These Walls Must Fall: solidarity with Yarl’s Wood detainees
A photo report from the Yarl’s Wood hunger strike solidarity demonstration in Manchester, 8 March 2018
Update: what’s new in the UCU strike?
We look at the latest developments in the wave of strikes that has taken employers by surprise across the higher education system.
UCU strike: dispatches from the picket line
Striking academic workers and their student supporters report on the ongoing nationwide action in defence of pensions.
A critical week lies ahead in the West Virginia teachers’ strike
The West Virginia teachers’ strike marks the return of the mass strike to the US in 2018.
Manchester bus strike win support at depot protest
Activists and trade unionists staged a solidarity demonstration outside a Cheetham bus depot this morning.
Seven reasons to march in Haringey
Join the demo on Wednesday 7 February – we can stop this shocking privatisation.
On the picket line at Picturehouse
Workers at cinema chain Picturehouse went on strike this weekend as part of their campaign for the London Living Wage.
Fujitsu workers to strike as company dismisses chair of Unite union
The Chair of Unite in Fujitsu UK was dismissed on Friday 12 January as part of a “redundancy” process that has targeted union activists.
Solidarity turns out for Manchester bus drivers at rainy 4am picket lines
A long running strike for fair pay has gained support from local trade unionists and residents.
A last look back at 2017
This selection of photos sums up a year when austerity continued but thousands of people kept on fighting.
Appeal: support Austrian antifascists sued by fascist Freedom Party leader
Austria’s new far-right Vice Chancellor, Heinz-Christian Strache, is suing anti-fascists for ‘slander’. We are republishing Linkswende Jetzt’s appeal for financial support, as they fight to defend themselves against this charge. Additional reporting by Nick Evans of rs21. Heinz-Christian Strache has long-standing connections with Neo-Nazi organisations. His far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) came third in the recent Austrian general […]
Notes on the occupation, part IV
Neil Rogall reports from Bethlehem and Hebron, where Israeli occupation continues to make life all but unliveable for the Palestinian population.
Notes on the occupation, part III
Neil Rogall reports in his third update from the occupied West Bank.
Notes from Israeli occupied Jerusalem
Neil Rogall is in Palestine as part of a visit organised by Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA). Here, in the second of his dispatches for rs21.org.uk, he describes his experiences visiting Jerusalem.
Report from Palestine: witnessing Israel’s brutality
Neil Rogall is in Palestine as part of a visit organised by Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association (CADFA). Here he describes his experiences in the first few days.
Reflections on BiFab
BiFab’s transition from oil-based fabrication to wind illustrates how those skills can be employed in developing a low carbon economy.
Report: work-in by engineers looks to save jobs at BiFab
Pete Cannell and Willie Black report on the battle in defence of workers’ jobs at Scottish engineering firm BiFab.
Battle for BiFab: Scottish renewables factory in occupation
Through the combination of the defiance of an occupying workforce and a vision of a green industrial strategy, the prospect of democratic resistance is possible.
‘But we will stand upright’ – migrant hunger strike in Athens
Migrants awaiting reunification with their families in accordance with EU law have been on hunger strike in Greece and Germany for several days. Ida-Sofie Picard and Will Searby report from Athens. The hunger strike in Syntagma square has been ongoing for eight days now. In Lesvos migrants have been on hunger strike for 15 days. […]
The Daily Mail and sexual harassment: a statement
Today the Mail on Sunday published an article about sexist remarks made to Kate Bradley by a Unite staff member and her complaint about them.
A silent march for Grenfell, in pictures
A silent march to commemorate the Grenfell disaster. Photos by Steve Eason Repeat marches are scheduled to take place on the 14th of each month.
A photo report on the Football Lads Alliance
Mitch Mitchell writes on Saturday’s march of the self-described “anti-extremism” group the Football Lads Alliance. Photos by Steve Eason.
Scottish solidarity with Catalunya
Pete Cannell of International Socialists Scotland (Scotland rs21) reports back from recent solidarity protests with Calatunya.
On the march for working people’s housing
The growing campaign against privatising council homes in Haringey shows an alternative to privatisation and gentrification, writes Colin Wilson. Over 350 people joined a lively march through north London on Saturday against the privatisation and demolition of Haringey council homes. As the march headed down Green Lanes, a busy shopping district, marchers’ chants, drums and […]
Join this march – stop social cleansing in London
This Saturday will see an important protest over housing and gentrification in London, writes Colin Wilson. If you can, come and join the march. It won’t be news to people reading this report that council housing is under attack in London. The Heygate estate in Elephant and Castle, in the south of the city, was […]
Stop the Arms Trade – Stop Arming Israel
Next week thousands of members of the military from around the world will gather in London’s Docklands for an arms fair. Illegal weapons and torture equipment have been sold at the event in the past – and governments which abuse human rights are buying. Steve Eason brings us this photo report from the first of […]
#McStrike: Lively pickets and London rally mark first UK McDonald’s strike
Mitch Mitchell reports from the Cambridge picket lines and London rally of McDonald’s workers taking strike action for the first time.
People vs Cuadrilla: fighting against fracking
In the UK the fight against fracking is the front line of resistance to climate change, writes Ewa Barker.
Ende Gelände – direct action against climate change
“We cannot seriously tackle climate change or provide global social justice without overcoming capitalism, its obsession with growth and its mechanisms of exploitation.”
McDonald’s workers set to strike for first time in UK history
Employees at McDonald’s are taking a stand against bullying, poverty pay and zero-hours contracts writes Lisa Leak Workers at two McDonald’s outlets in Cambridge and Crayford have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action for the first time in the history of McDonald’s in the UK. The workers are members of the Bakers’, Food […]