Nick Cimini
Scotland: education workers move towards strike action
Workers at all levels of Scotland's education system are preparing to fight for workplace safety and job security.
Returning to campus after ‘lockdown’
As UK universities draw up plans for mass redundancies and reopening of campuses, the marketisation of Higher Education is now putting lives and livelihoods at risk.
EIS members in a combative mood
Teachers and lecturers in Scotland met at the EIS conference recently to review recent successes over pay and recruitment and to plan a strategy around the underfunding and overwork that still characterises the sector. Nick Cimini reports.
Echoes of eugenics in Osborne’s budget
Eugenics is alive and well - in the Tory budget. Nicholas Cimini explains why.
Last week we saw the first all-Tory budget in almost two...
Confidence and empowerment against pessimism and cynicism in Scottish referendum
Ahead of tomorrow's historic Scottish independence referendum, Nicholas Cimini tackles some of the arguments coming from the left in support of No
In support of a...
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From Nero to Net Zero
Boris Johnson's classical references are a window onto how he will deal with climate breakdown, writes Gareth Dale.
Strikes coming in Higher Education?
Grant Buttars discusses the UCU ballot results and prospects for action.
Climate protesters hit the streets across Britain
Reports from climate protests around Britain as part of the global day of action around COP26
We only want the earth: a new pamphlet from rs21
rs21 has published a new pamphlet by Gus Woody 'We only want the earth: Anti-capitalism against the climate crisis'
When is it right for a union to support dismissal?
Kathleen Stock has blamed UCU for her decision to resign from her position.
The power to change the system
With COP26 just around the corner, a wave of industrial action in Scotland is demonstrating the huge opportunity of linking workers' struggle with climate organising.
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.
Extracts from Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age
On the possibility of socialist revolution and the tragedy of the Egyptian revolution.
How can unions rebuild power?
Ian Allinson reviews Jane Holgate’s new book, Arise! Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence, an exploration of why unions have failed to revitalise themselves.
Sharon Graham wins stunning Unite victory
Graham 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,
Lessons from the IPCC report for socialists
Gus Woody looks at the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and discusses just how thoroughly it vindicates the basic principles revolutionary socialists have been arguing for years.