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Solidarity with British Gas strikers: their fight is our fight - News from the Frontline
Latest News February 26, 2021
Counterfire's weekly digest rounding up the stories of working people getting organised and fighting back
Our children need less neoliberal education, not more - CounterBlast
Opinion February 25, 2021
Williamson’s Covid catch-up plan will not address the real fault lines in our schooling system, says Sean Ledwith
The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself - book review
Book Reviews February 25, 2021
Richard D. Wolff in The Sickness is the System exposes the flaws and failures in the capitalist economic system, and argues for workplace democracy, finds Phil ...
A school student speaks: 8 March ‘big bang’ reopening just isn’t safe
Opinion February 23, 2021
The government have had a year to make schools safe for students to return, but they keep failing to learn the lesson, argues Jamal Elaheebocus
London bus drivers strike against attack on pay and conditions
Latest News February 22, 2021
Over 2,000 bus drivers began strike action on Monday in response to a new contract that will see a cut in pay and conditions, reports Yonas Makoni
Racism, sexism and ‘Karens’
Opinion February 20, 2021
You can’t fight one oppression by doubling down on another, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
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Defiant British Gas workers continue to stand their ground - picket line reports
Workers at British Gas have begun another round of strikes to demand the company abandons its fire and rehire plans. Counterfire members report from p...
February 26, 2021 Counterfire
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Go North West goes nowhere as community acts to support bus strikers
Ahead of an all-out strike beginning Sunday against fire and rehire, community activists blocked Go North West's buses, reports Chris Neville
February 26, 2021 Chris Neville
Myanmar protests: More than a fight for liberal democracy?
Three weeks on from the military coup, Myanmar’s crisis-stricken working class is playing a key role in the escalating popular uprising, writes Susan Ram ...
February 25, 2021 Susan Ram
Why we won't back down: Interview with a British Gas striker - video
Counterfire's Chris Neville interviews Darren Chambers, a British Gas striker and GMB trade union rep on why he's taking strike action and why everyone should s...
February 25, 2021 Chris Neville
The gig is up? Historic Uber ruling offers chance to take down precarious employment
The victory against Uber in court offers precarious workers an opportunity to organise and bring an end to the gig economy, reports Yonas Makoni
February 25, 2021 Yonas Makoni
Solidarity with London bus drivers - model resolution
A model motion to pass at your trade union branch/CLP/other organisation in support of bus drivers in London taking strike action
February 24, 2021 Counterfire
Johnson’s not-so-cautious roadmap raises more questions than it answers - CounterBlast
Despite the bluster over 'data not dates' there are big holes in the prime minister’s 'irreversible' plan argues Terina Hine
February 23, 2021 Terina Hine
'We just want to be treated like humans': London bus drivers strike
The feeling of being let down and anger was palpable on the bus drivers' picket at Tolworth Garage, reports Sri Viswanatha
February 22, 2021 Srikanth Viswanatha
Events
LGBTHM: Class, Sexuality and Liberation - 25 Feb, 7pm
For LGBT History Month, Counterfire is hosting this public meeting with Kevin Ovenden to discuss the radical history of the movement, how it won key arguments a...
The Socialist Tradition of Organising Women - 6 Mar, 2pm
The first in our series of Marxist Forums on Women's Liberation
The Individual and Collective in Women's Liberation - 13 Mar, 2pm
The second in our series of Marxist Forums on Women's Liberation
Women's Oppression and its Roots in Class Society - 27 Mar, 2pm
The final session of our Marxist Forums series on Women's Liberation
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 Adventures of the Communist Manifesto - book review
Hal Draper’s edition of the Communist Manifesto with commentary strips away layers of falsifications and misconceptions to reveal afresh Marx’s meaning, finds D...
February 18, 2021 Dominic Alexander
Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age - book review
Monopsony Capitalism brings competition into the centre of industrial organisation theory and shows how labour is an agent in the power struggle, finds Orlando ...
February 11, 2021 Orlando Hill
The University and Social Justice: Struggles Across the Globe - book review
Student movements all over the world, covered in The University and Social Justice, show the potential student protest has to challenge the current order, finds...
February 4, 2021 Graham Kirkwood