Antifa: the anti-fascist handbook - book review
Book Reviews August 22, 2019
The long history of anti-fascist mobilisation, outlined in Bray’s Antifa, underlines the importance of broad alliances for mass mobilisations, argues Thomas Gib...
A new global recession is coming
Opinion August 22, 2019
Capitalism expands in booms and slumps and we're due a slump, writes Michael Roberts
Are the liberal middle class on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
Opinion August 21, 2019
Following on from his previous article, Mike Wayne analyses the collective breakdown of the liberal middle class as we inch towards Brexit ...
Border chaos: why Priti Patel's plans can be stopped
Opinion August 21, 2019
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel want to create a new hostile environment, but they can be stopped, argues Eleftheria Kousta
Vote with your feet – weekly briefing
Opinion August 19, 2019
Recent events have demonstrated the inextricable link between democratic demands and the fight for socialism, argues Lindsey German ...
Swinson’s choice: better a no deal Brexit than Corbyn
Analysis August 15, 2019
For the Liberal Democrats, a no deal Brexit seems preferable to a left wing Labour government under Corbyn, argues Alex Snowdon
Latest
Amazon fire: our lungs are on fire
Chrissy Brand joined the demonstrators outside the Brazilian Embassy in London on August 23rd. She is one of millions who realise that climate change can only b...
August 25, 2019 Chrissy Brand
Can Labour win a general election?
Labour is at an electoral crossroads and must come out as a radical alternative to the establishment, argues Alex Snowdon
August 24, 2019 Alex Snowdon
The caring capitalists of corporate America
When American capitalists pretend to care we know they are afraid, argues John Clarke
August 23, 2019 John Clarke
The Tories' vision: work until you die
The latest Tory proposal to raise the pension age to 75 is insidious, argues Jacqueline Mulhallen
August 21, 2019 Jacqueline Mulhallen
Where is the love?
An anti-arms trade campaigner explains what the DSEI arms fair is and why it is so important to join the protests against it when it comes to London in Septembe...
August 19, 2019 Amor
DWP deaths make me sick: shrouds on tour 2019
Vince Laws contacted us about his upcoming exhibitions and we are happy to share his press release on Counterfire
August 19, 2019 Vince Laws
Theory
What did Engels say about revolution?
Engels was a revolutionary democrat and a revolutionary realist, argues Dragan Plavšić
July 26, 2019 Dragan Plavšić
Media and the infrastructure of radical movements
Our movements need media that inspire mass participation, amplifying analysis to reach new audiences turning to the left, writes Des Freedman
September 17, 2018 Des Freedman
Socialism: utopian and scientific - an introduction
Engels’ popular pamphlet offers one of the best concise accounts of capitalist development and an accessible introduction to Marx's revolutionar...
June 20, 2018 John Rees
Books
Can the Working Class Change the World? - book review
If the working class is to change the world, it needs serious strategies to find unity and overcome divisions, not woolly moralism, argues Richard Allday ...
August 15, 2019 Richard Allday
How far will he go? Trump and the limits of populism - book review
Chris Nineham assesses the varied interpretations of Trump in this year’s Socialist Register, pointing out the opportunities for the left
August 8, 2019 Chris Nineham
The Coming of the American Behemoth - book review
Roberto’s The Coming of the American Behemoth argues that fascist-like processes arose from the essential workings of monopoly capitalism in 1930s Ame...
August 1, 2019 Martin Hall