Mobilise for trans equality now
A planned reform that simplifies how trans people gain recognition of their gender has sparked a wave of attacks on trans people, and not only from the right.
Get The State Out Of My Bedroom
Are civil partnerships a new freedom, or do they simply show us how far there still is to go for real liberation?
Labour is letting down sex workers
The narrow space left in UK law for sex workers to operate in is under threat of being further restricted.
Corbyn, McDonnell and the lion that struggles to roar
The ‘Financing Investment’ report sets out elements of Labour’s new economic thinking. But how radical is it?
Race, Gender and Social Reproduction in British Capitalism 1945-78
How can we understand the ways that capitalism comes to be gendered and racialised?
After 9 June: on labelling fascists
Defeating racism will take more than an anti-fascist strategy, but we should clearly identify the fascist core of the new right wing street movement, argues Caliban’s Revenge. On 9 June 2018, central London saw the largest demonstration organised by the far right for many years. Perhaps more than 15,000 assembled to protest “against extremism” and “to […]
‘I Am My Own Guardian’ – State repression of Saudi activists
Recent arrests of Women’s Rights activists in Saudi Arabia are part of a cynical attempt by the State to monopolise the notion of reform and crush dissent.
Leaders, leaders, leaders and leaders
Unite the Union activist Ian Allinson discusses the different connotations of the word ‘leader’.
‘It was like a rocket: a fantastic display’: Reflections on May ’68
In a speech to Manchester rs21, Colin Barker reflects on the “madness of May ‘68”, when, for a brief moment, everything seemed possible.
Repeal: A fight against misogyny and the legacy of imperialism
The British ‘resolution’ to conflict in Ireland was to entrench the power of the reactionary sectarian forces in Irish politics.
Rock Against Racism: an interview with Ruth Gregory
Ruth Gregory, one of the organisers of the 100,000-strong Rock Against Racism carnival of 1978, talks to rs21 about anti-racist organising from then to now.
Palestinian ‘violence’ is not the problem
Palestinians are within their rights to engage in either armed or unarmed responses to settler-colonial oppression.
Nicaragua: the epilogue
The violent suppression of anti-austerity protests in Nicaragua marks another nadir in the long decline of Sandinismo
Rock Against Racism: forty years on
The 1978 Rock Against Racism carnival rallied 100,000 young people against the advancing far right. What were they fighting – and why was this particular fightback so very powerful?
What’s next for the DFLA?
The Democratic Football Lads Alliance outnumbered antiracists at a march weekend, with a crowd that included hardened neo-Nazi activists. Where is the group going next?
Local elections fail to mobilise enough voters hungry for change
The local election results have not been a disaster for Labour. Despite the collapse of the UKIP vote, the Tories lost seats.
Some reflections on #MeToo
While #MeToo has seen countless people speak out about sexual violence and harassment, it has also revealed difficulties in building the means of confronting them.
Windrush and the politics of unconditional solidarity
Outrage over the treatment of the Windrush generation is welcome – but we must also reject the narrative of “good” and “bad” migrants
No community without politics
The mirage of a “mainstream Jewish community”, often weaponised against the left, hides the fact that “community” itself is always a site of struggle and contestation
Western bombs won’t ease Syrian suffering
The latest Western bombings of Syria will do nothing to improve the lot of civilians struggling for survival
Paul Foot: a rediscovered interview
Paul Foot was a prominent journalist, writer and revolutionary socialist. Here we present an interview with him conducted in 1996.
“Marielle’s death was not just more of the same”
The assassination of Marielle Franco marks a new phase in Brazil’s political repression of the left.
Video: what is rank-and-file trade unionism?
Ian Allinson looks at rank-and-file worker organisation – the alternative to a reliance on bureaucrats to cut deals with management.
Read the new bulletin on the UCU strike!
Introducing USS Strike Bulletin, a collaborative online project exploring the bigger questions around neoliberalism in Higher Education.
Justice for the eight comrades
Chinese leftists are facing state repression for standing with the country’s working class.
Marx and historical materialism
Abstract concepts are vital, but we also need to think through how we apply them in practice.
After the elections, what next for Catalonia?
Andy Durgan outlines the political landscape following Catalonia’s recent elections.
Carillion: a chronicle of a blacklisting crook foretold
Carillion wasn’t an exception, but all too typical of the spiv business model the dominates UK construction.
What is fascism?
Dave Renton delineates the types of extreme right movement and highlights the dangers of fascism’s newest form.
Claiming the scalp of a nasty little shit
The fall of Toby Young is a victory for the movement against sexual abuse of women, argues Seb Cooke.