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Obituary: Brian Parkin 10 May 1947 – 12 August 2026

In memory of one of the founding members of rs21

Disorienting times

A speech from the opening of FOTO 2026

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

Fighting Transphobia – new and updated edition

An updated version of rs21’s Fighting Transphobia pamphlet is now available

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

Andy Burnham is papering over the cracks

Socialists must be ready for new challenges under a government led by Andy Burnham

A revolutionary transfeminism in and against our time

To confront the challenges of today, we need to revitalise the tools of Marxist-feminisms to develop more effective forms of political organisation

Unite’s General Secretary election

Who to vote for and what to do after the election

A photo showing a white van and activists blocking an entrance to a factory. They carry a banner saying shut elbit down.

Re-igniting direct action for Palestine

rs21 interviews Arms Embargo From Below, which aims to rebuild a disruptive, anti-imperialist movement

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

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

Motor Tanker (M/T) Wila, a merchant vessel in international waters en-route to the UAE port of Khor Fakkan, in the Gulf of Oman, was boarded by armed Iranian personnel who fast roped aboard the ship from an Iranian Sea King helicopter as it hovered above. Coalition Task Force Sentinel, the operational arm of the International Maritime Security Construct, is a multinational maritime effort which promotes maritime stability and safe passage, enhancing freedom of navigation throughout key waterways in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Southern Red Sea.

China and the Iran war – a provisional assessment

China is weathering the war and turning crisis into influence

images of the two books hinterland and hellword by Phil A. Neel.

From Hinterland to Hellworld: Interview with Phil A. Neel

The hinterland is always a technical space of capital, operationalised for the global production of value

Making use of the Employment Rights Act

A workplace activist’s guide on how to use the new Employment Rights Act 2025 to build worker power beyond the legislation itself.

A crowd of antifascists block a street. It is a mixed crowd of people wearing different colours. They carry banners in the front. Most people are young, and many are wearing masks, especially in the front.

Manchester holds the line against ‘Britain First’ 

Police violence escalated massively – but antifascists in Manchester once again challenged ‘Britain First’ in the streets.

The image is taken by an audience member of the Your Party Sctoland founding conference in Dundee. Audience memebrs are sitting on chairs in severeal rows, looking at the panel in front. Your Party merch banners fill the stage.

After the resignations: How Your Party lost Scotland

Many members have been ejected due to dual membership, and others have left in anger and dismay

A collage in black and white illustrating and symbolsing the war against Iran. Trump is in the front, his gaze to the side, looking on the strait for hormuz, which is filled with war ships and a big iranian flag.

Iran, the ‘ceasefire’, and the crisis of American hegemony

Force alone does not make an empire

Palestine protestors with flags face a police line in front of them.

Guilty of organising: the crackdown on mass protest in Britain

The convictions of Nineham and Jamal are proof the state wants this movement to end – which is exactly why we can’t stop now.

A photo from a Die Linke party congress. One party member smiles and holds a sign saying "For everyone. Die Linke" in German.

The charms and pitfalls of extreme pluralism – Lessons from Die Linke

Die Linke’s party congresses pass resolutions that half the organisation simply ignores.

A poster that says "Workers unite, Back to the Workplace!" with a red fist.

What future for Unite the Union?

The union’s direction on strikes, organising, Labour Party ties, and key political issues is at stake.

An image of a group of campaigners of "Hackney Votes Palestine" taking a group photo. Many of them are wearing Palestine-related clothes and holding flags of banners. They look happy and are smiling. It's sunny and there's trees in the background.

Hackney Votes Palestine? Insights from a grassroots electoral campaign

Local election victories are worth pursuing as a means of building the organisations and protected ground necessary for mass working-class reorganisation

Fighting for intersex liberation: a conversation with Juliana Gleeson

Hermaphrodite Logic explores the history of the intersex movement from the 1990s to today, which still has much left to do

No war with Iran – the main enemy is at home

rs21 statement on the attacks on Iran.

Minneapolis: Resistance surges amid crackdown

Joe Allen examines the violence in Minneapolis and the burgeoning to resistance to it

The Employment Rights Act: what it means and where to go next

To respond to the Employment Rights Act, workers must go on the offensive

Venezuela after 3 January

What does the future hold for Venezuela after the kidnapping on Maduro?

Imperial machinations, oil and the rebirth of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela reveals a struggle for US control over the western hemisphere’s resources

A photo of a white paper-mache key, symbol of the return of Palestinian exiles & refugees, held aloft by two people attending The World Transformed 2025 opening march. The activists are wearing two different coloured keffiyehs, and are surrounded by others wielding Palestine flags.

Interview | Palestinian Youth Movement

An interview with the British chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement at TWT 2025

Venezuela: between crisis and invasion

An in depth analysis of the crisis in Venezuela as US aggression steps up

Photograph of a crowd of people, at the front is a red and white sign reading in block capitals 'STOP GENOCIDE'

How Italian dockers disrupted the Israeli war machine

In September, Italian dockers refused to work on ships in the Israeli supply lines