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Subterranean hyperpolitics blues

Too much politicisation, not enough institutions: contradiction, resolve thyself

France’s schools revolt: the youth’s Yellow Vests movement?

School-related demands are a driving force behind the students’ anger, but it doesn’t end there

Three photos of Suella Braverman, Kemi Badenoch, and David Lammy, descending in vertical order. A pink filter has been applied over the top.

Racial Capitalist Realism in Britain

A speech from FOTO 2026 on the latest members of the bourgeoisie

Reflections on the “IS tradition”

A core text from the founding of rs21

The cover of the book superimposed on a landscape with derelict pottery kiln and buildings

Review | The breaking of the English working class

A review of Jonas Marvin’s new book on class

Kropotkin’s lifeboats: Mutual aid VS welfare chauvinism

Anyone can suffer under capitalism; no one should.

Revolutionary organisation and the united front

A core text from the founding of rs21

Obscene men: Manosphere Mussolinis and divorced dads

What forms does the anti-feminist counter-revolution take today?

Fanon’s continuing presence and revolutionary Sudan

The thought of the Martinican revolutionary still proves useful for understanding the situation today

Breaking the loop: On Macklemore and Ed Sheeran

Craft against Kraft – musicians strike a blow against the venue boss

More of the same won’t save education: why extra funding is only a partial victory

The pay rise is only the first step; a plan is needed to face the crisis

Carceral breakdown at HMP Whitemoor

A voice from the inside confirms what we know: the prison system isn’t working

Review | A Short History of Trans Misogyny

Examining the emergence of trans misogyny, from New York and London to the British Raj and beyond

Silence won’t save us

A view from a Unite member on Sharon Graham’s silence

Working at UPS During 9–11 and After: Looking Back 25 Years Later

25 years on from 9/11, a teamster reflects on anti-war organising by workers

Interview | MUDRAT

Words from an artist fighting settler social cohesion

Fighting the ELFT job cuts: A view from the frontline

A Unite rep reports from the ground on devastating cuts made to the NHS

book cover of the book keep going a guide to organizing when ti's hard.

Review | Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard

A book full of good advice for organising at work and elsewhere

Internal colonialism

An overview of the internal colonialism theory.

Obituary: Brian Parkin 10 May 1947 – 12 August 2026

In memory of one of the founding members of rs21

east London rs21 members and bus drivers at the

The climate crisis has a picket line at London’s Arriva garages

Climate change is entering the shop floor, but where is the climate movement?

Doing it together: DIY football against the trans ban

In the face of trans bans in global football, resistance takes the form of DIY

Coloniality and Time

There’s only 24 hours in a day under capitalism. But was it always that way?

Review | The Winter Circus: A Memoir by Leo Zeilig

A review of the new novel by Leo Zeilig

The USSR and colonialism

The Soviet Union had a complex relationship with colonialism that evolved over decades

Fifty years of Rock Against Racism

From Marx is’ Muss, a reflection on the start of Rock Against Racism

What socialist feminists owe each other

A speech from FOTO 2026 on feminist strategy and building a socialist feminism

Echoes of 1905

An Imperialist nation is defeated at sea by a smaller power. Are talking about 2026, or 1905?

Disorienting times

A speech from the opening of FOTO 2026

A Communist anticipates … Health Communism

In 1921, Alexandra Kollontai wrote a short story imagining Health Communism. Here’s what we can learn from it.