everything to the call to resist him, but we have to organise against the rise of authoritarianism.
Revolutionary Reflections | The Battle of Cable Street
Anti-fascists of all stripes can learn from the success story of 1930s East London organising.
What’s behind India’s embrace of Israel?
JS Titus on the roots of the deepening economic and military cooperation between India and Israel
About the Dublin riots: some explanations and responses
Juliana Sassi, a member of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU), looks beyond simplistic explanations of the recent riots in Dublin to deeper causes, and explains how anti-racists and community campaigners have responded.
Into the abyss: On the Argentinian elections.
As Argentina lurches to the right, Adam Fabry analyses the rise of Javier Milei
Exposing the far-right conspiracy theorists
Pat Stack on the rise of the far right conspiracy theorist The Light newspaper
Australia: anti-Indigenous racism and the Voice referendum
An Australian socialist explains why a ‘Yes’ vote is important in the Voice referendum.
‘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.
Review | Mussolini’s Grandchildren
Italy’s far-right government has roots stretching back a century. Colin Wilson reviews Broder’s book.
Spanish elections: what next after fear trumps hate?
Luke Stobart analyses the Spanish election results.
Schofield: a homophobic attack, an unequal relationship
The Philip Schofield affair highlights both homophobia and the reality of sexual abuse in certain workplaces.
#IrelandForAll and the anti-racist tradition in Ireland
Recent months have witnessed a growth in far-right organising in Ireland, but also the spread of major anti-racist mobilisations in response. Pádraig Mac Oscair examines these developments and puts them in historical context. In recent months, the inner-city Dublin community of East Wall has seen a series of protests against the potential housing of refugees […]
Fighting fascists in Erskine
Fascists have been organising weekly demonstrations in a small Scottish town – we explain who they are and how antifascists are organising to beat them.
Anti-refugee demonstration in Carlisle – Nazis score a victory against divided opposition
Anti-fascists faced hurdles in mobilising against the first fascist demo to hit Carlisle in years.
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 […]