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Fighting transphobia: a practical and theoretical guide

A new print publication to resource the movement for trans liberation.

Boris Liar Johnson

An account of Boris’s ungainly exit from British politics.

A World to Win: rs21 All Member Assembly report

rs21 organised A World to Win as part of our All Member Assembly. We discussed the new right, climate breakdown and the strike wave.

Image shows the cover of the book Britain in Fragments, set against the backdrop of a union flag.

Review | Britain in Fragments

Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever bring a historic account of racism in Britain over the last century. Colin Wilson reviews Britain in Fragments.

a large crowd of people at May Day rally, with different union banners

What is the potential for rank-and-file organisation today?

There is renewed interest in rank-and-file organisation, but confusion about what this means and what is possible.

a collection of people holding placards saying 'I Love my trans grandkids', and other messages of trans support.

What next for the Gender Recognition Reform Bill?

Sara Bennett shows the GRR Bill as a pawn for both Tories and Sturgeon.

image of protesting nurses in front of a hospital, beside an image of the book Health Communism.

Review | Health Communism

How has capitalism wrecked health and care? Shiraz Hussain reviews Health Communism.

Struggling for trans rights

Struggling against recent attacks on trans people

3 young people with saltires painted on their faces stand in front of a banner reading Make Trident History.

Scotland after Sturgeon

What are the prospects for Scottish independence now Sturgeon has stepped down?

a large picket with a banner reading 'UCH Nurses say Pay Rise Now'.

Reject the health pay deal!

What’s the deal? Rob M argues NHS workers have to keep fighting to win more.

Hunt’s budget – comfort for the rich, crumbs for us

Jeremy Hunt claimed he was delivering a budget for growth, but as Jonny Jones explains, for most of us it means worsening living standards. 

banner reading Trans Rage Trans Power Trans Liberation on pink and blue, candles in background.

Right-wing gender politics: regenerated

Lisa Leak outlines the forces arrayed against trans people in Britain now.

Everyone to London on 15 March!

15 March will be the biggest day of action so far in the current strike wave – we urge everyone to join the London protests on that day.

Norfolk NEU UCU PCS RMT ASLEF strike protest march in Norwich. Signs call for more funding for teachers, held by women, smiling, at a march.

#IWD2023: women fight across the globe

On International Women’s Day, rs21 members share 13 inspiring examples of women fighting for liberation and against capitalism and state repression.

CASWO banner and placards

Care workers clap back: strikes, unions and the exodus from care

A care worker activist explains the issues they face and calls for solidarity

People hold placard reading "trans bodies are not a political playground"

Stand together against attacks on trans people

Over forty local vigils for Brianna Ghey are planned. Stand together against the transphobes.

Review | Shake the City – Experiments in Space and Time, Music and Crisis

Kate Bradley reviews Shake the City by Alexander Billet, a well-written and thought-provoking book on the role of music in making political change.

January 2023’s week of resistance

Photographs celebrating the wave of protests and industrial action that swept Britain last week.

RMT members with banners

Escalating rail strikes is the way to win

Interview with a Manchester RMT rep about the strike, and how it can be won.

Medics in scrubs with placard reading "Jeremy Hunt: taking the NHS for a ride"

Growing strike wave can beat Hunt’s attack on workers

Thousands of workers are set to strike before Christmas.

March on Waterloo bridge

Thousands march for climate justice

Marches took place on Saturday in cities including Edinburgh, Blackpool and London.

Tories collapse amidst a growing strike wave

As strike votes multiply, we explains the growing revolt in the context of the weakness of British capitalism and the divisions among the Tories.

A photo of Rishi Sunak in front of a microphone from HM treasury.

Britain’s new PM Sunak is as wealthy as the king — and as distant from the people

Britain has a newly-unelected prime minister. Gareth Dale looks at how we got here, and what to expect from the coming months.

Outlines of Britain with a photo of a TUC rally in the background and triangles dotted around locations of major strikes and protests on October 1 2022. Logos on the side: CWU, ASLEF, RMT, Unite, Just Stop Oil, Enough is Enough, Don't Pay energy bills, and People's Assembly Against Austerity

What is happening this Saturday?

rs21 members have compiled a quick roundup of the strikes, protests and actions taking place on 1 October. 

Kwarteng with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey

Tory budget gambles on class war – we can beat them

A major attack – but Tories are divided and markets in crisis while strikes and protests grow.

Picket line at Euston station with RMT, ASLEF and UNISON members

Diary: dozens of strikes and protests from Tuesday

Pay, NHS and climate actions restart – baptism of fire for Truss

Agency workers have also had enough

As Tories threaten to use agency workers to break strikes, we argues for full union rights for all agency workers to overcome divisions.

Union protest at Kings Cross, London

Queen dies: it’s wrong to stop strikes and protests

‘National unity’ is one-sided. Keep fighting, and fight for a republic.

‘Keep warm this winter – make trouble!’

As Liz Truss becomes prime minister , we look at some of the battles she will face and how best to resist the Tories.

Banner reads All Aboard the Strike Train

South Yorkshire marches in support of striking workers

Unions and community campaigns marched in solidarity on Saturday.