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The politics of pandemics in fiction: page and screen

Counterfire authors explore what we can learn about our current crisis from crises in fiction

Engels' Marxism

In the second of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we are republishing this piece by John Rees which first appeared in the International Socialism Journal in 1994

Why the working-class, socialist history of International Women’s Day matters today

On International Women's Day, Katherine Connelly looks at its origins in the socialist and feminist movements led by working class women

Frederick Engels: life of a revolutionary

In the first of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we are republishing this piece by Lindsey German which first appeared in the International Socialism Journal in 1994

New art for the new world – Celebrating the UNOVIS Collective at 100

100 years on, the UNOVIS collective remain an inspiration for radical artists everywhere, writes Paul Rouhan

The ghosts of the union: commemoration event backfires for Varadkar

An ill-judged commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary is cancelled as Fine Gael underestimate negative sentiment towards former British occupation, reports Josh Newman

Hillsborough: ‘the greatest miscarriage of justice of our times’

Dragan Plavšić looks at the struggle to get to the truth behind the Hillsborough tragedy

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson – part 2

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life is a lesson to us today, writes Tayo Aluko

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson - part 1

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life holds many lessons for the present day, writes Tayo Aluko

Flawed transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

Chris Bambery explains that Spanish repression of the Catalan independence movement, and the impending trial of its leaders, is rooted in the concessions made to right-wing nationalism in aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship

The Centenary of the 1919 Race Riots

For Black History Month, we are reposting Madeline Heneghan's piece on the race riots of 1919

William Blake: prophet and seditionary

William Blake was above all else a revolutionary, writes Jacqueline Mulhallen

The politics of pandemics in fiction: page and screen

Counterfire authors explore what we can learn about our current crisis from crises in fiction

Engels' Marxism

In the second of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we are republishing this piece by John Rees which first appeared in the International Socialism Journal in 1994

Why the working-class, socialist history of International Women’s Day matters today

On International Women's Day, Katherine Connelly looks at its origins in the socialist and feminist movements led by working class women

Frederick Engels: life of a revolutionary

In the first of our series on the revolutionary Frederick Engels, on the 200th anniversary of his birth, we are republishing this piece by Lindsey German which first appeared in the International Socialism Journal in 1994

New art for the new world – Celebrating the UNOVIS Collective at 100

100 years on, the UNOVIS collective remain an inspiration for radical artists everywhere, writes Paul Rouhan

The ghosts of the union: commemoration event backfires for Varadkar

An ill-judged commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary is cancelled as Fine Gael underestimate negative sentiment towards former British occupation, reports Josh Newman

Hillsborough: ‘the greatest miscarriage of justice of our times’

Dragan Plavšić looks at the struggle to get to the truth behind the Hillsborough tragedy

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson – part 2

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life is a lesson to us today, writes Tayo Aluko

Lessons from the remarkable life of Paul Robeson - part 1

Paul Robeson's extraordinary life holds many lessons for the present day, writes Tayo Aluko

Flawed transition: why the Spanish state is repressing the Catalan independence movement

Chris Bambery explains that Spanish repression of the Catalan independence movement, and the impending trial of its leaders, is rooted in the concessions made to right-wing nationalism in aftermath of Franco’s dictatorship

The Centenary of the 1919 Race Riots

For Black History Month, we are reposting Madeline Heneghan's piece on the race riots of 1919

William Blake: prophet and seditionary

William Blake was above all else a revolutionary, writes Jacqueline Mulhallen