Comment and analysis

Boris Johnson's manoeuvre to shut down parliament is a step towards establishing a right-wing populist hegemony in Britain

In the closing weeks before the latest Brexit deadline, Boris Johnson and his Tory Party have suspended parliament in an attempt to enable them to force through a rotten Tory Brexit for which they have no mandate. The rs21 Steering Group argue to build the movement to bring down the government.

Mike Haynes offers a tribute to revolutionary socialist thinker and organiser Colin Barker

Women were a particular target of the violence at Peterloo on 16 August 1819. We publish an extract from an address by the Manchester Female Reform Society delivered shortly before the massacre.

Colin Sparks reports on the latest developments in Hong Kong, where the movement on the streets is showing impressive resilience as direct pressure from Beijing builds.

As we approach the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo massacre, Ian Allinson argues that the right are pressing Boris Johnson to introduce a new wave of repression.

Colin Sparks reports from Hong Kong, where strikes and protests are shaking the government.

Police protection for LGBT people may be a mark of social progress - but liberation does not come from getting the cops on side

Puerto Rico's mass movement and general strike have brought a corrupt US-backed neoliberal administration to its knees

Boris Johnson’s election signals a desperate new stage in the long death of British conservatism, writes Duncan Thomas.