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Pickets with banners and supporters including Green MP Hannah Spencer

Video | Manchester AQA strikers speak out

UNISON strikers at AQA in Manchester talk about their dispute.

five pamhplets of the general strike pamphlet by harry wicks, new edition printed by Revolutonary History.

Review | Harry Wicks: The General Strike

A century on, the ‘thunderclap without warning’ of 1926 still carries a lesson: the greatest threat to a militant working class is the leadership standing above it

One hundred years since the General Strike

The 1926 General Strike began one hundred years ago today.

Making use of the Employment Rights Act

A workplace activist’s guide on how to use the new Employment Rights Act 2025 to build worker power beyond the legislation itself.

The Unite officers dispute

The issues that lie behind the imminent strike of Unite Regional Officers.

A poster that says "Workers unite, Back to the Workplace!" with a red fist.

What future for Unite the Union?

The union’s direction on strikes, organising, Labour Party ties, and key political issues is at stake.

Report back from NEU Special Conference

A report from the NEU Special Conference on organising support staff.

Image of NEU members protesting with a white banner that says 'Value Education! Save our schools'

Winning a Generational Settlement for Education

rs21 Educators put forward their view that every educator in the NEU should help build the biggest yes vote for action.

Pigeons, pickets and pay demands

A report from the first day of the London Museum worker’s strike

Review | How to win a strike

How to Win a Strike, is a rough guide for activists and striking workers.

Universities: what has happened to the Secretary of State dispute?

The university system is in crisis and there has been no action on a dispute with the Secretary of State for Education that was agreed by conference delegates in May.

The Employment Rights Act: what it means and where to go next

To respond to the Employment Rights Act, workers must go on the offensive

Tate workers on strike

Workers across the Tate Museum’s five sites have been taking strike action

Interview | Cinema workers’ strike in Glasgow

Vue cinema workers in Glasgow are on strike

Digital collage featuring a computer monitor with circuit board patterns on the screen. A Navajo woman is seated on the edge of the screen, appearing to stitch or fix the digital landscape with their hands. Blue digital cables extend from the monitor, keyboard, and floor, connecting the image elements.

Who designs the future?

As AI reshapes labour, designers confront a struggle over their creativity and the future of their work

Andrea Again together with two striking workers on a picket - standing in front of of a sign saying Wirral Evolutions. All there have clenched fists.

Left win in UNISON

The election of Andrea Egan as UNISON General Secretary has implications for the whole movement

Rockstar workers assembled on the pavement outside the Rockstar building on Holyrood Road

Support the sacked Rockstar workers

Rockstar workers are fighting for their jobs after 31 were sacked by the video games company

Living rent rally outside the Scottish parliament

Interview | Tenant organising with Living Rent

rs21 interviews a Living Rent member on tenant and community organising in Scotland

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

Cover of the book showing image of a migrating swallow

The precarious migrant worker

This new book digs deep into how migrant workers see their place in work and society

Crowd of bus strikers at Rochdale interchange

Strikes hit Greater Manchester buses

Most buses in Greater Manchester have been cancelled as coordinated strikes have hit eight depots of three bus companies.

Block everything: the struggle in France

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

A chance to defeat Starmer’s most important union backer

The UNISON General Secretary election is a key battle for the whole of the left

Review | The Arcana of Reproduction

Kika Hendry reviews the new translation of Leopoldina Fortunati’s The Arcana of Reproduction.

Village Hotel workers on strike

A report and audio track from an interview with strikers at the Glasgow Village Hotel

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.

Workers for a Free Palestine: organising against the genocide 

Worker outreach is an essential part of anti-militarist strategy, confronting Zionism and rebuilding the left

Striking workers, 1926

Red Friday – why workplace organising outdoes left union officials

The build-up to the 1926 General Strike highlights the dangers of a strategy based on left-wing union leaders.

5 sites, 1 day - 6am, 25 July - Birmingham - B'ham Bin Workers Megapicket 2

Birmingham bin strike: show your support against Labour’s austerity

The bin workers are standing up to Labour’s austerity policies – support this crucial strike.

Reflections on organising in the retail sector

A look back at a 2022 dispute involving USDAW staff who were members of the GMB union