Mitch Mitchell
Convoy to Calais
Mitch Mitchell reports on the convoy that he and others are taking to Calais this weekend with food, clothes and other things that have been donated by people in the UK to show solidarity with the migrants there.
The battle of Grosvenor Square
Continuing our series of refections from different types of activism over the years, Mitch Mitchell discusses the battle of Grosvenor Square in 1968, which took place during protests against the Vietnam war.
Labour leadership: continuing Blair’s poisonous legacy
The leadership election seems certain to take Labour even further to the right. Mitch Mitchell doesn't try to hide his contempt for the whole process.
Break Prison: a look at incarceration
Mitch Mitchell shares his experience of prison in the 1970s, and looks at the way the system continues to be used as a method of oppression against the working class and people of colour.
Rooftop protest at Cambridgeshire Sodastream offices
A protest just outside Cambridge highlighted that Sodastream is profiting from generous tax breaks and grants from the Israeli government.
Nein, Nyet, No: a brief history of jazz, rock & roll,...
Mitch Mitchell takes a look at the music that made racists and rulers come out in hives.
No laughing matter! The state of comedy in Britain
Mitch Mitchell takes a look at how popular comedy developed in the 1980s into something that challenged the oppressive ideas of society, rather than reinforcing them, as well as asking if there is any radical edge to comedy today.
UKIPwatch: Farage cleans up in the Fens
Mitch Mitchell reports from Cambridgeshire, where UKIP scored strongly, in the first of a series of snapshots from anti-UKIP activists around the country.
‘I wouldn’t mind turning into a vermillion goldfish’ – Matisse’s cut-outs...
The latest exhibition at the Tate Modern is of the cut-outs created by Henri Matisse in his later years. Mitch Mitchell shares his thoughts.
The hanging of Derek Bentley: a miscarriage we shouldn’t forget
It took decades to win some sort of justice for Derek Bentley – but the fight eventually won.
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Remembering the Portuguese Revolution
Marxist historian Raquel Varela remembers the Portuguese revolution of April 25 1974 and its aftermath
The Tories’ pro-natalism agenda
Colin Wilson unpacks the right-wing agendas behind the new Tory childcare policy.
rs21 updates its ‘About Us’ statement
The new rs21 'about us' - how the membership designed the new statement
Interview with Energy Embargo for Palestine
rs21 interviews the activist group Energy Embargo for Palestine
1974 – an end and a beginning
Willie Black looks back at 1974. A pivotal year both in Britain and across the world – high points of workers’ struggles, but also the beginning of five decades of neo-liberalism
Cass Review: dangerous and transphobic
Lisa Leak and Colin Wilson explain why we should reject Cass and renew the fight for trans liberation.
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Cass Review: dangerous and transphobic
Lisa Leak and Colin Wilson explain why we should reject Cass and renew the fight for trans liberation.
The Courtaulds strike of 1965 – Black workers fighting back
Sue Sparks of the IS History Project uncovers the history of one of the first Black workers' strikes against racism in the 1960s.
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
What’s going on in Unite? | Part 1
Unite activist Raymond Morell assesses Sharon Graham's leadership of the union. Part 1.