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rs21 – the first ten years

For the tenth anniversary of the launch of rs21, Jonny Jones reflects on a decade of activity, our ups and downs, challenges and achievements, and considers our hopes for the future.

Palestine 101: A century of Palestinian resistance

Shireen Akram-Boshar discusses the history of Palestinian resistance to colonialism.

Into the abyss: On the Argentinian elections.

As Argentina lurches to the right, Adam Fabry analyses the rise of Javier Milei

Palestine

Lenin, National Liberation and Palestine

Gus Woody reviews Imperialism and the National Question recently published by Verso.

Aaron’s Sacrifice

Rory Fanning reflects on the experience and meaning of Aaron Bushnell standing up (and dying) for Palestine.   This article was first published by Tempest on 4...

Solidarity actions for Palestine grow and spread

Solidarity with Palestine proliferates: actions in Newcastle, Manchester, Somerset, Bolton, Glasgow.

Fighting oppression

Do workers in the Global North benefit from the exploitation of...

Charlie Post argues that imperialism has intensified exploitation across the entire global working class

Latest Department of Education advice is a transphobic attack

"Educators must register their disgust at the guidance while it is in the consultation phase."

Palestine solidarity protesters face down police repression in London

rs21 members refute claims of "clashes" between police and protesters on Saturday's Free Palestine Coalition march.

Cost of living

School strikes: results and prospects

The tragedy of ending the dispute now is squandering the momentum and resolve we have built.

Base rate rises, housing crises?

'We need to fight back together and find solidarity across lines that have previously been staged as battle lines.'

Why is the NEU recommending a bad deal?

rs21 teachers explain what has happened in the NEU and what we can do about it.

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Events

Come to an open rs21 event for talks and discussion about politics and organising.

International and imperialism

From Ukraine to Gaza: imperialism, resistance and solidarity

Two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine we need international solidarity in building resistance to imperialism and militarism.

What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist

Many Democrats argue that Trump is a fascist and demand that the Left subordinate everything to the call to resist him, but we have to organise against the rise of authoritarianism.

Toward decolonisation: the struggle for Palestine today – interview with Tareq...

Spectre Journal interviewed Tareq Baconi, author of Hamas Contained, about 7 October, Israel’s genocide, and the state of the Palestinian resistance and its implication for the region and world.

Climate

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Extraction of raw materials could rise 60% by 2060 – and...

Gareth Dale debunks the notion that mass extraction of minerals is necessary for an ecologically sustainable society.

Why the world’s first flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel...

November saw the first transatlantic flight using what’s claimed to be a sustainable aviation fuel. Gareth Dale and Josh Moos interrogate the latest claims for green flight.

Oily Money Out – a leap forward for British environmentalism

The international climate movement bamboozled London's fossil fuel conference. rs21 members report.

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Reviews

Review | The Lenin Scenario

A review of Tariq Ali's screenplay.

Writing the future

Colin Wilson celebrates fantasy novel Babel, part of a growing trend for speculative fiction to include radical politics in work written by women, often women of colour.
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Review | Ben Lewis, ‘Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism’

Is it time to re-evaluate renegade Kautsky? Andreas Chari reviews a new collection.

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Videos and audio

The Neil Davidson Lecture 2023: Uneven and combined development in Neil Davidson’s work

Raquel Valera on Neil Davidson's contribution to the theory of uneven and combined development and revolution.

Video | End the siege of Gaza: building solidarity with Palestine

Anindya Bhattacharyya discusses the shifting landscape of Palestinian solidarity campaigning during the siege of Gaza.

Reflections on International Workers’ Memorial Day

To mark IWMD, the rs21 Art Group made a zine with Cut-Through Collective, which we distributed in Glasgow and London across the May Day weekend.
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The Politics of Rural Life – a conversation with Vron Ware

Vron Ware, author of Return of a Native: learning from the land, gave a talk on the politics of rural life as part of rs21 Endgames, a series of monthly ecosocialist events.