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Counterfire's rolling coverage of the People's Assembly Against Austerity
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Neil Faulkner looks at the historical significance of the Taksim protest movement
Elli Siapkidou describes the movement against the government's decision to shut down ERT, Greece’s national broadcaster
The use of force against mass protests in Turkey has created an even stronger opposition than Erdogan could have imagined. This spark may yet turn into a massive fire, writes Sait Akgul
Cameron's plans to celebrate WWI are coming under fire - Neil Faulkner debates Max Hastings on the Jeremy Vine Show
Austerity isn't working, yet all we get is more of it. Why can't our rulers give it up? And how can we break the austerity consensus? With James Meadway and Mary Robinson
From 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? With Lindsey German, Feyzi Ismail and Ellie Mae O'Hagan
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper addressed the UK parliament on Thursday, Sana Malik looks at his record of islamophobia
If Tony Blair's suggestion of no-fly zones in Syria become a reality, it would almost certainly presage a war throughout the Middle East and perhaps beyond
A demonstration from Clapham Common to Windrush Square in Brixton on the 15th June 2013 protesting against the government's austerity measures meaning hard cuts to Lambeth college
In the second part of the review of 
Hugo 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 Matt Wilgress discuss at 
Sean Ledwith takes a critical look at this week's elections in Iran - the first presidential election since the massive wave of protests after the 2009 poll
Volkan Aran traces the growth of Turkey's massive protest movement in response to excessive police violence and the increasingly authoritarian rule of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Dan 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 
Economic 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 
David Harvey, speaking at 
George 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 some other scroungers in society who might need dealing with
Retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan, allies toppled in Egypt and Libya, recession at home and China on the rise. In this video from 
China Mieville, Chris Nineham and Laurie Penny debate the future of the Left at 
The first People's Assembly is the start of a process of mobilisation, it will need the commitment of every activist to make its early promise a political reality that can shape our future
Saturday 22 June 2013
9:30am – 5pm
Central Hall Westminster
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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