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Over 1000 protest in London to show solidarity with migrants and refugees
Duncan Thomas reports
On 23 June, Britain voted to leave the EU. The next day, we took the first steps in meeting the challenges ahead....
From farce to tragedy: thoughts on Jo Cox, the referendum and the rise of...
Duncan Thomas on Jo Cox's murder, the rise of racism in mainstream political discourse, and the need to build a strong anti-racist movement after the...
London elections: good riddance to Goldsmith, but Khan not the answer
Duncan Thomas reflects on the election of Labour's Sadiq Khan as mayor of London.
"How do you feel about the election results?", people asked me...
All in this together: IDS drops the Tories in the shit
The resignation of Iain Duncan Smith exposes the deep divisions within the Tories. Now, writes Duncan Thomas, we need to bring them down.
It's past midnight...
‘Shut down Yarlswood’: momentum grows at large demo
On Saturday 12 March, Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary organised a demonstration calling for the closure of Yarlswood detention centre. Duncan Thomas reports.
Yarlswood detention centre has long...
rs21 podcast, episode 1: refugees and the rise of the far right
Episode 1 of the rs21 podcast is finally here! Duncan Thomas introduces the show.
Image credit: Kate Evans
Comrades: the day has been a constant battle against technology....
‘No more Jungle, no more borders’ – a report from Calais refugee protest
On Saturday 23 January, residents of the Calais refugee camp protested the destruction of the their shelters and the French government's attempts to forcibly...
St Pancras ‘die-in’ video report
On Saturday 16 January, activists staged a 'die-in' at London's St Pancras station, in solidarity with the refugees in Calais. Video report by Duncan Thomas. Title...
Save our NHS! Junior doctors speak
On Tuesday 12 January, junior doctors went on strike to protest the government's new contract proposal. rs21 members, along with other supporters, joined them...
rs21 Readers and Writers Recommend, Part 1…
With 2015 near done and dusted, rs21 readers and writers share their favourite books, films and theatre performances. From old classics with renewed relevance...
Latest articles
Always anti-fascist, always anti-sexist
Kate Bradley considers the misogyny at the heart of fascism, and asks how we can better challenge it.
The dark side of the aid sector
Mitch Mitchell looks at the recent Commons report into sexual abuse and exploitation in the aid sector
Greece and the politics of natural disasters
It is always difficult discussing natural disasters, even more so in the case where dozens of human lives have been lost in the most...
ANTARSYA: statement on the wildfires in Attica, Greece
Wildfires have caused dozens of deaths in Greece in the worst fires for over a decade. Here, we translate a statement from ANTARSYA (The Front...
Review: Ukraine and the Empire of Capital
Nick Evans finds much of interest in Yuliya Yurchenko's analysis of Ukraine's recent history.
Welcome to Jungle
Colin Revolting and his son were moved to tears by the new play The Jungle, currently showing at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End.
It...
Far right humiliated in Cambridge
A far right demonstration in support of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (alias Tommy Robinson) in Cambridge only drew 17 people, while several hundred anti-fascists gathered to...
Mobilise for trans equality now
A planned reform that simplifies how trans people gain recognition of their gender has sparked a wave of attacks on trans people, and not...
Get The State Out Of My Bedroom
Are civil partnerships a new freedom, or do they simply show us how far there still is to go for real liberation?
Labour is letting down sex workers
The narrow space left in UK law for sex workers to operate in is under threat of being further restricted, writes Taisie Tsikas.
On 4...
Highlights
A Marxist theory of music: it’s all in the groove
Kate Bradley interview Mark Abel, author of Groove: An Aesthetic of Measured Time
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 1
Syrian socialist author Joseph Daher discusses the nature of the Assad regime and the social basis of the uprising against it which began in 2011
No community without politics
The mirage of a "mainstream Jewish community", often weaponised against the left, hides the fact that "community" itself is always a site of struggle and contestation
Capitalism’s life source: the domestic and social basis for exploitation
Tithi Bhattacharya responds to questions about her new book on social reproduction theory.
Living with depression under capitalism
Kate Bradley looks at her experience of depression, the interplay of austerity and mental health problems, and the ambivalent role of state services