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Communards in Paris in 1871

Breaking the state

We need to smash the state to create a new world of freedom

Labour’s hollow response to antisemitic violence

The government’s response to the antisemitic attack in Crumpsall reveals a cynical conflation of Jewish identity with Zionism

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

How do Marxists think like internationalists

Thinking like an internationalist

DK Renton explains why it’s vital to reject nationalism and stand with anti-imperialist struggles

Red and Green Flag of the situationist international

The case for abolishing mass media

Far-right movements are driven not just by ideology but by the media itself

Living rent rally outside the Scottish parliament

A party built by collective action

A perspective on the new left party from activists in Scotland

Review | The Starmer symptom

Pat Stack reviews Mark Perryman’s essay collection on Starmer’s betrayals and Labour’s deepening crisis

Interview | Behind the Zohran Mamdani campaign

Interview with NYC-DSA organisers about the campaign behind Zohran Mamdani’s

Interview | Race and Class in Crisis

Continuing the discussion on race and class in Britain today

Crowd of bus strikers at Rochdale interchange

Strikes hit Greater Manchester buses

Most buses in Greater Manchester have been cancelled as coordinated strikes have hit eight depots of three bus companies.

Trans+ Youth banner leads the huge march

We fight for the oppressed

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

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

The workers have the power

Workers have the power to bring the capitalist system down

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.

Reform and revolution

Why reform and revolution are not different routes to the same end

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

Far-right marchers take to the streets to demonise refugees

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

Hundreds of people join the anti-fascist march.

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.

Zohran Mamdani speaks into a mike at a rally.

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.