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The Gaza ceasefire

Solidarity with the people of Palestine

Mass protests after flotilla interception

Report about the protests showing solidarity after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla

Crowds gather in the concourse of Edinburgh's Waverley station

Solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla

rs21 stands in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla

Interview | Race and Class in Crisis

Continuing the discussion on race and class in Britain today

Trans+ Youth banner leads the huge march

We fight for the oppressed

Why the fight against oppression is at the heart of revolutionary politics

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

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

Poster - We are All Foreign Scum

‘We Are All Foreign Scum’

Internationalism and anti-imperialism link 1960s protests against the Vietnam War and those in solidarity with Palestine today.

Israel’s new barbarity

The background to Israel’s new attacks on Iran

Nine year old Phan Thị Kim Phúc, her back severely burned by napalm, runs down a road near Trảng Bàng, 8 June 1972. Photo – Nick Ut, public domain

Long read | Vietnam, 1968 and what lies ahead of us

The Vietnam War ended fifty years ago. The struggle against the war changed the world and still echoes today.

Chinese imperialism: no better than the US?

China’s huge international investments are about imperialist power, not helping the Global South develop or opening up space for progressive movements.

Cover of Eros and Empire

Review | Eros and Empire

A new book uncovers a history of radical struggles which both fought for queer liberation and opposed American imperialism.

Red Import Duties stamp superimposed on background of US Stars and Stripes flag

Trump’s tariffs turmoil – an empire in decline

Trump, tariffs and the changing balance of power in the world economy.

Book cover - Smoke and Ashes

Review | Smoke and Ashes

Opium was central to British rule in India, British exploitation of China and the rise of capitalism in the US.

Interview with Odrán de Bhaldraithe

Author Odrán de Bhaldraithe talks about occupation and impoverishment in the North of Ireland

Map of the world, countries made out of coins

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.

Cover of Digital Degrowth has title in green with a QR code enclosing a pixilated fist

Review | Digital Degrowth

Digital technologies are inseparably linked to imperialism and the climate emergency – we need to transition away from Big Tech.

Close up of the F-35 stealth fighter on a runway

Defund the death jets

The case for defunding the F-35 stealth fighter

Workmen installing large array of solar panels on the flat roof of a building in Shanghai in 2019

Video | China and the US in the 21st century

The rapid growth of the Chinese economy over the last quarter of a century and the growing tensions with the US

the cover of Crude Capitalism

Review | Crude Capitalism

What has oil got to do with the history of the global capitalist economy? A review of Adam Hanieh’s book on the topic.

Gaza ceasefire: a new phase in the struggle for Palestinian liberation

This is not something we move on from as a point in time, but an ongoing fight for liberation that cuts to the heart of the capitalist and imperialist world system.

Syria: history shapes our organising today

How does the overthrow of Assad fit in the wider context of the Middle East, Israeli aggression and inter-imperialist competition?

Review | Coming to terms with China

Weighing up two new books on contemporary China.

Video | Everything is changing in relation to this

The fall of Assad and what next for Syria

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions – part 2

Part two of a three part series of articles on anti-Zionist resistance and the development of the Lebanese state

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions 

Part 1 in a series on Lebanon’s history of resistance

Palestine solidarity and overdetermination

Analysing the endurance of Israel’s barbarisms and its interdependence with US imperialism

Justice for Lebanon: Against the ‘new phase in the war’

These latest barbaric events develop the broader project of Zionist terror in Lebanon.

Imperialism and British workers: moving past the labour aristocracy debates

Our history is shaped by the legacy of empire.  Alfie Hancox takes a critical look at debates on Labour and Imperialism