The political economy of urban crisis: housing and the city
At the recent Revenge of Everyday Life conference, Ruth Lorimer talked about the growth of social reproductive services such as cleaning through gig economy platforms in cities, while Katya Nasim talked about the housing crisis and the work of London Renters Union. Listen to the talks and discussion:
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 […]
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
AUDIO: The Fire Last Time – 1968
Marxist historian Neil Davidson talks on 1968 and the broader period of uprisings and reprisals of which it became the most visible example
Reflections on the Education Spring
An interview with Lois Weiner about the flowering of militancy in the US education system
Syria and US intervention
Listen to Omar Sabbour on the real nature of the US intervention in Syria and the implications for anti-imperialists and the left.
Music as a force for change: an interview with Redskins’ Martin Hewes
An interview with Martin Hewes of the Redskins, to some the true inheritors of the Clash’s crown as the radical rockers
Remember the dead, fight for the living
A video from an event in Manchester to mark International Workers Memorial Day
University picket lines – a place of learning
Footage from Goldsmiths college picket line where staff and students talk about their experience of striking so far.
Video: what is rank-and-file trade unionism?
Ian Allinson looks at rank-and-file worker organisation – the alternative to a reliance on bureaucrats to cut deals with management.
Hacking the Spectacle: an interview with Darren Cullen
Cullen uses the language of advertising to make art taking aim at militarism and consumerism
Against the academy: parents and teachers protest primary school conversion
OpenEye Film met the Avenue primary school parents fighting the conversion of the school into an academy.
Video: Can Catalonia Survive?
On 16 November rs21 hosted in London a discussion of the movement for Catalan independence.
Video: Free Education Now demonstration 15 November 2017
Watch interviews and speeches from the march against university tuition fees and the costs of living for students on 15 November 2017.
Video: Charlton Park Academy picket line 17th October 2017
Tony Aldis and Colin Revolting speak to GMB members at Charlton Park Academy on strike defending equal sick pay for all staff.
Video: Charlton Park School strike public meeting
Watch a short extract of a public meeting to explain the strike action and to organise support for these workers under attack.
Video: Mike Haynes – dreams, utopias and messy realities of Russia in 1917
Watch Mike Haynes’ humorous and enlightening talk for Leicester rs21 on the dreams, utopias and messy realities of the Russian revolution.
Video: Breaking the silence – voices of the British children of refugees from Nazism
Merilyn Moos speaks on her book Breaking the Silence: Voices of the British children of refugees from Nazism.
Women and socialism: A conversation with Sharon Smith
Earlier this month rs21 hosted a conversation with American socialist Sharon Smith, author of Women and Socialism: Class, Race and Capital. Listen to audio recording here:
Video: Jane McAlevey on unions, strikes and strategies for workplace organising
Jane McAlevey interviewed by Ian Allinson at a Manchester rs21 meeting in April 2017, discussing her new book No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age, strategies for workplace organising today, the difference between ‘organising’ and ‘mobilising’, and how to build successful strikes, amongst many other things. We republish this video courtesy of RealMedia. […]
Video: the global rise of the far right
A political discussion hosted by rs21 with David Renton and Jairus Banaji
Video: Redskins – A flame that can’t be dimmed
This ten minute film pays tribute to the revolutionary rock and soul band Redskins.
Video: Anti-Trump voices
Many people protesting and marching against Trump are doing so for the first time. Who are they? What are they saying? What motivates them? What do they want the revolt against Trump and May to look like? What should we all be doing? On the anti-Trump protest on 20 February, Colin Revolting and Tony Aldis […]
#BanTrump – Thousands take to the streets across the UK – photos, reports and videos
Tens of thousands took to the streets around the country this evening to protest against Trump’s vile racist travel ban and Theresa May’s revolting invite to him for an official state visit. More reports as they come in! London Whitehall is standing room only from Trafalgar Square to Parliament. So many people it’s too big even […]
The easiest rig to stop is the first one
The protectors in Kirby Misperton know they are on the frontline. They are determined to stop the frackers, using direct action if necessary.
One year, one minute, four photographers
Protest photographs from 2016 actions by Steve Eason, Jim Aindow, John Geoffrey Walker and Sherrl Yanowitz
Video report: Cinema workers strike for Living Wage
Colin Wilson reports from the picket line in Hackney, in east London. Workers at Hackney Picturehouse are on strike from Friday to Sunday after spending years trying to get their managers to address employees’ concerns. Their needs include the London Living Wage, union recognition and proper sick pay. They point out that Cineworld, which owns […]
Video: Jail Tony Blair
The much anticipated, and much delayed, Chilcot Inquiry is due to be published today. Jasveer Singh on why why rebuilding Iraq must start with jailing Tony Blair.
Fortress Europe: rs21 interviews Matt Carr
rs21’s Kate B interviews Matt Carr, author of Fortress Europe: Inside the War on Immigration.
Voices against Trident – video from CND demonstration in London
On Saturday tens of thousands of people protested in central London to oppose the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system.