How do we build revolutionary organisation?
What kind of revolutionary organisation do we need and how can we build it?
Labour and immigration
Keir Starmer’s Labour seems inspired by Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech
A letter from Istanbul: Reflections on the recent protests
Protests against the increasingly repressive Turkish government have now continued for months.
The battle of Los Angeles: the first weekend
American socialists report from the streets of California.
Reflections on organising in the retail sector
A look back at a 2022 dispute involving USDAW staff who were members of the GMB union
Chicago teachers – winning against the US right
Chicago teachers have won a new contract which improves pay and conditions but also defends school communities including migrants and LGBTQ+ people.
Fighting for trans people at work and in unions – and winning
How Unite and trans union members fought back against transphobia in a Scottish aerospace factory.
Trans liberation is worker liberation – resource bank
Trade unions are getting involved in the fight against transphobia. We’ve put together resources to help activists organise.
PCS conference gutted by risk management
An rs21 member in PCS reflects on this year’s conference, where a key motion on trans rights was struck off the agenda.
Educators’ pay 2025: painting over the rot
The case for a ballot, a strike and a different vision of education.
Inside Die Linke
We talked to activists from Germany’s left Die Linke party about its recent success and issues as they move forwards.
Interview | On strike with Birmingham bin workers
A striking bin worker speaks about their fight to protect their pay.
Review | Enemy Feminisms
Sophie Lewis’ new book is a mini-encyclopaedia of TERFs, policewomen and girlbosses.
South Korea: a right-wing coup defeated, but deeper issues unresolved
South Korea goes to the polls in ten days.
Labour’s immigration White Paper: a brief explainer
Here is what the Immigration White Paper means policy-wise
Struggle and Strategy in the Platform Economy
As workers in the platform economy fight back how can sporadic, dispersed strikes be turned into a sustainable movement?
Review | Andor, Season 2
Rebellion against an empire complicit in genocide – in Star Wars, now a Disney brand. On the complexities of Andor.
Nakba 77 demonstrations
A report with photographs from rs21 members on yesterday’s Nakba 77 demonstrations.
Rees’ ontology: an obfuscation – On Marx, gender and trans liberation
Marx’s ideas are essential to understanding women’s and trans oppression, and to fighting for freedom.
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.
Against bad arguments for terrible things
A response to John Rees’ attempt to Marxwash anti-trans bigotry
Interview with Scottish Water strikers
Some of the women on the Glasgow picket line spoke to rs21 about their strike
As Reform grows, we urgently need a left electoral alternative
As two-party politics collapses and Reform UK rise, we need an alternative at the polls.
How should the left organise?
Do socialists spend too much time talking to like-minded people in a lefty bubble?
Review | Eros and Empire
A new book uncovers a history of radical struggles which both fought for queer liberation and opposed American imperialism.
The Supreme Court decision: when law becomes the means of oppression
The Supreme Court decision is a break with precedent and a concession to right wing pressure that harms all women.