Fight for a new mass socialist politics
For the assemblies at The World Transformed festival, rs21 argues a way forward for mass ecosocialist and anti-imperialist politics.
Labour’s hollow response to antisemitic violence
The government’s response to the antisemitic attack in Crumpsall reveals a cynical conflation of Jewish identity with Zionism
Review | The Starmer symptom
Pat Stack reviews Mark Perryman’s essay collection on Starmer’s betrayals and Labour’s deepening crisis
Your Party: Don’t fuck this up
rs21 steering group argues that the stakes are too high for Your Party to fail. Everyone who wants to see it succeed needs to act now
Your Party needs to bury Labourism
The new left party may be breaking with Labour, but it must also break from Labourism
A chance to defeat Starmer’s most important union backer
The UNISON General Secretary election is a key battle for the whole of the left
Why anti-border politics is class struggle
Opposition to borders is central to class struggle and anti-capitalist politics
Is this the end of Labour in Wales?
What are the forces behind Labour’s decline in Wales and how can new movements might shape it?
The rocky road to power: notes on a new left
A new left party is on the cards. What strategy should the left pursue?
Hammer and heart: four theses on abolitionist communism
The connections between abolition, communism and organising for liberation
Authoritarianism with a dash of identity politics: the crime and policing bill
If passed the Crime and Policing Bill will limit human rights and the right to privacy from the state
We are all Palestine Action
rs21’s statement on the proposed proscription of Palestine Action.
How do we build revolutionary organisation?
What kind of revolutionary organisation do we need and how can we build it?
Reflections on organising in the retail sector
A look back at a 2022 dispute involving USDAW staff who were members of the GMB union
Labour’s immigration White Paper: a brief explainer
Here is what the Immigration White Paper means policy-wise
Struggle and Strategy in the Platform Economy
As workers in the platform economy fight back how can sporadic, dispersed strikes be turned into a sustainable movement?
Class and oppression
Some on the left say we should prioritise class struggles over issues of oppression. But fighting oppression is at the heart of socialism.
Against bad arguments for terrible things
A response to John Rees’ attempt to Marxwash anti-trans bigotry
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