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How can workers stop the genocide?

An rs21 arms worker on how the Palestine solidarity movement could stop the flow of weapons to Israel.

Western terror in the Middle East

Wars and oppression in the Middle East and North Africa are a product of centuries of colonial and imperial domination by Western powers. Eleanor Morley explains the bloody history.

Why Palestine is an issue for educators

rs21 teachers argue why educators across the country have a duty to talk about Palestine.

Queers for Palestine

Opposing the ‘pink-washing’ of Israel – rs21 member Colin Wilson explains the importance of a slogan increasingly seen on Palestine solidarity protests.

Ceasefire Now rally, London Trafalgar Sq, 4.11.23

Why I support Palestine: an interview with Merilyn Moos

My family in Germany were killed by Nazis because they were Jews. What Israel has constructed in Gaza is a concentration camp.

Settler colonialism, Zionism and Palestinian liberation

Sai Englert on the relationship between the Zionist labour movement and the road to Palestinian liberation.

Settler colonialism and the birth of global capitalism

Sai Englert discusses the history of settler colonialism and its central role in the development of global capitalism

Will a green transition benefit Africa?

What if climate adaptation continues to mirror logics of fossil capital?

‘A symbol for the liberation struggle’

Interview with a pro-Palestinian protester in Germany.

More protests for Palestine

rs21 rounds up some of the many Palestine solidarity demonstrations that took place last weekend to call for an end to the siege of Gaza

New arrivals disembarking in Palestine in July 1947

The origins of Zionism

In part one of our series on the roots of Israeli terror rs21 member Neil Rogall, looks at the origins of Zionism.

Video | End the siege of Gaza: building solidarity with Palestine

Anindya Bhattacharyya discusses the shifting landscape of Palestinian solidarity campaigning during the siege of Gaza.

Understanding the contradictions of Ukraine

rs21 member Sam O’Brien argues for a more nuanced understanding which sees both the struggle for national liberation and rivalry between imperialist powers as driving the war.

Protests for Palestine

Protests in solidarity with Palestine swept Britain yesterday. rs21 members report.

China – end of the boom?

rs21 member Charlie Hore explores how a changing demographic, environmental issues and inherent instability pose serious threats to the growth of the Chinese economy.

End the siege of Gaza! Victory to the Intifada!

Demonstrate this weekend and demand an end to the siege of Gaza.

Australia: anti-Indigenous racism and the Voice referendum

An Australian socialist explains why a ‘Yes’ vote is important in the Voice referendum.

Hope amid the horror: Palestinian resistance after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

Anindya Bhattacharyya analyses Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and its repercussions for resistance to occupation and imperialism.

Strikers at the UAW picket line

Let them eat steak: voices from a UAW picket line

Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

A small earthquake in Chile, 1970-73

Mike Gonzalez writes about the 1973 coup in Chile and the lessons it offers for the struggle for socialism today.

cover of the book, and a man looking at WW1 death technology

Learning from the Second International: a review of Reform, Revolution and Opportunism

Mike Taber’s new collection exposes fissures within the Second International.

Earthquake in Morocco: neoliberal failure and popular solidarity

A solidarity statement written by Moroccan socialists after the earthquake of early September 2023

book cover and artwork

Interview | Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

Matthew Cookson interviews the authors of a new graphic novel on the Haitian Revolution.

Syria – ‘The people want the fall of the regime!’

Large demonstrations have been taking place across Syria in recent weeks. While their scale has yet to reach the peaks seen in 2011, many are hopeful that the government will be brought down. We republish an interview with an Australian based Syrian leftist.

Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.

BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.

Armenians stand in line for bread

Starving Armenians and Very Tasty Cookies

The blockade of 120,000 people trapped in Nagorno-Karabakh has awakened trauma in Armenians around the world.

Popular protest and labour insurgency in Iran

A Tehran-based activist assesses the movement, and the under-reported role of workers’ struggles in the wider street mobilisations.

Rishi Sunak looks at the phone of Georgia Meloni, Italian Prime Minister, at the G7 Leaders Summit in May 2023.

Review | Mussolini’s Grandchildren

Italy’s far-right government has roots stretching back a century. Colin Wilson reviews Broder’s book.

comrades hold a banner reading Scotland out of Britain, Britain out of Ireland.

Report from the Fourth International’s Revolutionary Youth Camp

“Youth education in politics should not be based on receiving lectures by old men.”

Plantem Cara

Spanish elections: what next after fear trumps hate?

Luke Stobart analyses the Spanish election results.