Analysis - Counterfire

The roots of violence against children

Following the shocking murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, Michael Lavalette explains how the system lets down vulnerable children

Universities challenged as strikes escalate

Counterfire members in UCU argue the next steps for escalation in the UCU dispute and the need for political trade unionism

Why we strike, how we win

Counterfire UCU members on the university strikes this week and the battle ahead

Establishment ideological contradictions and the left

The left must develop class positions independent of establishment ideologies if it is to end the toxic nature of recent debates and successfully challenge oppression, argues John Rees

The COP verdict: snatching failure from the jaws of success

With world leaders failing to agree to any meaningful action at COP26, Elaine Graham-Leigh argues now is not a moment for despair, but for stepping up the fight

Counterfire’s Climate Briefing for activists

The growing mood for radical change has to be harnessed by the left on a global scale, and the demands for action over the climate have to be put at the heart of every movement, argues Feyzi Ismail

Time for action: The next steps in the UCU dispute

Following an overwhelming endorsement for strike action by UCU members in UK universities, there can be no room for prevarication

The predictable failures of COP26 and the seeds of hope on the streets

Elaine Graham-Leigh assesses the first week of the COP26 summit and the coming together of a mass movement of working people

Is Bosnia breaking up?

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica explains the newest crisis in the Balkans

How ruling class greed, not immigration, brought down the Roman empire

Johnson’s analogy with the Roman Empire reveals a racist agenda, but it was the brutality and greed of its rulers which destroyed Rome, argues Dominic Alexander

Marxism or Moralism?

Morals do not sit outside social antagonisms and politics is not a simple question of individual beliefs argues David Bush.

Climate and growth: Why driving down living standards won’t stop climate chaos

Averting climate catastrophe demands reorganising production, not ‘de-growth’, argues Dominic Alexander.

The roots of violence against children

Following the shocking murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, Michael Lavalette explains how the system lets down vulnerable children

Universities challenged as strikes escalate

Counterfire members in UCU argue the next steps for escalation in the UCU dispute and the need for political trade unionism

Why we strike, how we win

Counterfire UCU members on the university strikes this week and the battle ahead

Establishment ideological contradictions and the left

The left must develop class positions independent of establishment ideologies if it is to end the toxic nature of recent debates and successfully challenge oppression, argues John Rees

The COP verdict: snatching failure from the jaws of success

With world leaders failing to agree to any meaningful action at COP26, Elaine Graham-Leigh argues now is not a moment for despair, but for stepping up the fight

Counterfire’s Climate Briefing for activists

The growing mood for radical change has to be harnessed by the left on a global scale, and the demands for action over the climate have to be put at the heart of every movement, argues Feyzi Ismail

Time for action: The next steps in the UCU dispute

Following an overwhelming endorsement for strike action by UCU members in UK universities, there can be no room for prevarication

The predictable failures of COP26 and the seeds of hope on the streets

Elaine Graham-Leigh assesses the first week of the COP26 summit and the coming together of a mass movement of working people

Is Bosnia breaking up?

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica explains the newest crisis in the Balkans

How ruling class greed, not immigration, brought down the Roman empire

Johnson’s analogy with the Roman Empire reveals a racist agenda, but it was the brutality and greed of its rulers which destroyed Rome, argues Dominic Alexander

Marxism or Moralism?

Morals do not sit outside social antagonisms and politics is not a simple question of individual beliefs argues David Bush.

Climate and growth: Why driving down living standards won’t stop climate chaos

Averting climate catastrophe demands reorganising production, not ‘de-growth’, argues Dominic Alexander.

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Following the shocking murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, Michael Lavalette explains how the system lets down vulnerable children

Counterfire members in UCU argue the next steps for escalation in the UCU dispute and the need for political trade unionism

Counterfire UCU members on the university strikes this week and the battle ahead

The left must develop class positions independent of establishment ideologies if it is to end the toxic nature of recent debates and successfully challenge oppression, argues John Rees

With world leaders failing to agree to any meaningful action at COP26, Elaine Graham-Leigh argues now is not a moment for despair, but for stepping up the fight

The growing mood for radical change has to be harnessed by the left on a global scale, and the demands for action over the climate have to be put at the heart of every movement, argues Feyzi Ismail

Following an overwhelming endorsement for strike action by UCU members in UK universities, there can be no room for prevarication

Elaine Graham-Leigh assesses the first week of the COP26 summit and the coming together of a mass movement of working people

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica explains the newest crisis in the Balkans

Johnson’s analogy with the Roman Empire reveals a racist agenda, but it was the brutality and greed of its rulers which destroyed Rome, argues Dominic Alexander

Morals do not sit outside social antagonisms and politics is not a simple question of individual beliefs argues David Bush.

Averting climate catastrophe demands reorganising production, not ‘de-growth’, argues Dominic Alexander.

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation