Newsreel footage of the day a united mass mobilisation defeated Oswald Mosely and his fascist Black Shirts. 75 years later the confrontation is a powerful reminder of the need to stop fascists on the streets.
Dan Poulton
Dan is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner. His most recent documentary was The New Scramble For Africa and his documentaries have appeared regularly on the Islam Channel. He is an organiser for Counterfire and a regular contributor to Counterfire site.
Book review
Kohei Saito, Slow Down. How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth, trans. Brian Bergstrom, (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 2024), xvi, 264pp.
26 Apr 2024
Slow Down. How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth – book review
Opinion
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mets with the Ukrainian servicemen who are defending the city of Bakhmut. Source: President Of Ukraine - Wikicommons / cropped from original / CC0 1.0
25 Apr 2024
‘On a war footing’: Britain accelerates global arms race
Book review
24 Apr 2024
Why the bodies piled high: reviews of Terina Hine, A People’s History of Covid
News
Student encampment at Columbia University. Photo: Columbia Students for Justice for Palestine/Twitter
24 Apr 2024
The Whole World is Watching: US campuses in revolt for Gaza
Analysis
Rescue workers evacuate flood-affected people in Zhuozhou, August 2023. Photo: CC BY 3.0
23 Apr 2024