The left and the Unite election
The upcoming election in Unite the Union is a test for the left at a critical time
- Written by Counterfire
- Category: Analysis
Britain's war machine: imperial fantasies and the tilt to China
Britain's new hi-tech aircraft carrier and its 100-stop mission will only increase global tensions, argues Chris Nineham
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Analysis
The crisis over Ukraine in dates
A timeline of events in Ukraine that the media want to ignore shows who's threatening who, writes Chris Nineham
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Analysis
Jerusalem Declaration: a rebuttal against the weaponising of antisemitism
The new Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism could be a useful tool in opposing the silencing of free speech on Palestine, writes John Clarke
- Written by John Clarke
- Category: Analysis
Alabama Amazon defeat: a wake-up call for the US labour movement
US socialist Joe Allen analyses the failed attempt to unionise at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama, and argues the movement must learn the lessons if it wants to win
British Gas: a body blow the whole movement has to learn from
British Gas workers put up a heroic fight but the battle against fire and rehire continues, the movement must learn the lessons, writes Chris Neville
- Written by Chris Neville
- Category: Analysis
Stop the Tory attack: Kill the bill
Counterfire editorial on Tory corruption, a useless opposition and the new normal to be won
- Written by Counterfire
- Category: Analysis
Policing political speech: the big threat from Big Tech
Writing for Spring Magazine, David Bush looks at the threat Big Tech poses to ideas which challenge the status quo
- Written by David Bush
- Category: Analysis
The Guardian and protest – 200 years of liberal anxiety
As the bicentenary of The Guardian approaches, Des Freedman examines its contradictory attitude towards social change
- Written by Des Freedman
- Category: Analysis
A year of Sir Keir: how the opposition went missing
Terina Hine interrogates a year of Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party and the disappearance of the Opposition
- Written by Terina Hine
- Category: Analysis
The Myanmar coup at two months: getting bloodier by the day
Confronting ever more deadly military repression, and with little support from outside, the people of Myanmar are somehow finding ways to fight back, writes Susan Ram
- Written by Susan Ram
- Category: Analysis
Why a woman’s work is never done
Susan Newman discusses how the subjugation of women through unpaid labour in the sphere of social reproduction is central to the functioning of capitalism
- Written by Susan Newman
- Category: Analysis