Labour’s budget of bankers, escalating persecution of protest, Trump’s war on Venezuela, next steps for Your Party, a sparkly review of Wicked: For Good, climate failures at COP30 and much more in this month’s Counterfire freesheet
If you would like to receive physical copies for free, please email [email protected]
Before you go
The ongoing genocide in Gaza, Starmer’s austerity and the danger of a resurgent far right demonstrate the urgent need for socialist organisation and ideas. Counterfire has been central to the Palestine revolt and we are committed to building mass, united movements of resistance. Become a member today and join the fightback.
Video
13 Jul 2026
Lenin and “leftwing” Communism
Analysis
Andy Burnham conferring with the EU at Brussels, March 2018. Photo: Flickr/European Committee of the Regions
12 Jul 2026
Burnham: the hollow man – weekly briefing
Analysis
Iranian ballistic missile launch. Photo: Fars News Agency / Vahid Reza Alaei CC BY 4.0
12 Jul 2026
What is going on between Iran and the USA?
News
Walk-out at Mercedes plant, Berlin-Marienfelde, 3 July 2026. Photo: Jakob Waidner
12 Jul 2026
Class and war on the shop floor: German car workers up in arms
Opinion
Dutch gas platform in the North Sea: Photo: Gary Bembridge / CC BY 2.0
12 Jul 2026