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Labour’s hollow response to antisemitic violence

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mass protests after flotilla interception

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 4d

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...

Thinking like an internationalist

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 5d

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

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 5d

rs21 statement in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

revsoc21.uk/2025/10/03/s...

The case for abolishing mass media

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 7d

Far-right movements are driven not just by ideology but by the media itself, argues Kai I.

revsoc21.uk/2025/10/01/t...

A party built by collective action

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 9d

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...

Review | The Starmer symptom

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 12d

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...

Interview | Behind the Zohran Mamdani campaign

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 14d

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...

Interview| Race and Class in Crisis

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 15d

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...

Strikes hit Greater Manchester buses

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 18d

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...

We fight for the oppressed

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 19d

In the third part of his series DK Renton explains why fighting oppression is central to rs21’s politics.

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Race against time: how do we challenge the new far right?

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 21d

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...

Nepal protests have deeper roots

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 23d

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...

Block everything: the struggle in France

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 25d

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

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The workers have the power

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 26d

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 needs to bury Labourism

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 28d

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...

After-party: Your Party Glasgow initial public meeting

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

Responding to the racist moral panic

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 29

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...

A chance to defeat Starmer’s most important union backer

Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

Review | The Arcana of Reproduction

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

Village Hotel workers on strike

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

End of the rainbow: sex, empire, and the new right

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

Landlords should not be homelessness ministers

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

Antifascism in Epping: turning the tide?

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...