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End 40 years of bus deregulation

Summer 2026 has seen heatwaves, wildfires and unbearable temperatures across much of the world leading more people to understand that serious and rapid action on climate change is urgently needed. Improved public transport is an important dimension of this argue Terry Conway and Liz Lawrence.

50 years on, the Grunwick strike is still important

Pete Firmin explores the ongoing significance of a dispute that began fifty years ago this week.

Spotlight on Ukraine: Fourteen claims that circulate, and what the evidence shows

As Ukraine enters its fifth winter of all-out war by Russia, Duncan Chapel looks again at claims, misconceptions and “fake-news” that still circulate on the left. These are still used to remain silent or even oppose solidarity with Ukrainians who are fighting for national sovereignty against occupation and annexation by Russian imperialism.

Netanyahu says no. What next for “peace maker” Trump

Trump’s Gaza 15 point “peace plan” has fallen apart - quelle surprise, notes Susan Pashkoff.

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Burnham’s “Rewiring the State” – will people have more control?

Richard Hatcher examines the Burnham government's plans for new forms of public participation

When Work Becomes a Moral Test

Why equality monitoring is necessary

On the hounding to death of Jason Arday

What Jason Arday’s death says about our society

Necessary, but not necessarily sufficient: On efforts to build France’s gauche de rupture

Protecting women and mothers?

EVENTS

Sep

3

Creeping Fascism: From Ankara to Manchester: what Turkey teaches the British left

7.00pm

Organised by ACR

Aug

27

FREE THE ZAPORIZHZHIA 15 – Ukrainian trade unionists speak in London

5.45pm

Organised by USC and Unison

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

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 […]

Voices against Putin’s war

Protesters’ defiant speeches in Russian courts. Foreword by John McDonnell MP and edited by Simon Pirani. This book comprises ten speeches in court by people who opposed Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and were arrested, tried and handed long jail sentences for doing so. There are also letters and interviews in which they made […]