Ray M
Anti-racism and rebuilding union strength
Liverpool dockers fought a valiant campaign in the 1990s to defend their jobs from an anti-union crackdown. Now they are rebuilding their union with fighting and internationalist traditions.
Obituary: Neil Davidson, 1957–2020
Neil Davidson, who died on 3 May 2020, was a socialist militant and the foremost Scottish intellectual of his generation. Obituary by Raymond Morrell.
The Scottish government needs to defy Johnson’s Tories and act independently...
Ray M argues that the Scottish government must break with Westminster in order to tackle the Covid-19 crisis appropriately.
The Brexit election – from revenge to resistance
Both sides of the establishment want to bury the legacies of struggle in the communities that abandoned Labour in the 2019 General Election. The left cannot afford to do the same.
How capital is reshaping the battleground of class war
Kim Moody's new book seeks to rethink our understanding of capitalism today, and how workers can respond.
The wrong red line: why Unite needs a change on Trident
Ray M argues that Unite members should support Ian Allinson's anti-Trident, pro-diversification candidacy for the post of General Secretary.
On Monday (27 March) Unite members start to...
revolutionary reflections | For Another Europe (Part 2) The European Social...
With Brexit the EU has never been a more controversial and critical issue for left political strategy. In the second of a two part...
revolutionary reflections | For Another Europe (Part 1)
With Brexit the EU has never been a more controversial and critical issue for left political strategy. In the first of a two part...
revolutionary reflections | Rank and File Organising – Lessons from America...
The International Socialist tradition has always believed in socialism from below – which means that socialism can only come about by the self-activity...
Delegates put argument for scrapping Trident at Unite conference
Delegate Ray M reports from the Unite Policy Conference 2016 on Trident, Corbyn and the Trade Union Act
Len McCluskey's opening speech
This year's Unite policy...
Latest articles
Review | Migration Beyond Capitalism
Baindu Kallon reviews Hannah Cross’ new book Migration Beyond Capitalism. Kallon celebrates a book that brings a new left-wing response to the narrative around...
Motion: COP26 and workplace environmentalism
Use this model motion to mobilise for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November and organise for action on climate in every workplace!
South London marches against racist policing
The demonstration was a visible display of the type of solidarity we need when the Tories' hostile environment targets some of the most precarious workers in our communities.
Review | The world turned upside down
In Leo Zeilig's recent novel, the global elite are targeted for murder amid a growing social upheaval that sweeps the central character around the world. Andrew Stone reviews this focused and 'righteously angry' book.
The Great British fob off
The recent announcement of a new public sector body called 'Great British Railways' to co-ordinate all rail services has been hailed by many as a victory, but these plans in fact set the stage for further increases in fares and job cuts for rail workers.
Back the sacked Goodlord strikers
The dispute in the referencing department of East London property services company Goodlord has entered a new phase after the firm sacked strikers in their 13th week of industrial action.
Highlights
The Nakba never ended. Victory to the Intifada
For 73 years Palestinians have not only mourned the Nakba but refused to accept its continuation.
Ongoing Manchester bus strike defeats fire and rehire
The longest bus strike in British history is poised to win after a campaign involving an indefinite strike, community solidarity and a leverage strategy.
What’s behind the riots in the North of Ireland?
The riots in the North of Ireland must be understood in the context of continued sectarian division and state repression.
#KillTheBill – where it came from, where it’s going
Th Police Bill is an assault on us all and an attack on us all must be met by resistance from us all. Unity and solidarity must be the clarion call of this movement.
1871: the Commune and the Kabylia
Rosa Moussaoui recalls the uprising that swept colonised Algeria at the same moment that a Universal Republic was proclaimed in Paris
Remembering the Paris Commune
On the 150th anniversary of the instigation of the Paris Commune, rs21's Art Group presents a video project to commemorate the world's first working-class revolutionary government.