Block everything: the struggle in France
The Bloquons tout movement in France has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes
Inside Die Linke
We talked to activists from Germany’s left Die Linke party about its recent success and issues as they move forwards.
Imperialism in the 21st century – the end of US dominance?
As Trump puts an end to the post-war order and China rises to become a global power, we provide an overview of global political economy.
‘There is no escape for European capitalism’
Trotsky argued in 1924 that “the USA that rules the capitalist world”. Trump wants it to stay that way, even if it means ditching Europe.
Repressing independence: the Spanish Amnesty Bill and Catalonia
Is the Amnesty Bill a weapon in disguise?
Whither Poland
Dan Davison analyses the new Polish government, the Polish left, and the rise of the far right.
From Ukraine to Gaza: imperialism, resistance and solidarity
Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine we need international solidarity in building resistance to imperialism and militarism.
Russia’s invasion and world imperialism
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that we have to understand imperialism as a world system.
France’s authoritarian turn: Islamophobia and the security state
Macron has backtracked after hundreds of thousands of people protested against the Comprehensive Security Law that would ban filming police officers.
Unemployment and class power: the example of Portugal
Worker organising in Britain will have to change to take account of rising mass unemployment. We can learn from how workers in Southern Europe faced the wave of austerity after the last economic crisis.
Fortress Europe after Moria
After Moria burned to the ground, a new camp was quickly built to replace it. We interviewed Chloe Haralambous and Michalis Poulimas about events on the ground and what they mean for the EU border regime.
Interview: Organised and disorganised labour in the Belarus uprising
Siarhei Biareishyk speaks to rs21 about the uprising in Belarus following the falsified re-election of Aliaksandr Lukashenka on 9 August 2020.
Break the border
Refugees are currently reaching the Greece’s border with Turkey in large numbers after the Turkish state withdrew all border enforcement. The Greek state has responded with violence.
Brexit day: what now for the left?
Today the UK leaves the European Union. The question of EU membership has divided and often paralysed the British left. Ian Allinson asks if we can reunite on more productive ground for the struggles ahead.
Double or nothing
Boris Johnson’s manoeuvre to shut down parliament is a step towards establishing a right-wing populist hegemony in Britain
Fight the anti-democratic Tories and their bosses’ Brexit
In the closing weeks before the latest Brexit deadline, Boris Johnson and his Tory Party have suspended parliament in an attempt to enable them to force through a rotten Tory Brexit for which they have no mandate. The rs21 Steering Group argue to build the movement to bring down the government.
Daunted and doomed
Boris Johnson’s election signals a desperate new stage in the long death of British conservatism, writes Duncan Thomas.
Greece: decline of Syriza sparks fresh elections
The poor performance of Syriza in the recent European elections may well sound the death-knell for Alexis Tsipras’s discredited government
Poland: the right holds fast
The European elections in Poland showed the Law and Justice Party staying firmly in the driving seat of Polish politics
France: nothing new under the Sun?
Despite the insurgent left potential of the Yellow Vests movement, the far-right were the winners in France’s European elections
Czechia: opposition stays weak amid government setbacks
Despite huge protests against him, the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ party, ANO, still won the largest vote share of any party in the country’s European Elections.
Repression of migrants in Greece
Greek police have violently repressed hundreds of migrants attempting to cross the border into North Macedonia.
An unsettled status
Immigration lawyer Mikhil Karnik explains how the British state plans to extend its power over EU nationals and their families.
Building the Left in the face of Brexit
Charlie Hore responds to Neil Davidson’s discussion of the Brexit crisis and offers an alternative analysis of the Leave vote.
No exit from the Brexit crisis
What does the Brexit crisis mean for British politics and the European Union?
The sorry story of Fortress Britain and its war on refugees
Mike Haynes looks at the UK’s record on receiving migrants and its relationship to that of the European Union.
Safe passage now – the border is the crisis
As around a hundred migrants have crossed the Channel in recent weeks, the Government and the Border Force are trying to prevent a new route into the UK at all costs.
The Left and a People’s Vote
While the march was mainly organised and led by the neoliberal ‘centre’, there were also socialists on the march. Unite activist Ian Allinson discusses how the left should respond.
Calais stories
Mitch Mitchell is a regular visitor to Calais a part of his work with Refugee Lifeboat.
Greece and the politics of natural disasters
The government has persistently allowed private interests in construction, industry and tourism to be prioritised over serious ecological and safety concerns.