Another Turkey is possible
Sait Akgul on the background to the Taksim Square protests and beyond Read more
Learning from Taksim Square
Neil Faulkner looks at the historical significance of the Taksim protest movement Read more
A chance to change this country's history
John Rees: the first People's Assembly is the start of a process of mobilisation Read more
The drugs don't work - Why can't our rulers kick the austerity habit?
Austerity isn't working, why can't our rulers give it up? Video with James Meadway and Mary Robinson Read more
The Question of Strategy: Part 2
The second part of Alex Snowdon's review of The Question of Strategy considers campaigning strategies Read more
International
 Greece: Democracy? No SignalElli Siapkidou describes the movement against the government's decision to shut down ERT, Greece’s national broadcaster International | Elli Siapkidou | Tuesday, 18 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: Fighting sexism: why it's kicking off everywhereFrom the streets of Delhi to the corridors of the BBC a new mood is seeing misogyny challenged wherever it rears its ugly head. But why now? And where next? Wi... Video | Lucio Versaggi | Monday, 17 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: After Chavez: the future of Latin AmericaHugo Chavez was a rare thing - a poplular hero in government. After his death, how can the Bolivarian Revolution go forward? Jeremy Corbyn MP, Bernard Regan and... Video | Lucio Versaggi | Wednesday, 12 June 2013 |
News & Comment
Images and video from Brazil solidarity protest London 18 June 2013Video and images by Lucy Clements and Lucas Perry-Hill from the London protest called in solidarity ... |
Long Live Southbank! Skateboarding versus the corporationsSkateboarders on the South Bank in London are campaigning to defend their space against corporate ta... |
NHS campaigners target Hunt in his own back yardCampaigners from across London converge on Health minister's constituency |
Video: Cut warfare not welfare: People's Assembly 22 June 2013Why are we spending so much money on killing and destruction when we are facing austerity at home? C... |
Radio
 World War One: All Germany's fault? Neil Faulkner debates Max HastingsCameron's plans to celebrate WWI are coming under fire - Neil Faulkner debates Max Hastings on the Jeremy Vine Show Radio | | Monday, 17 June 2013 |
Women's Liberation
 Women’s liberation: theory and practiceFundamental change for women means challenging the priorities of a system based on profit, and that requires connecting women’s movements to the wider fight for change Women's Liberation | Lindsey German | Friday, 24 May 2013 |
Book Review
 Mad Science: The Nuclear Power ExperimentNuclear power is championed by some environmentalists as an answer to global warming, Mad Science provides evidence that it remains far too dangerous Book Reviews | Elaine Graham-Leigh | Friday, 3 May 2013 |
Analysis
 The Lady's not for mourning: Margaret Thatcher and the neoliberal counter-revolutionHistorian Neil Faulkner on Thatcher, the neoliberal counter-revolution, and the battle for the future Analysis | Neil Faulkner | Tuesday, 16 April 2013 |
International
 Stephen Harper, David Cameron and the political uses of IslamophobiaCanadian prime minister Stephen Harper addressed the UK parliament on Thursday, Sana Malik looks at his record of islamophobia International | Sana Malik | Sunday, 16 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: Owen Jones on how to tackle scroungersGeorge Osborne takes from those who have least, while the Daily Mail and others cheer his attacks as tackling ‘scroungers’. But Owen Jones thinks that there are... Video | fourmanfilms | Monday, 10 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: Tariq Ali: is American power in decline?Retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan, allies toppled in Egypt and Libya, recession at home and China on the rise. In this video from Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous ... Video | Fourmanfilms | Monday, 10 June 2013 |
Resisting austerity
 Even the Times knows we can turn the tide against austerityThis is a moment of hope for the labour movement - at last the unions, the left and the anti-austerity movement are getting it together, writes John Rees in the... Resisting austerity | John Rees | Tuesday, 4 June 2013 |
International
 Letter from Italy: race, class and BalotelliElle Gierre looks at what the treatment Balotelli's tells us about the deep seated racism of Italian society and the experience of the 'italiani di seconda gen... International | Elle Gierre | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 |
Theory
 The crisis in Europe and the response of the LeftIn this article, which will appear in Spanish in the Chilean journal Revista Materialismo Histórico, John Rees looks at the prospects for the left The Crisis | John Rees | Tuesday, 2 April 2013 |
Analysis
 Labour, the movement and the radical leftLabour activists are an important part of the anti-cuts movement in many areas. Reuben Bard-Rosenberg argues for a united anti-cuts movement involving those ins... Analysis | Reuben Bard-Rosenberg | Monday, 22 April 2013 |
Theory
 Leninism for Dangerous TimesWhat can we learn from Lenin about how we organise to transform society? Paul Le Blanc provides some answers in this text of his talk presented at Dangerous Ide... Theory | Paul Le Blanc | Sunday, 2 June 2013 |
Video
 Long Live Southbank! Skateboarding versus the corporationsSkateboarders on the South Bank in London are campaigning to defend their space against corporate takeover. Video by Clare Solomon and Paul Hanes Video | Clare Solomon and Paul Hanes | Monday, 17 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: Terry Eagleton: why Marx was rightEconomic catastrophe has put Marx back on the agenda. Was he right all along? Terry Eagleton makes the case in this video of his talk at Dangerous Ideas for Dan... Video | fourmanfilms | Monday, 10 June 2013 |
Dangerous Video
 Video: David Harvey introduces Rebel cities: from the right to the city to the urban revolutionDavid Harvey, speaking at Dangerous Ideas for Dangerous Times, about his latest book, explaining how cities have been, and will continue to be, the main arena o... Video | fourmanfilms | Monday, 10 June 2013 |
Opinion
 Dead giveaway: Charles Ramsey and racism in Obama's AmericaThe reaction to Charles Ramsey's words to the media after he helped free three white women and a six-year old girl from a domestic prison shine a spotlight on the state of racism in the US Opinion | Sean Ledwith | Sunday, 2 June 2013 |
Book Review
 Socialist Register 2013: The Question of StrategyIn this two-part review essay, Alex Snowdon discusses Socialist Register 2013: The Question of Strategy, on how the left, internationally, has responded to... Book Reviews | Alex Snowdon | Thursday, 6 June 2013 |
International
 The New Scramble for Africa and the War On TerrorDan Poulton explores the relationship between the new scramble for Africa and the War on Terror in an article is based on a talk given at the recent Dangerous I... International | Dan Poulton | Wednesday, 12 June 2013 |
Theory
 Empire and revolution - Syria and the critics of the anti-war movementJohn Rees responds to recent discussions on Syria, imperialism and the Arab revolutions International | John Rees | Wednesday, 1 August 2012 |
Theory
 The crisis of the British regime: democracy, protest and the unionsThe British political regime faces a crisis of confidence. This report presents empirical evidence for the democratic deficit, growing protest, the state of th... Theory | Adrian Cousins | Sunday, 27 November 2011 |
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Books
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
By Lindsey German
A Marxist History of the World
From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
By Neil Faulkner
The People V Tony Blair
Politics, the Media and the Anti-War Movement
By Chris Nineham
Timelines
A Political History of the Modern World
By John Rees
A People's History of London
By Lindsey German and John Rees
Counterfire Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham
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