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Snowden’s Box: Trust in the Age of Surveillance - book review
Book Reviews July 2, 2020
The story of Snowden’s whistleblowing reveals the importance of genuinely free journalism, but only mass movements can truly defend civil liberties, argues Pete...
We have everything to fear from Johnson’s spin and incompetence - CounterBlast
Opinion July 1, 2020
Boris Johnson’s pathetic attempt to compare himself to Roosevelt will fool nobody as the gap grows between his rhetoric and reality, argues Sean Ledwith ...
Explainer: What is socialism?
Theory June 30, 2020
In the first of a series of socialist explainers, Chris Nineham looks at the concept of socialism itself
The battle is on: and the left can’t win in Labour - weekly briefing
Opinion June 29, 2020
Lindsey German on Labour, the left and taking on the Tories
Starmer plays to the right: where now for the left?
Analysis June 26, 2020
Starmer has signalled war on Labour's left with the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey. It is a deliberate attempt to root out Corbynism from positions of influence...
Israel annexation of West Bank will be the final nail in the Oslo Accord
Opinion June 25, 2020
What the annexation would mean to Palestinians and Israelis and why we should oppose it, explains Sybil Cock
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Starmer takes Labour right: It's time for an extra-parliamentary left
The fight is on, but it isn't going to be fought in the Labour Party
July 2, 2020 Counterfire
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Boris is playing a grim game - CounterBlast
The new haphazard approach of leaving local areas to impose their own small lockdowns shows callous disregard for lives, argues Lucy Nichols
July 2, 2020 Lucy Nichols
Garment workers in South India rise up against Covid-linked retrenchment
Hundreds of unionised women workers are combating efforts by the fashion industry to pass the costs of Covid-19 onto the world’s most vulnerable, reports S...
July 2, 2020 Susan Ram
Hong Kong in crisis
Caught between threats from China and support from the US, the protestors face some difficult decisions, writes Dragan Plavšić
July 2, 2020 Dragan Plavšić
Ernie O'Malley's On Another Man's Wound: books that made me a socialist
An anti-imperialist personal account chosen by Chris Bambery
July 1, 2020 Chris Bambery
The South Sea Bubble: England's first stock market crisis 300 years ago
The South Sea Bubble was not an exceptional event but the first of many crises produced by the inescapable tendencies of capitalism, argues Dominic Al...
July 1, 2020 Dominic Alexander
Essential workers today; garbage tomorrow.
As the economic turmoil starts to bite, Goldstar Transport workers show how to organise to fight back, reports Richard Allday
June 30, 2020 Richard Allday
Five films on the black struggle
As Black Lives Matter continues to make gains, Counterfire writers discuss a personal selection of films concerning race and class in the US and UK
June 29, 2020 Counterfire
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
Some past rank-and-file movements
We republish Brian Pearce's 1959 essay on trade unions and rank and file movements with an introduction by Alex Snowdon
May 23, 2020 Brian Pearce
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: a short introduction
In the week of the 150th anniversary of Lenin's birth, Morgan Daniels explains the relevance of his 1917 pamphlet, Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism ...
April 23, 2020 Morgan Daniels
Lenin, state and revolution: an introduction
In the week of the 150th anniversary of Lenin's birth, we repost Dragan Plavšić's take on this classic text
April 20, 2020 Dragan Plavšić
Tony Cliff: Strategy and Tactics
We republish Chapter 14 from Tony Cliff's Lenin 1: Building the Party on the 20th anniversary of his death
April 8, 2020 Tony Cliff
Why socialists oppose imperialist wars
Smashing the link between militarism and the system is a fixed task for our side, argues Dominic Alexander
February 5, 2020 Dominic Alexander
Books
Liberalism At Large: The World According to the Economist - book review
Zevin’s history of the Economist magazine opens up a rich angle from which to observe the nature and development of liberalism across 180 years, finds Dominic A...
June 25, 2020 Dominic Alexander
Socialist Register 2020: Beyond Market Dystopia - book review
The wide range of essays in Socialist Register 2020 provide important reflections on the strengths and weaknesses of recent left movements, finds Sean Ledw...
June 18, 2020 Sean Ledwith
Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care - book review
Giorgos Kallis criticises Malthus’ ideas and their modern influence, but sustainability requires structural change to move beyond capitalism, argues Elaine Grah...
June 11, 2020 Elaine Graham-Leigh