An article responding to the recent controversy in Jacobin.

Exploring past examples of ‘revolutionary forgiveness’, D K Renton considers its role in socialism

A Fault Lines Production

Eutastrophe is an alternative to the jack-boot and to the cruelty of fascism. It is people of goodwill, agreeing to co-operate, despite that all divides us.It is not the world that most anti-fascists ...

Liz Davies reviews Revolutionary Forgiveness: Beyond Moralism, Toward Liberation, by D.K. Renton, published by Haymarket. Revolutionary Forgiveness, Beyond Moralism, Toward Liberation is a complica…

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Eutastrophe is an alternative to the jack-boot and to the cruelty of fascism. It is people of goodwill, agreeing to co-operate, despite that all divides us.It is not the world that most anti-fascists ...

It's the anniversary today of that Eric Clapton gig, to which Red Saunders responded with the letter that started everything. Here's a piece for the anniversary

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Britain’s new prime minister has promised to reduce the cost of living. Renters must be at the centre of Labour’s policies.

Britain’s new prime minister has promised to reduce the cost of living. Renters must be at the centre of Labour’s policies.

Reflections on returning to work after a long time away

On finding new ways of showing labour’s power over the bosses.

The second and concluding part of my list the best anti-fascist novels published in Britain over the last century.

This book explores the anti‑fascist novel in Britain: its origins in activists’ experience, its solutions to questions of how to organise. Some of the works Renton discusses are classics of twentieth‑...

Part I of my list the best anti-fascist novels published in Britain.

A piece in which I recall that there have been very many forms of right-wing politics in recent history, not all of them fascist

Resisting the Road to Fascism With Daniel Trilling and D.K. Renton – Reference Point, Thu Jul 2, 2026 - Join D.K. Renton and Daniel Trilling at Reference Point on the 2nd of July to discuss the danger...

Three experiences inform this piece of writing: words Mike Kidron told an interviewer in 1964 (“not Trotskyist but Trotskyist-derived”), a piece a friend of mine Colin wrote last year (“how did these ...

Sean Isaacs describes how D.K. Renton's new book, Revolutionary Forgiveness, offers meaningful alternatives to the carceral system.

by D. K. Renton Centrist pundits met Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield by-election with a loud sigh of relief. Burnham was fighting two contests at once: the by-election, and the race which w...

rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

The cancellation of Cenk Uygur’s and Hasan Piker’s visas tells us that the home secretary’s powers to police speech are too broad, says campaigner and barrister DK Renton

The cancellation of Cenk Uygur’s and Hasan Piker’s visas tells us that the home secretary’s powers to police speech are too broad, says campaigner and barrister DK Renton

Simon Pearson responds to D.K. Renton's arguments about creeping fascism

Another piece exploring how Marxist have written about the ethics of single deeds, and their relationships to mass organising

Revolutionary Forgiveness: Beyond Moralism, Toward Liberation (with David Renton and Dr Hazel Croft) by Acid Horizon on Patreon. Join Acid Horizon's community for exclusive content and updates.

DK Renton responds to Spectre's debate about Trumpism. To understand the process of authoritarian creep, Renton urges us to abandon the attempt to through mere taxonomy .

DK Renton responds to Spectre's debate about Trumpism. To understand the process of authoritarian creep, Renton urges us to abandon the attempt to through mere taxonomy .

Veteran guest Dave Renton joins the show to discuss the long history of the Socialist Workers Party and antifascism in the UK. We discuss the sexual assault crisis of 2013, its ongoing fallout, how

Mainstream Zionist groups may condemn the demagogue’s name, but they embrace his racist politics.