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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.

Prime Minister Modi next to an Indian flag.

The BJP’s war on trans rights

India’s latest assault on trans rights is the logical product of a state that needs the gender binary to reproduce itself.

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

Video | The POUM: republic, revolution and counterrevolution

The role of the POUM in the Spanish Civil War

An image of a road in Khartoum, Sudan. Several cars are going in both directions and an airplane is taking off, facing the direction of the camera. There are LG and other advertisements on the sides and graffitis on the walls.

Food, land, water: Africa and emerging Gulf sub-imperialisms

Gulf involvement in Africa reproduces the worst aspects of parasitic and decaying capitalism

No war with Iran – the main enemy is at home

rs21 statement on the attacks on Iran.

Israel: the making of a racist state – new edition

The preface to the new edition of Israel: the making of a racist state

Venezuela: imperialism, post Chavismo, and resistance from below (part 2)

The second part of a two part article looks at the opportunities for resistance and the regional implications of Trump’s attack.

Venezuela: imperialism, post Chavismo, and resistance from below (part 1)

Part 1 of a two part analysis of Trump’s attack on Venezuela and the possibilities for resistance.

Destination Defence

Destination Defence is a new government attempt to intensify the militarisation of British society.

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

South Africa’s hydrogen extractive frontier: climate action or recolonisation?

A critical examination of the development of green hydrogen manufacture in South Africa

Prisoners for Palestine logo

Solidarity with the hunger strikes

Political prisoners on hunger strike are challenging the counter-terror laws and the criminalisation of Palestinian solidarity inside Britain’s prisons

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

Portrait of Njuki Githethwa with clenched fist raised in blue jacket white tee-shirt and

Interview | Kenya Left Alliance

An interview with the Kenya Left Alliance on building left unity in Kenya

Venezuela: between crisis and invasion

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

Cover of the book

Review | Overreach: how China derailed its peaceful rise

Overreach is written from within the US establishment and provides insight into why the US sees China as a mortal enemy

Election poster on a lampost in a Dublin street

Catherine Connolly wins: an historic victory for the left in Ireland

Revolutionaries can build on Catherine Connolly’s landslide win in the Irish presidential election

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

The Gaza ceasefire

Solidarity with the people of Palestine

Mass protests after flotilla interception

Report about the protests showing solidarity after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla

Crowds gather in the concourse of Edinburgh's Waverley station

Solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla

rs21 stands in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla

How do Marxists think like internationalists

Thinking like an internationalist

DK Renton explains why it’s vital to reject nationalism and stand with anti-imperialist struggles

Interview | Behind the Zohran Mamdani campaign

Interview with NYC-DSA organisers about the campaign behind Zohran Mamdani’s

Nepal protests have deeper roots

Protests in Nepal against against a government social media ban grew into an uprising.

Block everything: the struggle in France

The Bloquons tout movement in France has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes

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

The battle behind Unite’s belated action on Palestine

Unite members, including many employed in arms factories, have successfully challenged their leadership’s refusal to support action against Britain’s supply of arms to Israel.