Class and oppression
Some on the left say we should prioritise class struggles over issues of oppression. But fighting oppression is at the heart of socialism.
Review | Eros and Empire
A new book uncovers a history of radical struggles which both fought for queer liberation and opposed American imperialism.
Minority Rule, Race and Class
What would a working class politics look like that takes account of racism?
Liberation delayed: the trap of ‘war on woke’
How can we generate our own meanings and oppose right-wing moral panics about identity politics?
Left wing pitfalls: against neoliberal identity politics and class reductionism
Coalitions of the oppressed show the power of solidarity, but ruling classes use race and nationalism to divide workers. Shanice McBean explores how the left can overcome these divisions.
The significance of the far-right win in Thuringia
Merilyn Moos discusses the historical significance of results in the regional elections in Germany
Chris Kaba verdict shows the police have a licence to kill
The police defend capitalism and we need to fight with a revolutionary response
Working class unity means anti-racist unity: no compromise with racist state power
rs21 members make the case for an anti-racist politics that combats all forms of oppression and exploitation
After the 7th August – building networks across the country
TK Adisa argues that we should celebrate 7 August but build and strengthen networks of resistance
After the horror, the hope
Author and activist Dave Renton reviews a week in which mass anti-racist and anti-fascist protests started to push back
The storm and the street – racist riots and how to fight back
rs21 statement on the far right protests and how to fight back
Southport murders and fascism
A local perspective on events in Southport and the need for clarity about the threat of fascism.
rs21 updates its ‘About Us’ statement
The new rs21 ‘about us’ – how the membership designed the new statement
Video | Abolition Revolution
Why do we have a police force in the first place? How does policing uphold racism, capitalism and colonialism?
The Courtaulds strike of 1965 – Black workers fighting back
Sue Sparks of the IS History Project uncovers the history of one of the first Black workers’ strikes against racism in the 1960s.
Australia: anti-Indigenous racism and the Voice referendum
An Australian socialist explains why a ‘Yes’ vote is important in the Voice referendum.
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.
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.
Review | A Revolutionary for Our Time: the Walter Rodney Story
Rachel Iboraii reviews Leo Zeilig book on Walter Rodney, finding a compelling account of the life of the great Marxist and pan-Africanist.
#IrelandForAll and the anti-racist tradition in Ireland
Recent months have witnessed a growth in far-right organising in Ireland, but also the spread of major anti-racist mobilisations in response. Pádraig Mac Oscair examines these developments and puts them in historical context. In recent months, the inner-city Dublin community of East Wall has seen a series of protests against the potential housing of refugees […]
Abolition Revolution: a vital step into the future
We need to get rid of police and prisons entirely.
Mobilising against the convergence of the far right and transphobia
Across Britain last weekend, far-right elements and transphobes of various stripes were threatening to organise in large numbers. Several rs21 members took part in activity against them and report back on some of the actions. South London stands up in numbers Turning Point UK, the embarrassing moribund cousin of the US far-right Turning Point, had […]
End immigration detention! Ways to take action
Want to get involved in campaigns against immigration detention? We highlight the work of some key campaigns.
University workers strike against unequal pay, racism and union busting
Outsourced workers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine take strike action.
Rwanda protests cap a week of anti-racist struggle
People have taken to the streets in numbers to protest the Tories’ racist plans to deport asylum speakers to Rwanda. rs21 members report on a week of mobilisations in London against the deportations.
Cops out of schools!
rs21 members report on the protests in London and Manchester after the revelation that Child Q was strip searched in her school.
South London marches against racist policing
The demonstration was a visible display of the type of solidarity we need when the Tories’ hostile environment targets some of the most precarious workers in our communities.