Stop the War National Demo | May 19 | London
Protest and Rally Saturday 19 May 1pm US Embassy Grosvenor Square London W1 Read more
Race is not the issue in Rochdale
The issue of race in the child sexual exploitation case in Rochdale is a diversion from a real understanding of what makes young people vulnerable to sexual predators Read more
France and Greece vote no to austerity
It is time to break the crisis of a failed past in favour of a new Europe writes James Meadway Read more
The German Revolution
At the end of the First World War, the epicentre of revolution moved from Petrograd to Berlin. Why did the German communists fail where the Bolsheviks had succeded? Read more
The Wind from the East: French Intellectuals, the Cultural Revolution, and the Legacy of the 1960s
Richard Wolin provides a fascinating account of the intellectual confusion that followed May '68, but takes an ambivalent attitude towards the revolutionary potential it generated, argues Feyzi Ismail. Read more
Opinion
 More than 100 student leaders condemn Israeli SU racismUK student leaders have condemned the decision by Zefat Academic College to limit their SU presidency to those who have served two years in the Israeli military... Opinion | ISG | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Opinion
 The meaning of BritainNumerous statements have been made suggesting that Britain has limited influence in the modern world. However, Chris Bambery argues that this seriously underest... Opinion | Chris Bambery | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Video
 Video: London protest for Palestine's hunger strikersPro-Palestinian activists gathered, Saturday, to remember the forcefull expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland with full complicity from the west, and pressure the British government. Video | Counterfire | Monday, 14 May 2012 |
News & Comment
Turkish government attacks the right to strikeKemal Ulker reports on the Turkish Government ’s plans to broaden its anti-union policies in an atta... |
Manchester may day marchManchester, Oldham, Bury and Salford trades councils joined together for May day this year. Around ... |
Salford Uni staff resist job cutsStaff at Salford University are resisting redundancies writes a UCU activist who attended a 250 stro... |
Greece: Anti-Austerity Left makes big gainsToday’s general election in Greece has turned out to be a historic turning point in Greek politics,... |
Analysis
 Greek austerity: The end of the lineAfter two years of self-defeating austerity measures, a Greek default looks more likely than ever. Analysis | James Meadway | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Opinion
 Dispersal Zone: Protecting the OlympicsAnita de Klerk argues that the dispersal zone placed in Stratford is not about targeting local anti-social behaviour, but rather a strategy to keep the unwanted... Opinion | Anita de Klerk | Sunday, 13 May 2012 |
Olympics
 Olympic Myth: The Olympic torchNeil Faulkner dispels the myth around the Olympic Torch as the invention of the ancients, but rather as an invention by the Nazi as symbol of national prestige.... Olympics | Neil Faulkner | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Marxist History Series
 A Marxist History of the World part 74: 1918: how the war endedAfter four years of carnage, the First World War finally came to an end when the Central Powers collapsed and revolution spread to Germany, writes Neil Faulkner... A Marxist History of The World | Neil Faulkner | Monday, 7 May 2012 |
Opinion
 Greece's political elite gear up for new elections.As the political parties in Greece fail to make a coalition government and fresh elections are called, SYRIZA is emerging as the dominant political force. Opinion | Teacher Dude | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Book Reviews
 The Birth of Capitalism: A Twenty-First-Century PerspectiveHenry Heller’s Birth of Capitalism is a lucid and comprehensive introduction to a range of central debates concerning Marxist arguments and interpretations of r... Book Reviews | Dominic Alexander | Friday, 4 May 2012 |
Opinion
 Egypt: Disappointment at first presidential debateAs the Egyptian presidential race continues Noon Arabia captures the tweets about the televised debate between Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Ahmed Ould Dadda... Opinion | Noon Arabia | Sunday, 13 May 2012 |
Radio
 A People's History of London - Lindsey German & John Rees on Robert Elms ShowLindsey German and John Rees talk about A People's History of London on Robert Elms radio show Video | counterfire | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 |
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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