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Why is Starmer to the right of the Tories on corporation tax? - CounterBlast

By opposing an increase in corporation tax, Kier Starmer’s failure to offer an alternative to the Tories has become farcical, writes Terina Hine

The Trump Moment: a wake-up call for the left

A long read - August Nimtz examines the Trump era in the context of the capitalist crisis and argues for the building of an independent left rooted in the class struggle.

Bobby Sands and the political prisoners who changed Ireland

On the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the 1981 Hunger Strike, Chris Bambery looks at the legacy of the struggle and its heroic leader

Standing up to fire and hire: Go North West drivers begin all-out strike - video

Counterfire’s Ian Johnston spoke to Neil Clarke, the Unite regional rep at the Go North West picket line about the strike and why the whole community needs to support them

Latin America: a new ‘Pink Tide’?

In Latin America popular movements rejecting neoliberalism are fusing with a left electoral resurgence to make a second ‘Pink Tide’ possible, argues Jonathan Maunders

'America is back': Biden and the continuation of US imperialism

We shouldn't allow the relief from watching Trump go colour our view on Biden's administration, argues Chris Nineham

Shamima Begum ruling: the racist product of Britain’s wars

Keeping Shamima Begum stateless and blocking her from re-entering the UK is setting a dangerous precedent, argues Lucy Nichols.

Our children need less neoliberal education, not more - CounterBlast

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

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 Armstrong

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

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 support the strikers

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

Why is Starmer to the right of the Tories on corporation tax? - CounterBlast

By opposing an increase in corporation tax, Kier Starmer’s failure to offer an alternative to the Tories has become farcical, writes Terina Hine

The Trump Moment: a wake-up call for the left

A long read - August Nimtz examines the Trump era in the context of the capitalist crisis and argues for the building of an independent left rooted in the class struggle.

Bobby Sands and the political prisoners who changed Ireland

On the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the 1981 Hunger Strike, Chris Bambery looks at the legacy of the struggle and its heroic leader

Standing up to fire and hire: Go North West drivers begin all-out strike - video

Counterfire’s Ian Johnston spoke to Neil Clarke, the Unite regional rep at the Go North West picket line about the strike and why the whole community needs to support them

Latin America: a new ‘Pink Tide’?

In Latin America popular movements rejecting neoliberalism are fusing with a left electoral resurgence to make a second ‘Pink Tide’ possible, argues Jonathan Maunders

'America is back': Biden and the continuation of US imperialism

We shouldn't allow the relief from watching Trump go colour our view on Biden's administration, argues Chris Nineham

Shamima Begum ruling: the racist product of Britain’s wars

Keeping Shamima Begum stateless and blocking her from re-entering the UK is setting a dangerous precedent, argues Lucy Nichols.

Our children need less neoliberal education, not more - CounterBlast

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

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 Armstrong

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

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 support the strikers

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

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