IWGB union members at Rockstar North are fighting for their jobs after mass sackings at the end of October – Edinburgh rs21 members report. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/14/s...

An rs21 member working in the care sector in Scotland reviews Helma Lutz’s new book on the European care economy revsoc21.uk/2025/11/13/r...

At The World Transformed (TWT), rs21 members interviewed a range of activist groups. In this article we spoke to Njuki Githethwa of the Kenya Left Alliance about building left unity in Kenya and its vision for socialism, decolonisation and liberation. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/11/i...

At The World Transformed (TWT), rs21 members interviewed a range of activist groups. In this article we speak to Eilidh, an activist from Living Rent, Scotland’s tenants and community union, which has won significant victories in recent years. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/09/i...

Mau Baiocco takes an in depth look at the crisis in Venezuela as Trump ramps up US aggression. revsoc21.uk/2025/11/07/v...

Charlie Hore reviews Overreach a book which provides insights into US policy on China and why China scares them so much revsoc21.uk/2025/11/04/r...

At The World Transformed (TWT), rs21 members interviewed a range of writers and activists. In this article we speak to Keir Milburn, writer, researcher and activist about Radical Abundance. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/30/i...

The Revolution from Below faction in rs21 consider the tensions in engaging with electoral politics and argue for starting from the perspective of abolition revsoc21.uk/2025/10/28/r...

Left candidate Catherine Connolly has won a landslide victory in the presidential election in Ireland. Paul Murphy, People Before Profit TD, argues that revolutionaries can build on this win. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/27/c...

With iconic clubs like Corsica Studios and G-A-Y closing, Britain’s nightlife is declining. Sam O reflects on what the loss of these spaces mean, for community, for queer freedom and for the right to collective joy. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/24/b...

Colin Revolting reviews I Swear, a film about the life of a Tourette syndrome campaigner who struggles to get to grips with his condition in neoliberalising Britain. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/22/r...

For much of the twentieth century, most people, left or right, believed that states like the Soviet Union and post-1949 China were examples of the communism advocated by Marx. That misunderstanding is still a problem for the left today, writes Colin Wilson revsoc21.uk/2025/10/17/w...

Hsiao-Hung Pai argues that this new book on the working lives of migrant workers is much more than a piece of academic research and should be read as a call to arms. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/15/t...

The rs21 steering committee’s response to the ceasefire in Gaza. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/13/t...

In his final article on rs21’s key political ideas, DK Renton explains why we can’t take over the state – we need to smash it to create a new world of freedom. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/10/b...

rs21 is taking part in The World Transformed festival this year as a partner organisation. There will be three assemblies at the festival on conjuncture, strategy and organisation. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/08/f...

The antisemitic attack in Crumpsall has shaken Manchester. The government’s response reveals a cynical conflation of Jewish identity with Zionism, as JB reports. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/07/l...

Protestors joined occupations and demonstrations in cities across Britain, showing solidarity with Gaza after the Israeli military intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla. Sam O reports about the protest in London. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/04/m...

In the fourth of his series on rs21’s key political ideas, DK Renton explains why it’s vital to reject nationalism and stand with anti-imperialist struggles. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/03/t...

rs21 statement in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/03/s...

Far-right movements are driven not just by ideology but by the media itself, argues Kai I. revsoc21.uk/2025/10/01/t...

Jan Baykara, Daire Ní Chnáimh, and Pete Cannell offer a Scottish perspective on the value of the new party opportunity. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/29/a...

On the eve of Labour’s conference, Pat Stack reviews Mark Perryman’s essay collection on Starmer’s betrayals and his party’s deepening crisis. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/26/r...

Zohran Mamdani’s win in the Democratic primary for New York mayor demonstrates the strength of organised socialist campaigning. Samuel Kelly speaks with NYC-DSA organisers about the work that made it possible. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/24/i...

Following their speech at rs21’s Festival of the Oppressed, Jaice Titus speaks to Elaliberta about race and Marxism. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/23/i...

Most buses in Greater Manchester have been cancelled as coordinated strikes have hit eight depots of three bus companies. Greater Manchester rs21 members report on the first major strike since Andy Burnham launched the franchised Bee Network. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/20/s...

In the third part of his series DK Renton explains why fighting oppression is central to rs21’s politics. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/19/w...

rs21 members report on Saturdays huge march in London, analyse its roots and consider how the left can challenge and defeat the rise of the far right. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/17/r...

Under the right conditions, a spark can start a prairie fire. Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. Alex de Jong asks what’s next? revsoc21.uk/2025/09/15/n...

As Macron’s government faces yet another crisis, the Bloquons tout movement has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes across France. Some rs21 members joined the actions and report back from the ground revsoc21.uk/2025/09/13/b...

In the second part of a five part series on what we mean by revolutionary socialism., DK Renton explains that workers remain central to capitalism and can overthrow it. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/12/t...

Your Party has sparked a wave of excitement on the left. To succeed it must break with the weight of Labourism, argue Jonny Jones and Jaice Titus, in the first of a two-part series. revsoc21.uk/2025/09/10/y...

Jan B reflects on the first ‘Your Party’ public meeting in Glasgow.

The nature of the threats from racism and fascism has changed in the last few years. Strategies to oppose them need to change too, argues Colin Wilson. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/26/r...

rs21 member and UNISON activist Ian Allinson argues that the General Secretary election in UNISON is a key battle for the whole left, particularly in the context of intensifying debates over unions’ relationships with the Labour Party. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/19/a...

Kika Hendry reviews the new translation of Leopoldina Fortunati’s The Arcana of Reproduction, a key text that, fifty years on, still exposes how domestic life sustains capitalism and speaks urgently to our experiences of labour, care and survival. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/18/r...

Strikes in the hotel industry are rare. Tony Boardman spoke to workers on the Glasgow Village Hotel picket line. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/15/v...

Alex Stoffel (@stoffelalex.bsky.social) traces how liberal narratives that once instrumentalised LGBTQ+ rights as markers of modernity have given way to a resurgent right-wing politics, where sexuality becomes a site of fear, control and civilisational anxiety. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/14/e...

Elsie Furie looks at the resignation of Labour MP Rushanara Ali, and argues that having landlords in the role of homelessness minister is always a mistake. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/12/l...

Following weeks of increasingly large fascist demonstrations in Epping, east London rs21 mobilised alongside others for an anti-fascist bloc on Sunday 27 July. Fraser Amos reflects on some shared lessons comrades drew for the anti-fascist movement. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/10/a...

David L takes a critical look at video games and asks whether there can be a left-wing gaming culture. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/08/v...

Unite members, including many employed in arms factories, have successfully challenged their leadership’s refusal to support action against Britain’s supply of arms to Israel. revsoc21.uk/2025/08/06/u...

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BC Hamilton analyses the limitations of Zohran Mamdani’s run for NYC Mayor and his larger project of reforming the Democratic Party from within and also the struggles and social movements that have allowed a candidate like Mamdani to take center stage revsoc21.uk/2025/08/04/t...

At rs21’s Festival of the Oppressed event, Timor Edwin‘s talk argued that any serious anti-capitalist politics must take anti-border politics seriously. revsoc21.uk/2025/07/29/w...

Years of transphobic attacks – in the last year from the Labour government and the courts – have led to a historically unprecedented mobilisation revsoc21.uk/2025/07/28/l...

With Labour’s grip on Wales weakening, SC Cook examines the social and political forces behind its declining support and how new movements might shape the future. revsoc21.uk/2025/07/27/i...

Many on the left look to a strategy of electing left leaders, including left union leaders. But events of a hundred years ago show that organising from below, in workplaces and communities, wins much more. revsoc21.uk/2025/07/25/r...

Max Shanley outlines his perspectives on a framework for the new left party revsoc21.uk/2025/07/24/b...

Zarah Sultana’s resignation from the Labour Party has brought the burning question of a new leftwing political formation right to the very centre stage of everyone’s minds. What does socialist practice mean in the event of a new leftwing party? revsoc21.uk/2025/07/22/t...