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
Breaking the loop: On Macklemore and Ed Sheeran
Craft against Kraft – musicians strike a blow against the venue boss
Fighting the ELFT job cuts: A view from the frontline
A Unite rep reports from the ground on devastating cuts made to the NHS
Obituary: Brian Parkin 10 May 1947 – 12 August 2026
In memory of one of the founding members of rs21
Fifty years of Rock Against Racism
From Marx is’ Muss, a reflection on the start of Rock Against Racism
The state of the resistance in Trump’s America
The resistance has emerged from the streets, not the Democrats
Banned but not beaten: Palestine Action and the state’s total lawfare
A brief overview of the Court of Appeals upholding of the Palestine Action ban, the past struggles, and the next steps.
Re-igniting direct action for Palestine
rs21 interviews Arms Embargo From Below, which aims to rebuild a disruptive, anti-imperialist movement
The price of saying ‘Free Palestine’: Zé Maria and international repression
Florence Open and Martin Ralph write on the incarceration of the Brazilian trade unionist, and how to show solidarity.
Manchester holds the line against ‘Britain First’
Police violence escalated massively – but antifascists in Manchester once again challenged ‘Britain First’ in the streets.
Guilty of organising: the crackdown on mass protest in Britain
The convictions of Nineham and Jamal are proof the state wants this movement to end – which is exactly why we can’t stop now.
Portugal floods: The politics of “natural” disasters
Portugal’s floods are not natural disasters. They are the predictable result of political choices protecting fossil capital
Minneapolis: Resistance surges amid crackdown
Joe Allen examines the violence in Minneapolis and the burgeoning to resistance to it
ICE: Very American violence
The fatal killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent forces a reckoning with state violence
Solidarity with the hunger strikes
Political prisoners on hunger strike are challenging the counter-terror laws and the criminalisation of Palestinian solidarity inside Britain’s prisons
Mass protests after flotilla interception
Report about the protests showing solidarity after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla
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
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
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.
‘We Are All Foreign Scum’
Internationalism and anti-imperialism link 1960s protests against the Vietnam War and those in solidarity with Palestine today.
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.
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?
Nakba 77 demonstrations
A report with photographs from rs21 members on yesterday’s Nakba 77 demonstrations.
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.