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Riot Tourism

The halls of power in France are burning, can the British Left hope to steal a little flame?

Michel Foucault: friend or foe of the left

100 years on from his birth, Foucault remains a provocative and interesting thinker for the left

Obituary: Peter Thomas

In memory of the brilliant Marxist theorist and interpreter of Gramsci

Subterranean hyperpolitics blues

Too much politicisation, not enough institutions: contradiction, resolve thyself

Three photos of Suella Braverman, Kemi Badenoch, and David Lammy, descending in vertical order. A pink filter has been applied over the top.

Racial Capitalist Realism in Britain

A speech from FOTO 2026 on the latest members of the bourgeoisie

Reflections on the “IS tradition”

A core text from the founding of rs21

Revolutionary organisation and the united front

A core text from the founding of rs21

Breaking the loop: On Macklemore and Ed Sheeran

Craft against Kraft – musicians strike a blow against the venue boss

More of the same won’t save education: why extra funding is only a partial victory

The pay rise is only the first step; a plan is needed to face the crisis

Carceral breakdown at HMP Whitemoor

A voice from the inside confirms what we know: the prison system isn’t working

Working at UPS During 9–11 and After: Looking Back 25 Years Later

25 years on from 9/11, a teamster reflects on anti-war organising by workers

Internal colonialism

An overview of the internal colonialism theory.

Coloniality and Time

There’s only 24 hours in a day under capitalism. But was it always that way?

What socialist feminists owe each other

A speech from FOTO 2026 on feminist strategy and building a socialist feminism

A Communist anticipates … Health Communism

In 1921, Alexandra Kollontai wrote a short story imagining Health Communism. Here’s what we can learn from it.

The far right’s embrace of neurodivergence

A short article on the seemingly unlikely links between neurodivergence and fascism.

a collage of different photos associated with the democratic socialists of america. photos of AOC, Mamdani, and different protest banners with people protesting lay on top of each otehr on a red background.

Should the British left build its own DSA? Two views from rs21

The British left has little to lose, but where should it go?

The evolution of democratic centralism in the SWP

We must never again allow organisational structures to remain unchanged, unchallenged and unreviewed, as the world around us changes

people playing football on sandy ground, with car tires as goal posts. a young man ist jumping towards the ball.

Solidarity through football

What’s next for football after the FIFA farce?

Sí, ya puede hablar: The UFW and abuse

Earlier this year, United Farm Workers founder César Chávez was accused of sexual abuse. But this problem goes beyond one man.

A crowd of mostly white people, all dressed in different ways. In the middle, just off to the right, there is a sign which has three options as a check boxes. It has Boy, Girl and then the third option which has been checked with a cross, which says 'Fuck You'. In the foreground stands a person with blue hot shorts and bleached hair made to stand up with product.

Maleness, femaleness, heterosexuality – sold to us by capitalism

Colin Wilson explains how capitalism makes big money selling ‘natural’ ways of life.

Infantino and Trump holding a football and smiling

Whose World Cup?

The tournament’s rot is capitalism’s, but the game belongs to us

A photo of a street in Jaywick. The houses look cheap and broken, the streets need to be fixed.

Farage in Clacton – Socialists need to build resistance everywhere

An in depth look at Clacton’s history and fighting back against Farage and the far right

Protestors confront an ICE officer who is getting out of a car. They carry ICE OUT signs.

The state of the resistance in Trump’s America 

The resistance has emerged from the streets, not the Democrats 

Abandoned: how Labour’s century of power came crashing down in Wales

The story behind Labour’s historic collapse in Wales

Unite’s General Secretary election

Who to vote for and what to do after the election

An edited image of a protestor at the UK embassy in Lisbon. They hold a sign saying 'Free the Filton24'. It has been edited to look red with black shadows.

Banned but not beaten: Palestine Action and the state’s total lawfare

A brief overview of the Court of Appeals upholding of the Palestine Action ban, the past struggles, and the next steps.

a negative of a bunch of palantir keychains

Palantir in the NHS: How to fight the surveillance state at work

Workers can defeat Palantir by refusing to use the platform, building alliances with patients, and coordinating multi-union strike action

A violet coloured image collage of a photo of Sylvia Townshend Warner and a painting depicting the burning of King Louis Philippe's throne in 1848. Sylvia is a white woman has short dark brown hair and wears glasses. She wears a short sleeved shirt and in the original image wears trousers. Below her is the painting, and it almost looks as if she is looking down on the symbol of the monarchy being burned by revolutionaries.

Lavender Solstice: Revolution in Summer Will Show

Benjamin Hargeaves looks to the novel Summer Will Show for its lessons on revolution

Party, class and the event: Interview with Phil A. Neel

Communist organisation emerges from our historical conditions, not mythologised blueprints from the past.