Photo report: Trans+ Pride 2019
On 14 September, London saw its first ever Trans+ Pride. Photos by Steve Eason.
Video: What future for Ireland?
Eamonn McCann and Maev McDaid discuss the future of Ireland, 50 years after British troops went in, as the DUP prop up a Tory British government grappling with Brexit, and in the light of feminist struggles on both sides of the border.
Waltham Forest Pride: we can’t arrest our way to liberation
Police protection for LGBT people may be a mark of social progress – but liberation does not come from getting the cops on side
What future for Ireland, 50 years after British troops went in?
On 22 August Eamonn McCann and Maev McDaid will be speaking in London about the political situation in Ireland 50 years on from British troops going in.
On the dissolution of the ISO
The US-based International Socialist Organization (ISO) has recently voted to dissolve itself. The rs21 Steering Group has collectively compiled the following piece in response.
Review: Contralto
Kate Bradley reviews Contralto, a one-hour work for video, strings, and percussion that features a cast of transgender women
Beyond taking sides on No Outsiders
To understand the controversy about LGBT lessons in schools, we need to understand the oppression of both LGBT people and the Muslim community.
We will strike and we will win!
Thousands of people gathered in front of the Bank of England for the Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day 2019.
The Communist Women’s Movement
As we mark International Women’s Day (8 March), Estelle Cooch talks Darya Dyakonova and Mike Taber about the history of the Communist Women’s Movement (1920-22).
LGBT History in 21 pieces of music
For LGBT History Month, Colin Wilson presents a history of queer music in 21 tracks.
Rape culture and the neoliberal university
Warwick University’s response to sexism, racism and rape culture on campus has been appalling but sadly predictable, writes Warwick graduate Rachel Jones.
A homosexual Christmas in 1905 Berlin
Colin Wilson presents an account of a “uranian” Christmas, written by a leading campaigner over a hundred years ago.
Review: Towards a Gay Communism
Colin Wilson reviews Towards a Gay Communism by the Italian gay liberation activist and writer Mario Mieli.
Social reproduction, the Global Women’s Strike and the future of revolutionary theory
The final plenary at the Revenge of Everyday Life conference saw Tithi Bhattacharya and Siggie Vertommen lead a discussion on social reproduction, the Global Women’s Strike and the future of revolutionary theory.
Trump’s transphobic attack is deeper than definitions
The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on transgender people — and the left has a duty to not only resist, but put forward a positive vision, writes Fainan Lakha. Shock and sickness produced a heaviness in my body that kept me pinned me under the covers all Sunday. Moments after waking up that morning, I […]
Neither Westminster nor Stormont
This week, buoyed by the #NowForNI campaign, Labour MPs have made multiple attempts to extend reproductive rights to the North of Ireland. On Tuesday 23 October, Diana Johnson’s largely symbolic ten-minute rule bill to scrap the 1861 Offences Against the Persons Act (the law used to criminalise abortion) passed its first reading by 208 to […]
AUDIO: My body, my choice
In a discussion held at rs21’s September 2018 National Meeting, Kate Bradley introduces pro-choice activist Maev McDaid (3:40) and transfeminist Joni Cohen (17:50) on reproductive rights and freedoms for cis and trans women. The recent referendum in the Republic of Ireland made headlines around the world, but much remains undone for reproductive rights in both Ireland […]
Anti-fascist demonstrators outnumber the far right in London
On October 13th, the DFLA attempted a rally in London and were opposed by thousands of counter-demonstrators. rs21 members report on the day’s events. On the 13th of October, the far-right Democratic Football Lad’s Alliance (DFLA) attempted to march through London. In response, two counter-demonstrations formed at around midday to shut them down. The DFLA […]
Video: Ele Não! Brazilians protest Jair Bolsonaro
rs21 spoke to Brazilians protesting against far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro as the country went to the polls for the first round of voting
Care, consent and coercion under capitalism
Alan Sears, a socialist activist based in Toronto, spoke to Hazel Croft about sexuality, sexual coercion and consent, and the possibilities for sexual liberation today.
The people versus the parliament in Argentina
The Argentine Senate’s vote against legal abortion is a bitter setback – but Argentine women will not be silenced
Always anti-fascist, always anti-sexist
Kate Bradley considers the misogyny at the heart of fascism, and asks how we can better challenge it.
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.
Race, Gender and Social Reproduction in British Capitalism 1945-78
How can we understand the ways that capitalism comes to be gendered and racialised?
‘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.
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.
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.