Book extracts - Counterfire

Introduction – A short guide to Israeli apartheid excerpt

In this introduction, Alex Snowdon explains the roots of the apartheid state, laying out the ground that the book covers

The fight for women's liberation - Marxism and Women's liberation extract

Katherine Connelly looks at the struggle against women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

Marxism and feminism - Marxism and Women's Liberation extract

Lindsey German discusses Marxism's contribution to analysing women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

History as an uneven and combined process - Trotsky in the Bronze Age extract

History is not linear, it's created through social struggles, argues Dominic Alexander in this extract from his new book Trotsky in the Bronze Age

Where does sexism come from? - Marxism and Women's Liberation excerpt

Elaine Graham-Leigh traces the roots of women's oppression in this excerpt from Marxism and Women's Liberation

Does technological innovation necessitate inequality? - Trotsky in the Bronze Age excerpt

An excerpt from the 'Differential development in the Neolithic' chapter in Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

Is technology the driver of history and what’s to come? - Trotsky in the Bronze Age excerpt

An excerpt from the Introduction of Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

Capitalism as a dynamic system: Marx and the Climate Crisis - extract

In the second of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh explains why climate destruction is a structural feature of capitalism

Marx and the Climate Crisis - extract

In the first of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at why individual behaviour has received so much attention and why this is an inadequate approach to the climate crisis

Marxism and the trade unions: Strategy and Tactics

An excerpt from John Rees' Strategy and Tactics: How the Left Can Organise To Transform Society

Neoliberalism, the left and the Crisis of the British State - book extract

In the first of two excerpts from ‘The British State: A Warning’, Chris Nineham examines how neoliberalism has shaped our state institutions

Culture as Politics: Selected Writings of Christopher Caudwell - book extract

David Margolies gives an introduction to a new edition of writings by Christopher Caudwell

Introduction – A short guide to Israeli apartheid excerpt

In this introduction, Alex Snowdon explains the roots of the apartheid state, laying out the ground that the book covers

The fight for women's liberation - Marxism and Women's liberation extract

Katherine Connelly looks at the struggle against women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

Marxism and feminism - Marxism and Women's Liberation extract

Lindsey German discusses Marxism's contribution to analysing women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

History as an uneven and combined process - Trotsky in the Bronze Age extract

History is not linear, it's created through social struggles, argues Dominic Alexander in this extract from his new book Trotsky in the Bronze Age

Where does sexism come from? - Marxism and Women's Liberation excerpt

Elaine Graham-Leigh traces the roots of women's oppression in this excerpt from Marxism and Women's Liberation

Does technological innovation necessitate inequality? - Trotsky in the Bronze Age excerpt

An excerpt from the 'Differential development in the Neolithic' chapter in Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

Is technology the driver of history and what’s to come? - Trotsky in the Bronze Age excerpt

An excerpt from the Introduction of Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

Capitalism as a dynamic system: Marx and the Climate Crisis - extract

In the second of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh explains why climate destruction is a structural feature of capitalism

Marx and the Climate Crisis - extract

In the first of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at why individual behaviour has received so much attention and why this is an inadequate approach to the climate crisis

Marxism and the trade unions: Strategy and Tactics

An excerpt from John Rees' Strategy and Tactics: How the Left Can Organise To Transform Society

Neoliberalism, the left and the Crisis of the British State - book extract

In the first of two excerpts from ‘The British State: A Warning’, Chris Nineham examines how neoliberalism has shaped our state institutions

Culture as Politics: Selected Writings of Christopher Caudwell - book extract

David Margolies gives an introduction to a new edition of writings by Christopher Caudwell

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In this introduction, Alex Snowdon explains the roots of the apartheid state, laying out the ground that the book covers

Katherine Connelly looks at the struggle against women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

Lindsey German discusses Marxism's contribution to analysing women's oppression in this extract from Marxism and Women's Liberation

History is not linear, it's created through social struggles, argues Dominic Alexander in this extract from his new book Trotsky in the Bronze Age

Elaine Graham-Leigh traces the roots of women's oppression in this excerpt from Marxism and Women's Liberation

An excerpt from the 'Differential development in the Neolithic' chapter in Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

An excerpt from the Introduction of Trotsky in the Bronze Age by Dominic Alexander

In the second of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh explains why climate destruction is a structural feature of capitalism

In the first of two extracts from her new book Marx and the Climate Crisis, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at why individual behaviour has received so much attention and why this is an inadequate approach to the climate crisis

An excerpt from John Rees' Strategy and Tactics: How the Left Can Organise To Transform Society

In the first of two excerpts from ‘The British State: A Warning’, Chris Nineham examines how neoliberalism has shaped our state institutions

David Margolies gives an introduction to a new edition of writings by Christopher Caudwell

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation