Book extracts - Counterfire

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

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

Healthcare for the many - book extract

In this extract from Mike Phipps' edited collection, For the Many... Preparing Labour for Power, Allyson Pollock takes a close look at healthcare in the Labour manifesto

We carried the Revolution on our shoulders - book extract

In this second book extract of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes the involvement and militancy of women during the October Revolution and the Civil War.

The Women's Revolution - book extract

In this first of two extracts of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes how the unnamed, uncredited women of Russia were at the forefront of the February Revolution in 1917

The Corbyn Effect: everything changes - book extract

In an exclusive edited extract from his new book The Corbyn Effect Mark Perryman describes a decisive rupture in British politics.

Corbyn and the chances of change – book extract

In this final extract from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham outlines why a radical extra-parliamentary movement is needed to secure decisive change

Surprise, surprise: Brexit and the general election – book extract

In this second extract from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham explains why the Brexit vote was such a serious defeat for the Tories and the whole ruling class

A state of mutiny - book extract

In this first of three extracts from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham looks at the sudden revolt of public opinion against the ruling neoliberal consensus

Christmas 1641: 'the maddest Christmas that I ever saw'

John Rees depicts one of the great popular mobilisations of the English Revolution, described by one eye-witness as ‘the maddest Christmas that ever I saw’

The Candidate: the summer coup - extract

In an extract from The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Power, Alex Nunns describes a dramatic day in the attempted coup against Corbyn

Unionising university workers - extract

In the third extract from The Capitalist University, Henry Heller writes about growing resistance to the corporate university

Universities and the Cold War - extract

The second extract from Heller's The Capitalist University describes intellectual and political conformity that dominated academia during the Cold War

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

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

Healthcare for the many - book extract

In this extract from Mike Phipps' edited collection, For the Many... Preparing Labour for Power, Allyson Pollock takes a close look at healthcare in the Labour manifesto

We carried the Revolution on our shoulders - book extract

In this second book extract of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes the involvement and militancy of women during the October Revolution and the Civil War.

The Women's Revolution - book extract

In this first of two extracts of The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917, Judy Cox describes how the unnamed, uncredited women of Russia were at the forefront of the February Revolution in 1917

The Corbyn Effect: everything changes - book extract

In an exclusive edited extract from his new book The Corbyn Effect Mark Perryman describes a decisive rupture in British politics.

Corbyn and the chances of change – book extract

In this final extract from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham outlines why a radical extra-parliamentary movement is needed to secure decisive change

Surprise, surprise: Brexit and the general election – book extract

In this second extract from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham explains why the Brexit vote was such a serious defeat for the Tories and the whole ruling class

A state of mutiny - book extract

In this first of three extracts from How the Establishment Lost Control Chris Nineham looks at the sudden revolt of public opinion against the ruling neoliberal consensus

Christmas 1641: 'the maddest Christmas that I ever saw'

John Rees depicts one of the great popular mobilisations of the English Revolution, described by one eye-witness as ‘the maddest Christmas that ever I saw’

The Candidate: the summer coup - extract

In an extract from The Candidate: Jeremy Corbyn’s Improbable Path to Power, Alex Nunns describes a dramatic day in the attempted coup against Corbyn

Unionising university workers - extract

In the third extract from The Capitalist University, Henry Heller writes about growing resistance to the corporate university

Universities and the Cold War - extract

The second extract from Heller's The Capitalist University describes intellectual and political conformity that dominated academia during the Cold War

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