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We will not be silenced

Joint statement with movement organisations on the events of 18 January on the PSC national demonstration for Palestine.

Video | Capitalism and development in China and North Korea

A discussion of the development of China and North Korea through the lens of state capitalist theory

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions | Part 3

What are the prospects for a nascent left in Lebanon, and how do we strengthen anti-imperialist resistance from Britain?

Gaza ceasefire: a new phase in the struggle for Palestinian liberation

This is not something we move on from as a point in time, but an ongoing fight for liberation that cuts to the heart of the capitalist and imperialist world system.

Trump’s second term: fascism in the US?

Continuing the discussion of what we can expect from Trump’s second term, highlighting the risks and the opportunities for resistance.

Patrice Lumumba signs the document granting independence to the Congo next to Belgian Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens

Review | Soundtrack to a coup d’etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat uses jazz and contemporary voices to expose how Belgium and the US undermined the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo

Syria: history shapes our organising today

How does the overthrow of Assad fit in the wider context of the Middle East, Israeli aggression and inter-imperialist competition?

Review | Coming to terms with China

Weighing up two new books on contemporary China.

Video | Everything is changing in relation to this

The fall of Assad and what next for Syria

Palestine activists face the British state of terror

The British state’s anti-terror powers target pro-Palestine activists unjustly

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions – part 2

Part two of a three part series of articles on anti-Zionist resistance and the development of the Lebanese state

Everything must fall, everything must change

The current regime in Kenya has been struck a devastating blow by the uprising of youth. The state has been weakened and is now vulnerable. This regime can fall.

New circuitries of apartheid: politically analysing hostile technology

The extractive circuits of imperialism under the tech-economy’s hype and bluster.

On Gaza and the struggle to restrain Trump

rs21 member David Renton uses the idea of ‘permanent revolution’ to understand the prospect of global counter-revolution we face today.

a collage tinted red

When the circus leaves town

A revolutionary Marxist organisation in the US considers a Left re-orientation and response to the dismal US electoral situation.

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions 

Part 1 in a series on Lebanon’s history of resistance

First came the floods, then came the bulldozers

Before the mass revolt in Kenya spread countrywide in June, it had started in the informal settlement area of Mathare, in Nairobi, following forced evictions.

A year of the Palestine movement in Manchester

The story of 10 months and 400 actions in Greater Manchester, from marches to direct action.

Stop fuelling Israel

Research and strategy to stop Britain fuelling the Zionist occupation.

One year on from the Al Aqsa Flood

A report on Glasgow’s commemorations of October 7th: the year of genocide must also be recognised as a year of resistance.

Palestine solidarity and overdetermination

Analysing the endurance of Israel’s barbarisms and its interdependence with US imperialism

black and white image of Lebanese flag painted on a container

Stand with Lebanon

What’s the role of the Palestine solidarity movement in the face of Israel’s escalations?

Justice for Lebanon: Against the ‘new phase in the war’

These latest barbaric events develop the broader project of Zionist terror in Lebanon.

Nigerian government unleashes massive repression after #EndHunger protests

Mass arrests in Nigeria target those involved in #EndHunger protests.

The cult of military service: Tim Walz as soldier-teacher

Placed in its historic context, the US National Guard is far from glamourous.

Ireland today: interview with Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann

Pat Stack talks to Derry based socialists Goretti Horgan and Eamonn McCann

Rape and murder in Kolkata – mass protests against state-sanctioned sexist violence

Protests have spread across West Bengal following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor. This report gives context of systemic violence against women in India.

How Chinese and African organisers came together to protest an oil pipeline

Report on Chinese diaspora communities resisting EACOP.

Protests and police repression in Nigeria

Reports from Kano and Abuja: the End Hunger protests, mass arrests and police brutality.

Imperialism and British workers: moving past the labour aristocracy debates

Our history is shaped by the legacy of empire.  Alfie Hancox takes a critical look at debates on Labour and Imperialism