Dan Swain
Czechia: opposition stays weak amid government setbacks
Despite huge protests against him, the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš' party, ANO, still won the largest vote share of any party in the country’s European Elections.
Fidelity to February: The People’s revolution
In days where revolution can seem more remote than ever, Dan Swain explores the height of the February revolution and reflects on its relevance...
Hillsborough verdict: the only ‘us against them’ that really matters
On a momentous day in the battle for justice for those killed at Hillsborough in 1989 Liverpool FC supporter Dan Swain, who was brought...
Socialism from below
Dan Swain discusses the contested ambitions and leaderships within our movements. This article was originally published in the Summer 2015 issue of the rs21...
Greece says Oxi! Reaction roundup
Dan Swain rounds up initial online reaction to Greece's momentous vote.
Stealing the election
Dan Swain argues we can't let the Tories steal another 5 years
Who's going to win the General Election? The simple answer is nobody. Under the...
Interview: This Changes Everything
This Saturday 28 March a mass participatory gathering on climate change and the alternatives will be addressed by Naomi Klein, Russell Brand and many...
Thanet activists prepare for protest against UKIP conference
Dan Swain spoke to members of Thanet Stand Up to UKIP about their campaign and the demonstration this weekend against UKIP's spring conference.
On Saturday...
Cambridge students boycott essays in campaign for reading week
Dan Swain reports on a new campaign by students at Cambridge University.
Students at Cambridge University are campaigning for the introduction of a reading week,...
Greek elections: web round up #2
All signs point to a Syriza victory today, with the very real possibility of an overall majority, depending on the vote for smaller parties....
Latest articles
Review | Let the record show
Let The Record Show is a pathbreaking history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) founded to fight the AIDS/HIV crisis in New York in the late 1980s. A major contribution to the history of LGBT+ struggles, it is reviewed here by Sherry Wolf.
Unite Policy Conference backs climate action
Unite the Union's Policy Conference has backed the COP26 protests, workplace action and climate strikes, but remains attached to technical fixes being promoted by employers.
Brighton bin workers out on strike
rs21 member Luigi Hay reports on the ongoing Brighton refuse workers strike.
What do we mean by metabolic rift?
rs21 member Greg Peakin explains the concept of metabolic rift, and why it is an important tool for climate organising today.
Review | China in One Village
Charlie Hore reviews China in One Village by Liang Hong, finding an informative and personal account of the contradictions of rapid urbanisation and societal...
An injury to Paul is an injury to us all
UNISON President Paul Holmes, a prominent left-winger, was been suspended by his employer during a strike two years ago on secret charges. UNISON has suspended Holmes and his branch. Sam O'Brien reports from a solidarity protest.
Highlights
What do we mean by metabolic rift?
rs21 member Greg Peakin explains the concept of metabolic rift, and why it is an important tool for climate organising today.
Sharon Graham wins stunning Unite victory
rs21 members in Unite respond to Sharon Graham's victory in the Unite General Secretary election. She recognises the need to focus on rebuilding workplace power to reverse union decline.
Kill The Bill: the day of action
rs21 members took part in a social media campaign as part of the #KillTheBill day of action against the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on Saturday 21 August 2021,
Afghanistan: the end of the occupation
Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale write about the Taliban's defeat of the United States, challenge Islamophobic myths about Afghanistan and urge solidarity with refugees.
Remembering Utøya
We cannot allow the memory of the Utøya massacre ten years ago to be co-opted and depoliticised. Breivik's murderous Islamophobia and his hatred of the Left display affinities with far more mainstream political ideology.
Marx, the Paris Commune & socialism’s two souls: What liberation are we fighting for?
At the heart of the Communist Manifesto of 1848, recalled Engels, was the idea that “the emancipation of the workers must be the act of the working class itself.”