History - Counterfire

Power to the People

Democratic rights don’t fall from the sky, they are fought for and won, insists Alex Snowdon

Imperial calculations: why World War Two was declared 80 years ago today

Britain declared war on Germany not to fight fascism but to secure the interests of its own ruling class, writes Chris Bambery

How socialists should commemorate Peterloo

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland

Defending the Indefensible: the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969

In deploying troops to Derry, Downing Street was propping up the Unionist government to shield itself from blame, argues Chris Bambery

Rise Like Lions: the politics of Shelley's Mask of Anarchy

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem

The Battle of the Bogside

Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history

The women of Peterloo

We can learn from the inspirational struggle of working-class women against a violent and corrupt Tory government 200 years ago in our fight against the Tories today, argues Katherine Connelly

Dirty tricks: the British State and the left

Recent attacks on Corbyn are part of the British state's long history of undemining the left, writes Chris Nineham

Stonewall 50

Marking the half-centenary of the Stonewall riots, Morgan Daniels looks at the history of the Stonewall Inn and what it means for radical queer politics everywhere

The Treaty of Versailles 1919: a peace pregnant with war

The Treaty of Versailles was the continuation of the First World War by other means, finds Dragan Plavšić

How we should remember D-Day

Chris Bambery looks at the history that will be lacking from this week's Trump-branded commemoration of D-Day

Winston Churchill: he fought for his class, never ours

Churchill’s record tells a very different story to the heroic legacy of popular myth, argues Dominic Alexander

Power to the People

Democratic rights don’t fall from the sky, they are fought for and won, insists Alex Snowdon

Imperial calculations: why World War Two was declared 80 years ago today

Britain declared war on Germany not to fight fascism but to secure the interests of its own ruling class, writes Chris Bambery

How socialists should commemorate Peterloo

Peterloo presents us with unfinished business, argues John Westmoreland

Defending the Indefensible: the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969

In deploying troops to Derry, Downing Street was propping up the Unionist government to shield itself from blame, argues Chris Bambery

Rise Like Lions: the politics of Shelley's Mask of Anarchy

200 years after it was penned, Jacqueline Mulhallen explores the politics of Shelley's great poem

The Battle of the Bogside

Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history

The women of Peterloo

We can learn from the inspirational struggle of working-class women against a violent and corrupt Tory government 200 years ago in our fight against the Tories today, argues Katherine Connelly

Dirty tricks: the British State and the left

Recent attacks on Corbyn are part of the British state's long history of undemining the left, writes Chris Nineham

Stonewall 50

Marking the half-centenary of the Stonewall riots, Morgan Daniels looks at the history of the Stonewall Inn and what it means for radical queer politics everywhere

The Treaty of Versailles 1919: a peace pregnant with war

The Treaty of Versailles was the continuation of the First World War by other means, finds Dragan Plavšić

How we should remember D-Day

Chris Bambery looks at the history that will be lacking from this week's Trump-branded commemoration of D-Day

Winston Churchill: he fought for his class, never ours

Churchill’s record tells a very different story to the heroic legacy of popular myth, argues Dominic Alexander