The case for abolishing mass media
Far-right movements are driven not just by ideology but by the media itself
Review | The Starmer symptom
Pat Stack reviews Mark Perryman’s essay collection on Starmer’s betrayals and Labour’s deepening crisis
Your Party: Don’t fuck this up
rs21 steering group argues that the stakes are too high for Your Party to fail. Everyone who wants to see it succeed needs to act now
Race against time: how do we challenge the new far right?
Report on Saturday’s huge far right march in London, its roots and how the left can challenge and defeat them
Nepal protests have deeper roots
Protests in Nepal against against a government social media ban grew into an uprising.
Block everything: the struggle in France
The Bloquons tout movement in France has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes
Your Party needs to bury Labourism
The new left party may be breaking with Labour, but it must also break from Labourism
After-party: Your Party Glasgow initial public meeting
How the first Your Party public event in Glasgow came together. A personal reflection on the process and what next.
Gaza: the shifting ground of empire and resistance
As Israel escalates its project, the cracks appearing within Western support reveal both the brutality of the moment and the urgency of resistance
Responding to the racist moral panic
The nature of the threats from racism and fascism has changed in the last few years. Strategies to oppose them need to change too
A chance to defeat Starmer’s most important union backer
The UNISON General Secretary election is a key battle for the whole of the left
Review | The Arcana of Reproduction
Kika Hendry reviews the new translation of Leopoldina Fortunati’s The Arcana of Reproduction.
Village Hotel workers on strike
A report and audio track from an interview with strikers at the Glasgow Village Hotel
End of the rainbow: sex, empire, and the new right
Liberal narratives that once instrumentalised LGBTQ+ rights have given way to a resurgent right-wing politics.
Landlords should not be homelessness ministers
Having landlords in the role of homelessness minister is always a mistake
Antifascism in Epping: turning the tide?
Fascists were outnumbered in Epping – mobilising from an outside an area can get us short-term wins. But as the far right sink roots we need mass community organising.
The battle behind Unite’s belated action on Palestine
Unite members, including many employed in arms factories, have successfully challenged their leadership’s refusal to support action against Britain’s supply of arms to Israel.
The Mamdani moment: new hopes and new hazards for the New York left
Mamdani’s campaign is boosted by struggles such as Palestine, and based on sound goals. But a strategy of reforming the Democrats can only fail.
Workers for a Free Palestine: organising against the genocide
Worker outreach is an essential part of anti-militarist strategy, confronting Zionism and rebuilding the left
Why anti-border politics is class struggle
Opposition to borders is central to class struggle and anti-capitalist politics
London Trans+ Pride – a historic and radical protest
Over 100,000 took part in an angry demo with none of the corporate floats and respectability politics that have dominated queer mobilisations.
Is this the end of Labour in Wales?
What are the forces behind Labour’s decline in Wales and how can new movements might shape it?
Red Friday – why workplace organising outdoes left union officials
The build-up to the 1926 General Strike highlights the dangers of a strategy based on left-wing union leaders.
The rocky road to power: notes on a new left
A new left party is on the cards. What strategy should the left pursue?
rs21 and the new left party
rs21 members discussed the potential new left party at an All Members Assembly