Interview | Tenant organising with Living Rent
rs21 interviews a Living Rent member on tenant and community organising in Scotland
How Italian dockers disrupted the Israeli war machine
In September, Italian dockers refused to work on ships in the Israeli supply lines.
Race against time: how do we challenge the new far right?
Report on Saturday’s huge far right march in London, its roots and how the left can challenge and defeat them
Your Party needs to bury Labourism
The new left party may be breaking with Labour, but it must also break from Labourism
Gaza: the shifting ground of empire and resistance
As Israel escalates its project, the cracks appearing within Western support reveal both the brutality of the moment and the urgency of resistance
Responding to the racist moral panic
The nature of the threats from racism and fascism has changed in the last few years. Strategies to oppose them need to change too
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
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?
Labour and immigration
Keir Starmer’s Labour seems inspired by Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech
Inside Die Linke
We talked to activists from Germany’s left Die Linke party about its recent success and issues as they move forwards.
Labour’s immigration White Paper: a brief explainer
Here is what the Immigration White Paper means policy-wise
Long read | Vietnam, 1968 and what lies ahead of us
The Vietnam War ended fifty years ago. The struggle against the war changed the world and still echoes today.
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.
Minority Rule, Race and Class
What would a working class politics look like that takes account of racism?
Marxism in struggle and what that means
An exploration of the depth and breadth of Marxism – not just as a theory, but as a living tradition.
Is this the end of austerity? Making sense of Britain under Labour
Can Starmer and Reeves deliver lasting change—or will their plans flop under scrutiny?
Is it time for a new left party in Britain?
A contribution to the debate about a new left party by rs21 members.
Labour’s budget – no end to increasing inequality
Social services gutted, green transition neglected, public money funnelled to private business.
Ireland today: interview with Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Pat Stack talks to Derry based socialists Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann
Four theses on fascism, pogroms and liberation
Reflections on fascism, crisis and class politics, as the left responds to far-right mobilisations.
Rachel Reeves and the ‘maxed out credit card’
Kate Deer takes a critical look at the new government’s claims that Britain has ‘maxed out its credit card’.
Election – threats from the right, big new chances for the left
Colin Wilson provides an analysis of the election, including the unreported detail of successes for a new kind of left
Green imperialism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Imperial powers control and profit from the DRC’s minerals. Ben Radley explains the history and calls for protest.
Long hot summer?
London, Glasgow, Manchester – a brief flash of activity or the start of a long hot summer?
Cass Review: dangerous and transphobic
Lisa Leak and Colin Wilson explain why we should reject Cass and renew the fight for trans liberation.
The Courtaulds strike of 1965 – Black workers fighting back
Sue Sparks of the IS History Project uncovers the history of one of the first Black workers’ strikes against racism in the 1960s.
rs21 – the first ten years
For the tenth anniversary of the launch of rs21, Jonny Jones reflects on a decade of activity, our ups and downs, challenges and achievements, and considers our hopes for the future.
Palestine 101: A century of Palestinian resistance
Shireen Akram-Boshar discusses the history of Palestinian resistance to colonialism.
Into the abyss: On the Argentinian elections.
As Argentina lurches to the right, Adam Fabry analyses the rise of Javier Milei