Analysis - Counterfire

Austerity and law and order: why more police won’t help our communities

The problems of deprived communities cannot be reduced to issues of law and order. John Westmoreland reports from Hexthorpe in South Yorkshire

How do we put out the flames? Bad science and good sense on the climate crisis

Elaine Graham Leigh weighs up the solutions and non-solutions on offer to deal with the climate emergency.

The role of the Police

Police organisation has historically been created in order to control exploited and oppressed communities, and this remains the case, argues John Clarke.

Gas and greed: Why Britain faces a special crisis

As the UK's energy crisis deepens, Chris Nineham looks at the roots of the gas shortage in the neoliberal economic system

Unite and the politics of Labour

It is not putting workers’ interests first to ignore politics, argues John Westmoreland, as Unite Leader, Sharon Graham, absents herself from Labour Conference

Climate and Class Struggle

Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke

The tragedy after the tragedy: 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan

On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Chris Nineham assesses the war on Afghanistan and 20 years of military interventions it was used to justify

The Tories' contempt for the working class knows no bounds

With the Tories revamping austerity and Starmer focused on attacking the left in Labour, the real opposition is on the streets

Trudeau in trouble: election gamble is backfiring on the Liberals

Trudeau’s duplicity as Canadian Prime Minister is costing him in the polls and may open the way for a dangerous right wing resurgence, writes John Clarke

The ignominious end of liberal interventionism

The whole idea that the world's largest imperialist nation could 'remake' a country was a conceit born of overweening power, argues Lindsey German

The uninsurable future of British cities

We must consider the most deprived as we adapt our cities to deal with climate change, argues Alistair Cartwright

Greece is on fire: capitalism, crisis and climate chaos

As fires rage and anger intensifies, swingeing cuts amid climate chaos have put the government on dangerous ground, reports Kevin Ovenden

Austerity and law and order: why more police won’t help our communities

The problems of deprived communities cannot be reduced to issues of law and order. John Westmoreland reports from Hexthorpe in South Yorkshire

How do we put out the flames? Bad science and good sense on the climate crisis

Elaine Graham Leigh weighs up the solutions and non-solutions on offer to deal with the climate emergency.

The role of the Police

Police organisation has historically been created in order to control exploited and oppressed communities, and this remains the case, argues John Clarke.

Gas and greed: Why Britain faces a special crisis

As the UK's energy crisis deepens, Chris Nineham looks at the roots of the gas shortage in the neoliberal economic system

Unite and the politics of Labour

It is not putting workers’ interests first to ignore politics, argues John Westmoreland, as Unite Leader, Sharon Graham, absents herself from Labour Conference

Climate and Class Struggle

Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke

The tragedy after the tragedy: 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan

On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Chris Nineham assesses the war on Afghanistan and 20 years of military interventions it was used to justify

The Tories' contempt for the working class knows no bounds

With the Tories revamping austerity and Starmer focused on attacking the left in Labour, the real opposition is on the streets

Trudeau in trouble: election gamble is backfiring on the Liberals

Trudeau’s duplicity as Canadian Prime Minister is costing him in the polls and may open the way for a dangerous right wing resurgence, writes John Clarke

The ignominious end of liberal interventionism

The whole idea that the world's largest imperialist nation could 'remake' a country was a conceit born of overweening power, argues Lindsey German

The uninsurable future of British cities

We must consider the most deprived as we adapt our cities to deal with climate change, argues Alistair Cartwright

Greece is on fire: capitalism, crisis and climate chaos

As fires rage and anger intensifies, swingeing cuts amid climate chaos have put the government on dangerous ground, reports Kevin Ovenden

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The problems of deprived communities cannot be reduced to issues of law and order. John Westmoreland reports from Hexthorpe in South Yorkshire

Elaine Graham Leigh weighs up the solutions and non-solutions on offer to deal with the climate emergency.

Police organisation has historically been created in order to control exploited and oppressed communities, and this remains the case, argues John Clarke.

As the UK's energy crisis deepens, Chris Nineham looks at the roots of the gas shortage in the neoliberal economic system

It is not putting workers’ interests first to ignore politics, argues John Westmoreland, as Unite Leader, Sharon Graham, absents herself from Labour Conference

Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke

On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Chris Nineham assesses the war on Afghanistan and 20 years of military interventions it was used to justify

With the Tories revamping austerity and Starmer focused on attacking the left in Labour, the real opposition is on the streets

Trudeau’s duplicity as Canadian Prime Minister is costing him in the polls and may open the way for a dangerous right wing resurgence, writes John Clarke

The whole idea that the world's largest imperialist nation could 'remake' a country was a conceit born of overweening power, argues Lindsey German

We must consider the most deprived as we adapt our cities to deal with climate change, argues Alistair Cartwright

As fires rage and anger intensifies, swingeing cuts amid climate chaos have put the government on dangerous ground, reports Kevin Ovenden

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation