[8] The RS' relationship with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is also distinct from earlier leftist organisations in Egypt which held similar positions to that of the Egyptian Communist Party, which generally equated Islamism with fascism.

The slogan was coined by Chris Harman of the Socialist Workers Party of Britain, in his book, The Prophet and the Proletariat,[9] which was translated into Arabic, and widely distributed by the RS in 1997.

[10] According to Mark LeVine, a professor of history at the University of California, the RS "played a crucial role organising Tahrir (during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011) and now in the workers movement" post-President Hosni Mubarak.

[14] They argue that the working class, particularly of Cairo, Alexandria and Mansoura were the key players in ousting Mubarak, rather than the Egyptian youths' use of social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, as has been widely reported.

[16] In March 2011, RS activist and journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy was among many protesters who stormed and seized offices of the State Security Investigations Service in Nasr City.

[21] On 23 August 2013, the Revolutionary Socialists organised a demonstration at the High Court in Cairo, in protest against the release of former president Hosni Mubarak from prison.

[26][27] In 2006, Sameh Naguib - a leading RS member - labeled Hezbollah's conflict with Israel in the 2006 Lebanon War "a very important victory for the anti-war movement worldwide", claiming it prevented or delayed US and Israeli plans to attack Iran and Syria.

[30] On 20 March 2011, during the Libyan uprising, the RS condemned the UN Security Council, the European Union and the Obama administration on their decision to implement a no-fly zone and foreign military intervention in Libya as "part of the counter-revolution".