Tag: social movements
Poland’s feminist uprising
Women in Poland are making their own cause for hope by taking the streets. rs21 spoke with several feminist activists in Polish union Inicjatywa Pracownicza about the recent wave of feminist strikes and protests.
The power of tenants’ organising
There is a renewed surge of tenants' organising, but opinions are split on the best way to build power. What kind of organisation can hit back against landlords?
Revolutionary reflections | The Anti-Poll Tax Federation: ‘Mob rules’
Debates about the use of confrontational collective action in the Anti-Poll Tax Movement remain relevant for struggles today.
‘Climate change is a woodchipper into which metaphors are fed’
David Wallace Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming puts forward a radical pessimism toward climate breakdown that encourages action and mobilisation, while shying away from any critique of neoliberalism.
Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en!
As Canada’s rail network is shut down by indigenous and allied land defenders, the struggle against a fracking pipeline project on Wet’suwet’en territory has received international attention.
Interview: The formation of the French strike movement
French collective Plateforme d’Enquêtes Militantes explain the strikes in France.
The Importance of Colin Barker
Mike Haynes offers a tribute to revolutionary socialist thinker and organiser Colin Barker
New climate movements
New climate movements including the Youth Strike 4 Climate and Extinction Rebellion have given new energy, urgency and visibility to climate campaigning, while more institutions acknowledge the climate emergency and proposals for Green New Deals multiply. What are the politics, potentials and limitations of the new movements? How can socialists best contribute?
The Labour Party: changing faces, shifting bases
Jon Anderson charts the historic shifts in the demographics of the Labour party, from the PLP to its activist and electoral bases, and the changing relationships between them.
Video: Old jumpers – New politics?
What does Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party mean for the wider movement?