Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
@rs21.bsky.social
Ecosocialist. Feminist. Anti-racist. We are a Marxist organisation with branches around Britain.
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rs21 Glasgow conducted this interview with former HMP Barlinnie inmate Calum so that we could share some of these conditions from Scotland’s largest prison and communicate some of their experience of an ‘intolerable’ system.
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Interview | Conditions from Barlinnie prison
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November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
rs21 Glasgow conducted this interview with former HMP Barlinnie inmate Calum so that we could share some of these conditions from Scotland’s largest prison and communicate some of their experience of an ‘intolerable’ system.
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Andrew Stone reviews the Imperial War Museum’s ‘Emergency Exits’ exhibition which explores Britain’s violent retreat from empire and the brutality of colonial rule.
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Review | Emergency Exits exhibition
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November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Andrew Stone reviews the Imperial War Museum’s ‘Emergency Exits’ exhibition which explores Britain’s violent retreat from empire and the brutality of colonial rule.
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Political prisoners on hunger strike are challenging the counter-terror laws and the criminalisation of Palestinian solidarity inside Britain’s prisons. As Thomas Necchi argues their struggle calls for our unconditional solidarity.
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Solidarity with the hunger strikes
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November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Political prisoners on hunger strike are challenging the counter-terror laws and the criminalisation of Palestinian solidarity inside Britain’s prisons. As Thomas Necchi argues their struggle calls for our unconditional solidarity.
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Frankie Jobson reviews the latest book by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, offering a sharp critique of elite efforts to use geoengineering as a quick fix for the climate crisis.
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Review | The Long Heat
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November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Frankie Jobson reviews the latest book by Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, offering a sharp critique of elite efforts to use geoengineering as a quick fix for the climate crisis.
revsoc21.uk/2025/11/19/r...
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In this article we speak to an activist from the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) about building a strong left, the lessons from the Palestinian resistance and what a free Palestine means for struggles against imperialism and capitalism in Britain today.
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Interview | Palestinian Youth Movement
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November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In this article we speak to an activist from the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) about building a strong left, the lessons from the Palestinian resistance and what a free Palestine means for struggles against imperialism and capitalism in Britain today.
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IWGB union members at Rockstar North are fighting for their jobs after mass sackings at the end of October – Edinburgh rs21 members report.
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Support the sacked Rockstar workers
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November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
IWGB union members at Rockstar North are fighting for their jobs after mass sackings at the end of October – Edinburgh rs21 members report.
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An rs21 member working in the care sector in Scotland reviews Helma Lutz’s new book on the European care economy
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Review | The backstage of the care economy
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November 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
An rs21 member working in the care sector in Scotland reviews Helma Lutz’s new book on the European care economy
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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.
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Interview | Kenya Left Alliance
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November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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.
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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.
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Interview | Tenant organising with Living Rent
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November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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.
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Mau Baiocco takes an in depth look at the crisis in Venezuela as Trump ramps up US aggression.
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Venezuela: between crisis and invasion
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November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Mau Baiocco takes an in depth look at the crisis in Venezuela as Trump ramps up US aggression.
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Charlie Hore reviews Overreach a book which provides insights into US policy on China and why China scares them so much
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Review | Overreach: how China derailed its peaceful rise
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November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Charlie Hore reviews Overreach a book which provides insights into US policy on China and why China scares them so much
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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.
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Interview | Building a world of radical abundance
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October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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.
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The Revolution from Below faction in rs21 consider the tensions in engaging with electoral politics and argue for starting from the perspective of abolition
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Revolutionary red lines
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October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Revolution from Below faction in rs21 consider the tensions in engaging with electoral politics and argue for starting from the perspective of abolition
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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.
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Catherine Connolly wins: an historic victory for the left in Ireland
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October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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.
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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.
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Britain’s vanishing nightlife
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October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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.
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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.
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Review | I Swear
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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.
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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...
What do we mean by communism?
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October 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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.
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The precarious migrant worker
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October 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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.
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The Gaza ceasefire
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October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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.
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Breaking the state
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October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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.
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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...
Fight for a new mass socialist politics
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October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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.
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Labour’s hollow response to antisemitic violence
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October 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The antisemitic attack in Crumpsall has shaken Manchester. The government’s response reveals a cynical conflation of Jewish identity with Zionism, as JB reports.
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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.
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Mass protests after flotilla interception
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October 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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.
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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...
Thinking like an internationalist
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October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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...
Solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla
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October 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM