Tag: housing
Review: Urban Warfare
Kate Bradley reviews Urban Warfare by Raquel Rolnik, an important investigation into how capitalism has shaped housing for its own ends
Homelessness: Rachmanism returns
As homelessness figures have risen yet again, Mitch Mitchell looks at the history of housing in the UK the post-war period.
Grenfell: still mourning, still fighting
Friday 14 June 2019 marks the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell tower fire. The community will be marching in silence, as they have on the 14th day of every month since the fire.
Knife crime and the myth of the friendly copper
Mitch Mitchell argues that putting more police on the streets will not solve the problem of knife crime and will lead to more targeting of BAME youth.
What we mean when we talk about benefits cuts
The Secret Housing Barrister describes the consequences of the UK government's continued enforcement of an illegal benefits cap.
The political economy of urban crisis: housing and the city
At the recent Revenge of Everyday Life conference, Ruth Lorimer talked about the growth of social reproductive services such as cleaning through gig economy...
Notes From Below: Workers’ Inquiries #HM2018
Ian Allinson reports from Historical Materialism conference on the Notes From Below project
Rock Against Racism: an interview with Ruth Gregory
Ruth Gregory, one of the organisers of the 100,000-strong Rock Against Racism carnival of 1978, talks to rs21 about anti-racist organising from then to now.
Local elections fail to mobilise enough voters hungry for change
The local election results have not been a disaster for Labour. Despite the collapse of the UKIP vote, the Tories lost seats.
Seven reasons to march in Haringey
Join the demo on Wednesday 7 February - we can stop this shocking privatisation.
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Build on this climate strike
Today's global climate strikes represent a crucial opportunity for the movement against climate catastrophe.
Report – Stop the DSEI Arms Fair
A Tshisekedi, an activist of the migrant solidarity organisation Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, reports on the week-long series of direct action to resist the DSEI Arms Fair in east London.
100 days of protests in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has now seen 100 days of protests. Colin Sparks explains about how the movement is organised, and the role of socialists, workers and migrants within it.
Photo report: Trans+ Pride 2019
On 14 September, London saw its first ever Trans+ Pride. Photos by Steve Eason.
Socialism with a bit of greenwash can’t save the planet either
In his polemic, Mike Haynes argues that if socialists of the Global North are to address the climate crisis, they must also adjust their expectations of what a world with prosperity for all will look like.
Introduction: What a way to make a living
Meet our new article series, What a Way to Make a Living, which will explore the lived realities of work and exploitation under modern capitalism
Strike for the climate! 20.09.2019
The TUC has voted unanimously to support the global climate strike on 20 September. Here are some examples of what people are already planning.
Hong Kong – Protests continue after concessions
In his latest update, Colin Sparks reflects on the continuing protest movement in Hong Kong following the withdrawal of the extradition bill that initially sparked the resistance.
VIDEO: What democracy looks like
In this video report from 31 August, 2019, Tony Aldis with OpenEye Film provides a first-hand account of the anti-prorogation street movement.
Mugabe is dead: remember Chiadzwa
Robert Mugabe's rule was a disaster for Zimbabwe's poor. The massacre at Chiadzwa deserves to stand as his testament, writes Leo Zeilig.
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Build on this climate strike
Today's global climate strikes represent a crucial opportunity for the movement against climate catastrophe.
Fight the anti-democratic Tories and their bosses’ Brexit
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.
Popular uprising and the fight for independence in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's mass movement and general strike have brought a corrupt US-backed neoliberal administration to its knees
revolutionary reflections | Theatre of the Oppressed as a political method
Sophie Coudray introduces the work of the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal and the potential of its method for revolutionary praxis.
revolutionary reflections | Value, force, many states and other problems: part 3
In the third and final part of his essay on violence and capitalist social relations, Colin Barker insists that capitalist states cannot be theorised without recognising their multiplicity.