Leftist direct action thrillers: a new genre?
I’m a Virgo, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Black 47 and Codename Jenny
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.
El Niño is accelerating climate chaos: it’s time for action
The extreme heat of the upcoming El Niño years should compel us to subordinate profit motives to urgent climate goals.
Review | Marx in the Anthropocene
The joys and pitfalls of degrowth communism – Gus Woody reviews an important new book on ecosocialism.
Extinction Rebellion at a crossroads
XR changed tactics for the Big One. Gus Woody comments on the protest and next moves.
Review | Future on Fire: mass movements in the climate crisis
What movement do we need? Taisie Tsikas reviews David Camfield’s new book on climate tactics.
A fuel’s paradise: capitalism, energy crises and the markets
Fossil fuel companies and national governments are driving the climate catastrophe that threatens us all.
Climate scientists defend colleagues victimised for activism
Science is often linked to corporates and the state – but scientists are organising.
Climate protest: London stands with Lützerath
A corporate polluter is demolishing a village to expand a coal mine
Lützerath: solidarity with climate activists under attack
Climate activists fight to stop the destruction of a German village and the expansion of German coal.
The Politics of Rural Life – a conversation with Vron Ware
Vron Ware, author of Return of a Native: learning from the land, gave a talk on the politics of rural life as part of rs21 Endgames, a series of monthly ecosocialist events.
Thousands march for climate justice
Marches took place on Saturday in cities including Edinburgh, Blackpool and London.
Tories bring back fracking – major protests to come
Tories are happy to trash the environment – activists are ready to fight
The Overstory – eco-fiction and capitalism
In the first article of their new Substack Capture the Flag, Caliban’s Revenge considers eco-fiction award winner The Overstory. Whilst it is an impassioned plea for environmental consciousness, they find a novel trapped by individualistic and problematic understandings of capitalist society. This summer has been, I’m sure you’ve noticed, terrifying. The earth is broiling and the […]
Floods in Pakistan – a capitalist disaster
Floods are the result of a colonial legacy, international finance and government inaction
Climate Camp Scotland unites climate, migrant and workers’ struggles
Climate Camp Scotland saw hundreds of climate and community activists gather to discuss the practice and theory of fighting for climate justice.
Can ‘green laws’ stop climate change?
As environmental campaigners turn to the law to stop climate change, barrister David Renton argues legal challenges and ‘green laws’ alone cannot guarantee the massive change we need.
The Silvertown tunnel is a health disaster
On Saturday 11 June, the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition held a Health Summit for a packed audience in Newham.
Activists occupy the British Museum
This weekend, climate and anti-colonial activists occupied the British Museum in opposition to its oil sponsorships.
Moving past the graveyard of Green New Deals
Gus Woody reviews ‘A People’s Green New Deal’ by Max Ajl
The Cost of Living Crisis
Map of protests, information about the cost of living crisis, and political commentary.
The cost-of-living crisis
With high inflation and a sharp rise in energy prices on the way, Ian Allinson argues that the cost-of-living crisis will shape British politics over the coming months.
From Nero to Net Zero
Boris Johnson’s classical references are a window onto how he will deal with climate breakdown, writes Gareth Dale.
Climate protesters hit the streets across Britain
Reports from climate protests around Britain as part of the global day of action around COP26
We only want the earth: a new pamphlet from rs21
rs21 has published a new pamphlet by Gus Woody ‘We only want the earth: Anti-capitalism against the climate crisis’
The power to change the system
With COP26 just around the corner, a wave of industrial action in Scotland is demonstrating the huge opportunity of linking workers’ struggle with climate organising.
Unite Policy Conference backs climate action
Unite’s Policy Conference backed the COP26 protests, workplace action and climate strikes, but remains attached to technical fixes.
What do we mean by metabolic rift?
rs21 member Greg Peakin explains the concept of metabolic rift, and why it is an important tool for climate organising today.
Jet Zero: a one way ticket to climate hell
The package of plans to make the aviation industry ‘green’ is a charade driven by considerations of profit, economic growth and aviation’s corporate consumers.