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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
Good riddance Trump, but Biden won’t extinguish Trumpism
Opinion November 7, 2020
The Democratic Party is too wedded to the establishment to defeat the right in the US, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica.
This is a lockdown in name only – CounterBlast
Opinion November 7, 2020
As the infection rate, and deaths, continue to rise, the government’s poor excuse for a lockdown offers no solution, argues Alex Snowdon
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
The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg - book review
Book Reviews November 5, 2020
The Living Flame: The Revolutionary Passion of Rosa Luxemburg shows the importance of keeping Luxemburg’s ideas of revolutionary democracy alive, finds Orlando ...
Crunch time for workers - News from the Frontline
Latest News November 4, 2020
Counterfire's fortnightly digest rounding up the stories of working people getting organised and fighting back
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Why Labour fails - video
Dragan Plavšić explains why the Labour Party fails as a party that was founded to represent the working class
November 9, 2020 Dragan Plavšić
Biden's politics as usual is what produced Trump in the first place
Trumpism is still alive and the left must recognise the centrality of class in order to organise against it, argues Yonas Makoni
November 9, 2020 Yonas Makoni
The China question
Dragan Plavšić replies to criticisms of his recent article ‘China: a socialist force for good or an imperial superpower in the making? An historical evaluation’...
November 8, 2020 Dragan Plavšić
No capitulation to Starmer's witch-hunt: fight back now
The question isn't 'stay or leave', it's whether or not the left inside and outside the Labour party is going to fight back, argues John McInally
November 8, 2020 John McInally
Rosa Luxemburg: an interview with Dana Mills
Katherine Connelly interviews Dana Mills, author of a new biography on Rosa Luxemburg, on her crucial contribution to revolutionary thought
November 8, 2020 Katherine Connelly
#ParentStrike: Parents take action against unsafe schools
Parents around the country took boycott action on Nov 5th, demanding protection for teachers, children and families, reports BRTUS: Parents United
November 7, 2020 BRTUS: Parents United
Rolls Royce workers strike to protect jobs
Rolls Royce workers in Barnoldswick have had huge levels of support for their struggle against offshoring and job cuts, reports Chris Neville
November 6, 2020 Chris Neville
After the election, is US foreign policy likely to change?
As the chaotic presidential election inches towards resolution, we can expect more continuity than change in US foreign policy, argues Terina Hine
November 6, 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
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
There would have been no Corbynism without Corbyn: a review of This Land
While This Land offers an insight into Corbyn's leadership, Owen Jones draws the wrong lessons to be learned, argues Shabbir Lakha
October 15, 2020 Shabbir Lakha