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Marxism in struggle and what that means

What does it mean to be a Marxist today? An exploration of the depth and breadth of Marxism – not just as a theory, but as a living tradition.

Video | How can we build a mass socialist politics of ‘freedom dreams’

In response to the threat of Farage’s Reform Party the left needs to build laboratories of hope.

The cultural problem of ‘treatlerism’

Treatlerism describes a reactionary entitlement rooted in exploitation. But what if we reclaimed entitlement?

The right to be an addict

Addiction isn’t the problem—criminalisation is. To end the crisis, we must abolish prisons, policing, and the system that fuels suffering.

The reactionary evil of Trump’s oligarch courtiers 

Resisting the ambitions of Elon Musk and Peter Thiel requires more than critique—it demands direct confrontation

Migrant farm workers fight for justice in Britain

A report on a migrant farm worker’s protest and the campaign for rights for workers on seasonal visas

Video | Capitalism and development in China and North Korea

A discussion of the development of China and North Korea through the lens of state capitalist theory

Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions | Part 3

What are the prospects for a nascent left in Lebanon, and how do we strengthen anti-imperialist resistance from Britain?

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.

Review | Forest of Noise

A review of a new collection of poetry by Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha.

What trade unionism? A transport strike case study

A case study of a dispute which illustrates the impact of different models of trade unionism and some of the challenges facing workplace activists.

Trump’s second term: fascism in the US?

Continuing the discussion of what we can expect from Trump’s second term, highlighting the risks and the opportunities for resistance.

Farage with Union Jack in the European parliament

Be concerned – Reform is coming

We need to work out how to facilitate the flourishing of forms of culture and identity conducive to new coalitions, new common-senses and a mass socialist politics of “freedom dreams”

Review | One hundred years of solitude

A review of the new film version of Gabriel García Márquez’s wonderful novel ‘One hundred years of solitude’, first published in 1967

Patrice Lumumba signs the document granting independence to the Congo next to Belgian Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens

Review | Soundtrack to a coup d’etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat uses jazz and contemporary voices to expose how Belgium and the US undermined the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo

Review | Burnout

Samuel Kelly reviews Hannah Proctor’s Burnout, a timely exploration of the emotional toll of political struggle, offering ways to navigate despair and sustain hope in our movements. 

Video | Trump, the US elections, fascism

Will Trump rule as a fascist? A video discussion of the outcomes of the US election.

2024 cultural highlights: music

rs21 members review their music highlights of the year.

2024 cultural highlights

rs21 members review their cultural highlights of the year.

Review | Mixing Pop and Politics

A review of Mixing Pop and Politics by Toby Manning, a Marxist history of popular music that analyses the relationship between society’s economic base and its cultural superstructure.

What’s left of the bourgeois family? On family abolition

The call to abolish the family is back, sparking fierce debate.

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?

Picture of Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, during a visit to Tilbury Port, Essex, where they toured the site and met with apprentices on November 23, 2023

Is this the end of austerity? Making sense of Britain under Labour

Can Starmer and Reeves deliver lasting change—or will their plans flop under scrutiny?

Review | Coming to terms with China

Weighing up two new books on contemporary China.

Review | Become Ungovernable

HLT Quan’s manifesto for ungovernability contributes to strategies for resisting state violence.

Video | Everything is changing in relation to this

The fall of Assad and what next for Syria

A tractor and a sign saying 'food needs a farmer'

A rural revolt? On recent farmer mobilisations in Britain

The underlying context of the farmers’ protests

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

Review | She Who Struggles

Exploring the role of women in twentieth-century revolutionary and national-liberation movements.