The Supreme Court decision: when law becomes the means of oppression
The Supreme Court decision is a break with precedent and a concession to right wing pressure that harms all women.
New left party: dead-end or dead right
Any new mass socialist formation must be rooted in class politics which understands its relation to oppression
Trump’s tariffs turmoil – an empire in decline
Trump, tariffs and the changing balance of power in the world economy.
What is going on with Trump’s tariffs?
Why is Trump imposing tariffs and what does he want to achieve
Autonomist Marxism, disability and precarious work
How does capitalism shape disablement? And how can disabled people most effectively resist their oppression?
Labour – war hawks
Trumpeting the military is a distraction from Labour’s policies to deepen oppression and exploitation.
How do we democratise and invigorate our unions?
“Every worker should feel empowered with the tools and confidence to organise.”
The United States U-turns on Ukraine
The long term issues that underlie the shift in US policy on Ukraine
Why is homelessness spending not working?
Billions are wasted on landlord profits so what can be done different?
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?
Video | How can we build a mass socialist politics of ‘freedom dreams’
In response to the threat of Farage’s Reform Party the left needs to build laboratories of hope.
The cultural problem of ‘treatlerism’
Treatlerism describes a reactionary entitlement rooted in exploitation. But what if we reclaimed entitlement?
The right to be an addict
Addiction isn’t the problem—criminalisation is. To end the crisis, we must abolish prisons, policing, and the system that fuels suffering.
The reactionary evil of Trump’s oligarch courtiers
Resisting the ambitions of Elon Musk and Peter Thiel requires more than critique—it demands direct confrontation
Trump’s second term: fascism in the US?
Continuing the discussion of what we can expect from Trump’s second term, highlighting the risks and the opportunities for resistance.
Video | Trump, the US elections, fascism
Will Trump rule as a fascist? A video discussion of the outcomes of the US election.
Syria: history shapes our organising today
How does the overthrow of Assad fit in the wider context of the Middle East, Israeli aggression and inter-imperialist competition?
Building Fortress Britain: Labour’s policies on immigration
Labour intensifies deportations, workplace raids and migrant exploitation.
A rural revolt? On recent farmer mobilisations in Britain
The underlying context of the farmers’ protests
Palestine activists face the British state of terror
The British state’s anti-terror powers target pro-Palestine activists unjustly
On Gaza and the struggle to restrain Trump
rs21 member David Renton uses the idea of ‘permanent revolution’ to understand the prospect of global counter-revolution we face today.
When the circus leaves town
A revolutionary Marxist organisation in the US considers a Left re-orientation and response to the dismal US electoral situation.
Labour’s budget – no end to increasing inequality
Social services gutted, green transition neglected, public money funnelled to private business.
Chris Kaba verdict shows the police have a licence to kill
The police defend capitalism and we need to fight with a revolutionary response
One year on from the Al Aqsa Flood
A report on Glasgow’s commemorations of October 7th: the year of genocide must also be recognised as a year of resistance.
University fees crisis
UCU members explain the challenges of organising in the face of the market-driven crisis affecting education, which affects students and university workers alike.
Palestine solidarity and overdetermination
Analysing the endurance of Israel’s barbarisms and its interdependence with US imperialism
Stand with Lebanon
What’s the role of the Palestine solidarity movement in the face of Israel’s escalations?
Glasgow against fascism: a report on 7th September and thoughts on next steps
Tactical considerations for the antifascist movement in Glasgow.