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Why we need an ecosocialist organisation

Explaining the need for organising on an ecosocialist basis, Simon Hannah urges socialists to take the crises that confront us seriously.

He burst on the scene already a legend

Dave Kellaway reviews the new biopic about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown (2024) directed by James Mangold and starring Timothee Chalamet,  Edward Norton,  Monica Barbaro and Elie Fanning

Two Myths About the Gaza Ceasefire

There are two conspicuous myths about the Gaza ceasefire that went into effect last Sunday: that it was due to Trump's pressure on Netanyahu and that it was a victory achieved by Hamas, writes Gilbert Achcar

Fury at attacks on right to protest genocide

Dave Kellaway and Terry Conway review some of the implications of the police attack on our right to demonstrate - even in the face of genocide

ABOUT ANTICAPITALIST RESISTANCE

We seek revolutionary transformation to meet the compound crisis of ecological disaster, economic collapse, social decay, grotesque inequality, mass impoverishment, growing militarisation, and creeping authoritarianism.

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Defend the right to protest

Roland Rance critises the ramping up of the state’s determination to further criminalise protest and calls for action to fight back

Assisted dying – can you get involved?

After five days that changed its face, where is Lebanon headed?

Disabled women and reproductive rights

Understanding Trump’s Reelection

Van Gogh – a radical?

We are not going backward, we are marching forward!

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Palestine and Marxism an online author discussion

INTERNATIONALISM OR RUSSIFICATION – a study in the Soviet nationalities problem

THEORY

Disabling Ability

Bob Williams-Findlay explores the historical, social, and political constructs that frame disability as a lack of ability, challenging the oppressive binary between ability and disability, and critically deconstructs the "See the Person, Not the Disability" campaign through a Marxist lens.

The Longest Night

Sport and Cis‑Realism

Ecosocialist Revolution: A Manifesto

Fascism has gone beyond creeping… we are in deep trouble

Are teachers the (new) proletarians?

Traumas & Futures

PUBLICATIONS

Reclaiming the Future

Reclaiming the Future:A Beginner’s Guide to Planning the Economy by Simon HannahForeword by John McDonnell In a world gripped by endless crisis and climate breakdown, the demand to reshape our economic system has never been more urgent. Reclaiming the Future by Simon Hannah is a beginner’s guide to planning the economy, taking readers on a […]

Resisting Trumpism

The re-election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America is a major development for global politics. He is now in almost total control of the USA, the largest imperialist power. Trumpism is part of the global wave of far-right populists, authoritarians and semi-fascists taking power in countries around the world. This […]

War, Global Capitalism and Resistance: Selected writings by William I. Robinson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR William I. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Among his many award-winning books are Can Global Capitalism Endure?(2022); Global Civil War: Repression and Rebellion in the Post Pandemic World (2022); The Global Police State (2020); Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global […]

Palestine and Marxism

RECOMMENDATIONS This comprehensive history lays out the essential background for understanding Palestine and its place in the struggle for socialism. Unlike many accounts that focus simply on Israel’s on-going human rights atrocities, Joseph Daher situates Palestine in the context of more than a century of imperialist intervention in the Middle East. An important contribution that […]