News and analysis

Burnham – the resilience of Labourism

Following Burnham's conference speech Dave Kellaway discusses how there is still some life left in 'Old Labour' policies

On Violence in Fighting Occupation: The Case of Palestine

The following is a postscript written by Gilbert Achcar written in February 2026 to recent editions of his 2025 book, Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective.

The Left without a ‘camp’ is travelling to Ukraine with the international convoy.

Roberto Firenze and Sergio Bellavita from the Collettivo Sinistra per l'Ucraina - Laboratorio internazionalista. report on the Italian leg of the International Convoy for Ukraine

Thousands celebrate anniversary of Battle of Cable Street

Simon Hannah reports on yesterday's march in Tower Hamlets

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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People vs Palantir

On 1 October, Anti*Capitalist Resistance joined Amnesty, Health Workers For Palestine, Global Justice Now, Keep our NHS Public and others in a global People vs Palantir day of action writes Jessica MacKenzie.

The National Care Service Starts With Its Workers

The landlord Is not a lord

Cable Street 90 march unites our communities

Build the International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine: a message for trade unionists

Do unions agree “an unjust law is no law at all”

Spanish state: The spark that lit a prairie fire: let’s organise a hot autumn

EVENTS

Oct

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Failed harvests, data centres and the far right

12.30am

Organised by ACR

Oct

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The Gaza genocide and the Middle East wars

7.00pm

Organised by ACR

VIDEO

Palestine and Marxism an online author discussion

INTERNATIONALISM OR RUSSIFICATION – a study in the Soviet nationalities problem

THEORY

The Digital Veil: Why Marx’s Critique of Capitalism Remains valid

Piyamit Leelatham argues against Varoufakis's thesis that under our society of techofeudalism Marx's law of value no longer applies.

Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation

Why is there a surge in antisemitism?

The General Strike – Harry Wicks

Western Marxism, Historical Defeat, and the Limits of Exposure

Fascisation and strategy

Fascism before power

PUBLICATIONS

Strategies of Resistance

Strategies of Resistance. New expanded edition of selected writings. By Daniel Bensaïd. Edited by Alex de Jong. Just £15 from Resistance Books here. “Daniel Bensaïd was one of the most creative, imaginative and sharpest minds in the contemporary history of Marxism, in France and beyond.” Michael Löwy. CONTENTS: Introduction:  Daniel Bensaïd, melancholic revolutionary; 1.  What […]

Dangerous Liaisons

Back in print: “Dangerous Liaisons: The marriages and divorces of Marxism and Feminism” by Cinzia Arruzza and with a prologue by Penelope Duggan. This book is an introduction to the relationship between the workers’ movement and the women’s movement. Cinzia Arruzza argues in the need to combine gender and class politics. Just £12 from Resistance […]

Critical Marxism

Critical Marxism: Concepts, Context, Combat. by Ian Parker. Just £14 from Resistance Books. This book provides an introduction to Marxism as it emerged in the nineteenth century, examines what happened when it was put into practice in the twentieth century, and how we can make use of it now in anti-capitalist struggle. It reviews the […]

THE POUM: Republic, Revolution and Counterrevolution

By Andy Durgan “The POUM: Republic, Revolution, and Counterrevolution” provides an updated and original introduction to the history of the party. It examines the POUM’s origins, its relations with the workers’ and peasants’ movements of the time, its political ideas, and its role in the revolution that erupted in July 1936. This is a story […]