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  •  | London protest 19 April 2025 image by Steve Eason | MR Online

    The Supreme Court decision: When law becomes the means of oppression

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on April 28, 2025 by DK Renton (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted May 09, 2025)

    DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.

  •  | Abolition Feminism Now by Angela Y Davis Gina Dent Erica R Meiners and Beth E Richie is available from booksellers now Background photos Steve Eason | MR Online

    Reimagining the relationship between care and power

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on January 16, 2022 by Zad El Bacha (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Jan 28, 2022)

    Abolition. Feminism. Now. has everything I have come to expect from abolitionist literature: a solid critique of carceral feminism, passionate archiving of black and brown struggle against state control, and a good dose of hope. But also a big dose of U.S.-centrism and a hesitancy to outline a plan to win. 

  •  | Covid | MR Online

    COVID Omicron: The case for vaccine justice

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on December 1, 2021 by Graham Checkley (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Dec 09, 2021)

    Britain is one of the main countries to have blocked the global dropping of patents for coronavirus vaccines. If there is a major outbreak of the new Omicron variant in Britain, it will be directly due to the racist and profiteering policy of the Tory government, writes rs21 member Graham Checkley.

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    What do we mean by metabolic rift?

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on September 24, 2021 by Greg Peakin (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Sep 27, 2021)

    rs21 member Greg Peakin explains the concept of metabolic rift, and why it is an important tool for climate organising today.

  •  | Photo Frans Ari Prasetyo | MR Online

    Neoliberal ‘Omnibus Law’ sparks rebellion in Indonesia

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on October 17, 2020 by Frans Ari Prasetyo (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Oct 20, 2020)

    A major protest movement is underway in Indonesia against the neoliberal, authoritarian-populist regime of Joko Widodo and his collaborators in the House of Representatives. Frans Ari Prasetyo explains the so-called ‘Omnibus Law’ that sparked the protest, and reports on the clashes now unfolding in Bandung and many other cities.

  •  | Identity Politics | MR Online

    The politics of everybody

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on July 24, 2017 by Bill Crane (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Jul 25, 2017)

    Class is primary—not in the sense of more important, but in the sense of being the limit, the foundation, the point where profit is extracted and the point where it can be challenged. The centrality of class is tactical, not moral.

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    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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