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Stonewall, the state and the struggle for liberation
Opinion June 28, 2022
Kevin Ovenden reflects on the Stonewall riots of 1969, the historical dynamic that gave rise to it and the potential for struggle today
The worst of both worlds: stagflation explained
Analysis June 28, 2022
Dominic Alexander explains the unfolding economic turmoil and how socialists should respond
Starmer and Lammy know which side they are on – so should we - weekly briefing
Analysis June 27, 2022
Lindsey German on the rail strikes, Labour's attack on the unions and a woman's right to choose
Our bodies, our lives: The fight for abortion rights - video
Video June 27, 2022
Following the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, Kate O'Neil discusses the ramifications and the fight for reproductive rights with Debby Pope fr...
Catching fire: posties next in line for national strike action
Latest News June 24, 2022
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Mao Zedong Thought - book review
Book Reviews June 23, 2022
A Chinese Trotskyist during the country’s revolution, Wang Fanxi’s Mao Zedong Thought shines valuable light on the nature of the Chinese state, finds Sean Ledwi...
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Will there really be an independence referendum in Scotland in October 2023?
Probably not, if we leave it in the hands of Sturgeon and the UK Supreme Court, argues Vladimir Unkvoski-Korica
June 28, 2022 Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Canada’s brutal and dangerous ‘pipeline police’
The existence of a tailor-made security service to protect the interests of polluting companies shows clearly just who the police are there to serve and pr...
June 27, 2022 John Clarke
'One struggle, one fight': RMT and Aslef march with striking St George's Hospital cleaners
Cici Washburn reports on the incredible solidarity between striking rail workers and striking hospital cleaners in London on Saturday
June 26, 2022 Cici Washburn
Revolution! begins Saturday with 'NATO, Ukraine and the New World Disorder'
Join the Revolution! Festival this weekend to discuss the pressing issues for the left ...
June 24, 2022 Counterfire
By-election blow: Boris' bad days are just beginning
Following Tory defeats in Wakefield and Tiverton, Boris Johnson's already-numbered days just got fewer, writes Shabbir Lakha
June 24, 2022 Shabbir Lakha
The old is dying and new is struggling to be born: Join Revolution! this weekend
As the crisis deepens and working people are fighting back, join the Revolution! Festival this weekend to discuss the pressing issues for the left ...
June 23, 2022 Counterfire
Day two of the national rail strike: bigger, livelier and even more determined
On the second day of the RMT's National Rail strike that's bringing the Tory government to its knees, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica reports from the Glasgow Central ...
June 23, 2022 Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Interest rates, class war and ‘creative destruction’
John Clarke on capitalism’s unfolding crisis and the attempts to rescue it ...
June 22, 2022 John Clarke
Theory
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: a short introduction
Ahead of Counterfire's discussion on Lenin on Imperialism, we repost Morgan Daniels' introduction to Lenin's 1917 pamphlet, Imperialism: The Highest S...
May 12, 2022 Morgan Daniels
Duncan Hallas: Socialism and war
This article originally written by the revolutionary Marxist Duncan Hallas to explain the position on war at the time of the Falklands/Malvinas war in 1982. It ...
March 17, 2022 Duncan Hallas
Alexandra Kollontai on International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, we republish Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai's writing on the history and importance of the day
March 7, 2022 Alexandra Kollontai
Will racism always be with us? - explainer
Yonas Makoni explains the socialist perspective on where racism comes from and how we can eradicate it
January 28, 2022 Yonas Makoni
Why is the labour theory of value so important? - explainer
Dominic Alexander explains the Marxist theory of where value comes from and why it's central to understanding how capitalism functions
January 17, 2022 Dominic Alexander
Books
Stuck Nation - book review
Robert Hennelly’s Stuck Nation is a vigorous and well-researched analysis of the exploitative and racist nature of US capitalism, but falls short of a convincin...
June 16, 2022 John Clarke
Brigadistes: Lives for Liberty - book review
Chris Bambery welcomes Brigadistes, a wonderful collection of portraits of international volunteers for the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War ...
June 9, 2022 Chris Bambery
How the right took back control of Labour: The Starmer Project review
Oliver Eagleton’s The Starmer Project shows the Labour leader to be a devious, self-interested defender of the conservative establishment, finds Terina Hine ...
June 2, 2022 Terina Hine