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Cummings’ exit shows how the Johnson administration is falling apart - CounterBlast

Cummings’ exit shows how the Johnson administration is falling apart - CounterBlast

Opinion November 13, 2020

The sacking of Boris Johnson’s chief of staff has deeper roots than mere office tensions in Downing Street, argues Alex Snowdon

Failing black people, Muslims and women: the EHRC isn’t fit for purpose

Failing black people, Muslims and women: the EHRC isn’t fit for purpose

Opinion November 13, 2020

A new Parliamentary report, David Goodhart’s appointment and the exoneration of the BBC show that the EHRC is incapable of dealing with institutional discr...

The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War - book review

The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War - book review

Book Reviews November 12, 2020

The story of the International Brigades’ fight against fascism in Spain is newly told in Tremlett’s valuable account, finds Chris Bambery

#OccupyUoM: Students take over University of Manchester building

#OccupyUoM: Students take over University of Manchester building

Latest News November 12, 2020

Students at the University of Manchester are fighting back against the way they've been treated and have occupied a building until their demands are met ...

Goodbye, good riddance… get ready – weekly briefing

Goodbye, good riddance… get ready – weekly briefing

Opinion November 8, 2020

Lindsey German on Trump’s departure as POTUS and the reality of Starmer’s Labour party

Covid-19: A Worker's Self-Defence Manual - Counterfire pamphlet

Covid-19: A Worker's Self-Defence Manual - Counterfire pamphlet

Latest News November 6, 2020

A Counterfire pamphlet by Richard Allday aimed at providing you with information about the virus and your rights at work

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Starmer's purge continues: Bristol members suspended for supporting Corbyn

Starmer's purge continues: Bristol members suspended for supporting Corbyn

Labour members in Bristol West have been suspended for confronting Starmer’s witch hunt against the left. This is a fight for all of us, argues Tom Whittak...

November 14, 2020 Tom Whittaker

Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?

Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?

Following the recent controversy around a new statue commemorating Mary Wollstonecraft, Jaqueline Mulhallen looks at the life and times of this radical fig...

November 13, 2020 Jacqueline Mulhallen

Imperialism is driven back in Bolivia

Imperialism is driven back in Bolivia

The return of Evo Morales to Bolivia symbolises the defeat of the Washington-driven coup following the election last month, writes John Clarke

November 12, 2020 John Clarke

Mary Wollstonecraft statue is a poor representation of her radical ideas

Mary Wollstonecraft statue is a poor representation of her radical ideas

The new statue commemorating Mary Wollstonecraft will disappoint socialists and feminists as it fails to represent what she stood for, argues Lindsey German ...

November 12, 2020 Lindsey German

Australia: Covid, neoliberalism and the labour movement

Australia: Covid, neoliberalism and the labour movement

For the Australian labour movement, the government's failures present an opportunity to organise to save lives and for an alternative to neoliberalism ...

November 11, 2020 Alison Pennington

Croydon Council has gone bust because of austerity, and the most vulnerable will be made to pay

Croydon Council has gone bust because of austerity, and the most vulnerable will be made to pay

We must fight for the government to increase local spending instead of letting councils like Croydon go bust, fire their workers and cut essential services ...

November 11, 2020 Jamal Elaheebocus

Vaccine hope is not a substitute for a zero-Covid strategy

Vaccine hope is not a substitute for a zero-Covid strategy

We need to stop the transmission of the virus now to prevent more deaths before a vaccine is ready, argues Caitlin Southern

November 11, 2020 Caitlin Southern

Covid vaccine and government contracts: another dose of Tory corruption - CounterBlast

Covid vaccine and government contracts: another dose of Tory corruption - CounterBlast

The government has handed more than £17bn of lucrative Covid contracts to their mates who aren't delivering

November 10, 2020 Terina Hine

Engels 200

Engels' contribution to Marxism

Engels' contribution to Marxism

As part of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we repost Tony Cliff's 1996 speech on Engels

June 28, 2020 Tony Cliff

Engels was right, class society and women's oppression aren't inevitable or irreversible

Engels was right, class society and women's oppression aren't inevitable or irreversible

As part of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at Engels' The Origins of the Fami...

May 17, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh

Engels on nature and humanity

Engels on nature and humanity

In the third of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we repost this excerpt from an upcoming short book on E...

April 4, 2020 Michael Roberts

Theory

Why does the Labour Party fail? - explainer

Why does the Labour Party fail? - explainer

Alex Snowdon dissects the root of Labour's failures as a party that's meant to represent working people

October 27, 2020 Alex Snowdon

What is imperialism? - explainer

What is imperialism? - explainer

In the tenth part of a series of explainers, Dragan Plavšić examines the roots of imperialism and how to oppose it

September 8, 2020 Dragan Plavšić

Is revolution possible in the twenty-first century? – explainer

Is revolution possible in the twenty-first century? – explainer

In the ninth part of our explainer series, Katherine Connelly looks at the continuing possibility of revolution for transforming society today

August 25, 2020 Katherine Connelly

What went wrong in Russia? - explainer

What went wrong in Russia? - explainer

In the eighth part of a series of socialist explainers, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica analyses what went wrong in post-revolution Russia

August 18, 2020 Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Is a society without oppression possible? - explainer

Is a society without oppression possible? - explainer

In the seventh part of a series of socialist explainers, Elaine Graham-Leigh analyses where oppression comes from and if it can be overcome

August 11, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh

Books

The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg - book review

The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg - book review

The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg shows the importance of keeping Luxemburg’s ideas of revolutionary democracy alive, finds Orlando ...

November 5, 2020 Orlando Hill

This Is What America Looks Like - book review

This Is What America Looks Like - book review

Ilhan Omar has always been a fighter, and not just in the rhetorical sense. Kate O’Neil reviews the autobiography of the progressive Somali-American representat...

October 29, 2020 Kate O'Neil

Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party - book review

Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party - book review

Black Power Afterlives provides a range of views on the Black Panther Party, some of which hint at what a revival of the radical core of the Party could mean, a...

October 22, 2020 Yonas Makoni