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France: Revolutionaries inside the Melenchon campaign

Razmig Keucheyan, Gilbert Achcar, Michael Löwy and Ugo Palheta argue that revolutionaries must maintain their ‘strategic autonomy’ whilst actively contributing to a united front in support of a vote for Mélenchon.

California burns again: The wildfires Mike Davis warned us about

One month ago we reported on a huge upsurge of wildfires, once again threatening California. When the article was published, the flames were dying down. Now they’re back, notes Phil Hearse.

Together Alliance goes local, without members

Manchester summit: a call to move "from mobilising to organising", and an alliance individuals cannot join. Duncan Chapel reports from the first of two Together Alliance summits

Stop the far right: Mobilize to elect Lula in the runoff!

Statement of the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International on 12 October 2026.

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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Alan Thornett‑ Key militant in the 1960s/70s/80s motor industry 

Tony Richardson who worked at Cowley for 34 years as a steward in the Body Plant remembers his friend and comrade.

Europe’s largest teaching hospital refuses to pay staff the going rate

The Lost Children of Tuam

You can’t defend peace when there is no peace to defend

Belgium: to defend our future against austerity and repression everyone to the streets alongside the youth!

Reject the attempted appropriation of Cable St

Remembering Alan Thornett

EVENTS

Nov

12

No more data centres

7.00pm

Organised by ACR

Oct

24

LOVE SWANSEA • HATE RACISM

12.00pm

Organised by Stand Up To Racism Wales

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

The New Fascist International

The New Fascist International by Ugo Palheta Just £12 from Resistance Books. Order here. “The great strength of Ugo Palheta’s book is that he treats the new right not as a series of parties but as a single politics. The Brothers of Italy, Le Pen, Trump, Modi’s BJP and the Swedish Democrats agree on all […]

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 […]