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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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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