Inside the Ukrainian Resistance
Interview about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.
Afghanistan: the end of the occupation
The fall of Kabul marks a decisive defeat for American power around the world.
Gender and nationalism: Breivik’s ‘Western values’
Breivik’s political motivations for committing the massacre have been consistently side-lined. But when examined, his far-right politics demonstrate clear affinities with much more mainstream right-wing ideology.
Review | Migration Beyond Capitalism
Baindu Kallon reviews Hannah Cross’ new book Migration Beyond Capitalism. Kallon celebrates a book that brings a new left-wing response to the narrative around migration. Cross, Kallon argues, effectively demonstrates why an internationalist working-class response is the key to defeating neoliberal power and creating a new world. This review was originally published by the Review of […]
South London marches against racist policing
The demonstration was a visible display of the type of solidarity we need when the Tories’ hostile environment targets some of the most precarious workers in our communities.
Govanhill: ghettoisation and exploitation in modern Glasgow
Slum housing, hyper-exploitation and racist demagoguery are alive and kicking in the Scotland of 2021 – along with the basis for internationalist solidarity and resistance.
Video: Confronting the British state
Three activists speak on the Scottish independence movement, the Tory Party’s right-wing populist strategy, and the political role of migrant solidarity.
‘When you have a hammer’: state repression and the pandemic
Facing a fraying of its ideological hegemony, the government increasingly relies on state repression. But this intensified violence could yet backfire.
What does abolition mean in modern Britain?
The Black Lives Matter movement has sown seeds of hope worldwide for the abolition of police. But policing in the UK goes far beyond the bodies of armed men in uniform.
Break the border
Socialists are fighting against borders around the world. East London rs21 recently held a meeting to discuss strategy for this struggle in the here and now. Watch recordings of the opening speeches here.
Unfixing South Asian identity: beyond the politics of allyship
The most effective anti-racist strategy will draw together all those affected or repulsed by racism in a common struggle to overcome it.
London protest demands safe passage
Protestors gathered outside the Home Office to demand safe passage for migrants making the crossing over the Channel and held a vigil for a Sudanese young person who died making the crossing.
No Recourse to Public Funds: the threat to migrant women and children
Covid-19 has exposed the cruelty of the No Recourse to Public Funds (NPRF) rule. It should be scrapped immediately.
Resist Tory immigration plans
Zareen Taj and Mitch Mitchell look at the effects of the Tories’ proposed new immigration system following Brexit.
Government shuts door on child refugees
Amid the coronavirus chaos, the UK government is quietly shutting the door on child refugees.
What a way to make a living | A personal assistant in social care
Hanna Gál interviews Meriam Mabrouk on working as a personal assistant in social care.
The end of immigration detention?
Could we be seeing the end of immigration detention? As other countries close their detention centres, Lois JC asks if we can make the UK do the same – and for good.
Refugees and Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has made life even harder for refugees and people on the move, explains Mitch Mitchell of Refugee Lifeboat.
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.
Video: Stop the deportations – end the Windrush scandal
Ian Allinson reports from a rally in Manchester against deportations, the hostile environment and the mistreatment of the Windrush generation and their descendants.
Labour manifesto – what the grassroots membership demands
Hanna Gál reports on the campaigns of the grassroots Labour Party membership for a progressive election manifesto.
Defend workers’ rights – against McCluskey
Unite activist Ian Allinson responds to Len McCluskey’s attempt to undermine the free movement policy agreed at Labour conference.
No excuses: defend free movement
Policy passed at Labour Party conference creates an opening for all on the left to argue for open borders, even as the leadership seeks to undermine it, writes Pete Gillard.
Four myths about migration and why they are nonsense
In recent years, especially since the referendum, electoral politics, as well as discussions in the media, have been predicated on increasingly open hostility to migrants and refugees. Mitch Mitchell recounts four of the most popular anti-migration myths and why they are wrong.
#DearBA – End deportations now!
As long as British Airways accepts contracts from the British government to fly people to their deaths, they have blood on their hands.
Review: Chasing the harvest
Jack Pickering reviews a powerful collection of stories of migrant workers in California’s agricultural sector.
200 years after Peterloo, do we face a new wave of repression?
As we approach the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre, Ian Allinson argues that the right are pressing Boris Johnson to introduce a new wave of repression.
May’s last dance
Theresa May has announced that she will finally be leaving on 7 June. She has epitomised the ‘nasty party’ she once criticised.
Repression of migrants in Greece
Greek police have violently repressed hundreds of migrants attempting to cross the border into North Macedonia.
Refugee Lifeboat: Statement of intent
We work to provide direct practical and material solidarity with migrants, but also to wage a political struggle against the state, racism and imperialism.