‘Solidarity is a stream of sparks’: interview with an antifascist political prisoner
‘We are not alone, we are together, and we will win’: An interview with Russian antifascist political prisoner Ilya Shakursky.
India’s farmers’ protests: the British left must show solidarity
Protests by farmers against neoliberal land-grab reforms are the latest outbreak of dissent against Modi’s fascist government.
The Trumpian afterlife
The incoming Biden administration may repeal a few of Trump’s ugliest policies, but the revitalised far right is not going away.
Assessing the 2020 US elections
Aaron Amaral and Phil Gasper offer analysis and perspectives coming out of the 2020 U.S. elections. This piece was originally published by Tempest Magazine.
Review | Fascism: History and Theory
Luigi Hay reviews a timely analysis of the origins of fascist organisation, which looks critically at different strategies adopted by the left to fight fascism.
After the election
On the eve of an election where neither candidate offers anything to people struggling against oppression, US socialists need to continue supporting the wave of protests, strikes and rebellions that began this summer
What conspiracy theories won’t tell you
Conspiracy theories are booming. Most present a hodgepodge of uninformed fantasies. But they all have one thing in common – they don’t go far enough.
The BLM Summer and the US elections
Amidst an ongoing anti-racist uprising of unprecedented size and militancy, the US presidential election is approaching.
Review: Martin Monath, A Jewish Resistance Fighter among Nazi soldiers
Merilyn Moos reviews a fascinating and little-known history of Trotskyist organising during World War Two.
Anti-racists reclaim Glasgow
Over the past fortnight Glasgow has become a flash point in the fight against the far right, demonstrating the inherent link between British Unionism and white supremacy.
A tale of two towns
Colin Revolting looks at events in Deptford and Eltham after the 2011 shooting of Mark Duggan
Trans rights and ‘gender ideology’ in Hungary
The Hungarian parliament has passed new legislation that will eradicate any recognition of transgender people. Hanna Gál situates the new developments in the context of the far-right ruling parties’ hostility to ‘gender ideology’ and argues for a trans-inclusive feminist fightback.
Review: Anti-Nazi Germans
As Boris Johnson and others attempt to invoke the ‘spirit of the Blitz’ in response to COVID-19, Ian Birchall celebrates a recent publication that disrupts the national myths of WWII.
Launch statement: Cambridge Feminist Anti-Fascists
Cambridge Feminist Anti-Fascists is a new group intending to organise against the far right and the broader social issues that fuel it.
What does my body know of photography? – Remembering the resistance through art
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Annie Dobson remembers Faye Schulman, photographer and Jewish partisan with her lyric essay.
Converging crises at Endgames? Capitalism and the climate emergency
On 26 October, rs21 hosted a day of discussions in London about capitalism and the climate emergency. The first session of the day discussed how the climate crisis is related to imperialism and state control.
Review: A Jewish Communist in Weimar Germany
Merilyn Moos reviews a new biography of Werner Scholem, an uncompromising revolutionary to the end.
Double or nothing
Boris Johnson’s manoeuvre to shut down parliament is a step towards establishing a right-wing populist hegemony in Britain
Review: The Order of the Day
The unfolding catastrophe of the 1930s is illuminated in new ways in a disconcerting new book by Éric Vuillard, writes Brian Parkin.
‘Soldier F’: the far right’s new rallying cry
As Jeremy Hunt pledges to block prosecution of British soldiers, Max L explores the role of the far right in a growing street campaign for immunity for soldiers who committed war crimes in the North of Ireland.
Six flavours of milkshake for the European elections
With far right candidates standing in the upcoming European elections, here are some counter-arguments to help you persuade people to vote against Tommy Robinson and the far right.
Review | Never Again
Colin Revolting reviews Never Again by David Renton, the story of the fascist National Front and the campaign which stopped it in its tracks.
The diary of a Scottish Muslim woman after the Christchurch massacre
Tarrant’s racist ideas are sanctioned and practised by the very top of Western state structures, by far-right organisations and by sections of the media; he just put them into practice.
On labelling fascists: postscript
Caliban’s Revenge revisits his argument that we should identify the fascist core of the new right wing street movement, as part of a broader anti-racist struggle.
A brief history of the Teddy Boys
The post war youth subculture that became the subject of a moral panic.
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.
Repression in Russia: demonstrate on Saturday 19 January
Support anti-fascists and leftists facing repression in Russia this Saturday.
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.
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.