
Rank-and-file trade union organising, Starmer’s attack on the left, defending refugees, fighting for peace in Ukraine and more in this month’s Counterfire freesheet
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Analysis
Preston Independents with Jeremy Cornyn at Bloomsbury, May 2025. Photo: Counterfire
05 May 2025
How to beat Reform: lessons we must all learn – weekly briefing
Analysis
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. Photo: Public Domain
05 May 2025
Was World War II really the ‘good’ war?
Analysis
Nigel Farage. Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
03 May 2025
The Centre did not hold
News
Photo: Sharon Graham / X
03 May 2025
Birmingham bin workers: Mega Picket Friday 9 May
News
Victory for the left in Preston. Photo: Michael Lavalette
03 May 2025