History - Counterfire

Who was James Connolly?

In the first of our series looking at significant revolutionary figures, Chris Bambery asks what Irish republican James Connolly can tell us about the link between national liberation struggles and the fight for socialism

For the many, not the few: Jeremy Corbyn and Percy Bysshe Shelley

A look at the radical history of the poem the Labour leader quoted at Glastonbury

Art and politics in revolutionary Russia – part 1

The Russian Revolution inspired a generation of artists to create new forms of artistic expression. In the first of a series of illustrated articles Paul Rouhan explores the art of the revolution

The Highland Clearances: a capitalist tragedy

The history of the Highlands is steeped in the suffering of capitalism's victims, writes Chris Bambery

International Women's Day and revolution

100 years on from the Russian Revolution, we publish Alexandra Kollontai writing on the history of International Women's Day

This is what revolution looks like

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25^th February at Rich Mix London. Louise Bryant, an American radical and journalist, wrote a stirring account of what she witnessed in revolutionary Petrograd. This is an excerpt from her book 'Six Red Months in Russia'

Lenin's State and Revolution

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25th Feb at Rich Mix London. Lenin's State and Revolution offers crucial insights to those campaigning to change the world 100 years later, explains Paul Vernell

The moon and stars: Bolshevism and Islam

The young Soviet Union took measures which were radical in giving power to indigenous people, including the Muslim peoples of Central Asia

The tinder before the spark: pre-revolutionary Russia in snapshot

The preconditions of the Russian Revolution were hidden in plain sight, describes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Russia's road to revolution

The revolutionary events of 1905 profoundly affected the revolutionary parties themselves, argues Sean Ledwith

Must revolution always mean catastrophe?

Neither Cromwell, nor Robespierre, nor Lenin, could become an icon or avatar for the reactionary regimes they helped to overthrow, but Stalin was different argues Bill Bowring

1905: The 1917 Revolution's dress rehearsal

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was led by a working class who, in 1905, had already tasted their own power and experienced bitter defeat

Who was James Connolly?

In the first of our series looking at significant revolutionary figures, Chris Bambery asks what Irish republican James Connolly can tell us about the link between national liberation struggles and the fight for socialism

For the many, not the few: Jeremy Corbyn and Percy Bysshe Shelley

A look at the radical history of the poem the Labour leader quoted at Glastonbury

Art and politics in revolutionary Russia – part 1

The Russian Revolution inspired a generation of artists to create new forms of artistic expression. In the first of a series of illustrated articles Paul Rouhan explores the art of the revolution

The Highland Clearances: a capitalist tragedy

The history of the Highlands is steeped in the suffering of capitalism's victims, writes Chris Bambery

International Women's Day and revolution

100 years on from the Russian Revolution, we publish Alexandra Kollontai writing on the history of International Women's Day

This is what revolution looks like

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25^th February at Rich Mix London. Louise Bryant, an American radical and journalist, wrote a stirring account of what she witnessed in revolutionary Petrograd. This is an excerpt from her book 'Six Red Months in Russia'

Lenin's State and Revolution

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25th Feb at Rich Mix London. Lenin's State and Revolution offers crucial insights to those campaigning to change the world 100 years later, explains Paul Vernell

The moon and stars: Bolshevism and Islam

The young Soviet Union took measures which were radical in giving power to indigenous people, including the Muslim peoples of Central Asia

The tinder before the spark: pre-revolutionary Russia in snapshot

The preconditions of the Russian Revolution were hidden in plain sight, describes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Russia's road to revolution

The revolutionary events of 1905 profoundly affected the revolutionary parties themselves, argues Sean Ledwith

Must revolution always mean catastrophe?

Neither Cromwell, nor Robespierre, nor Lenin, could become an icon or avatar for the reactionary regimes they helped to overthrow, but Stalin was different argues Bill Bowring

1905: The 1917 Revolution's dress rehearsal

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was led by a working class who, in 1905, had already tasted their own power and experienced bitter defeat

In the first of our series looking at significant revolutionary figures, Chris Bambery asks what Irish republican James Connolly can tell us about the link between national liberation struggles and the fight for socialism

A look at the radical history of the poem the Labour leader quoted at Glastonbury

The Russian Revolution inspired a generation of artists to create new forms of artistic expression. In the first of a series of illustrated articles Paul Rouhan explores the art of the revolution

The history of the Highlands is steeped in the suffering of capitalism's victims, writes Chris Bambery

100 years on from the Russian Revolution, we publish Alexandra Kollontai writing on the history of International Women's Day

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25th February at Rich Mix London. Louise Bryant, an American radical and journalist, wrote a stirring account of what she witnessed in revolutionary Petrograd. This is an excerpt from her book 'Six Red Months in Russia'

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25th Feb at Rich Mix London. Lenin's State and Revolution offers crucial insights to those campaigning to change the world 100 years later, explains Paul Vernell

The young Soviet Union took measures which were radical in giving power to indigenous people, including the Muslim peoples of Central Asia

The preconditions of the Russian Revolution were hidden in plain sight, describes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

The revolutionary events of 1905 profoundly affected the revolutionary parties themselves, argues Sean Ledwith

Neither Cromwell, nor Robespierre, nor Lenin, could become an icon or avatar for the reactionary regimes they helped to overthrow, but Stalin was different argues Bill Bowring

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was led by a working class who, in 1905, had already tasted their own power and experienced bitter defeat

The Revolution 1917 event is this Saturday 25^th February at Rich Mix London. Louise Bryant, an American radical and journalist, wrote a stirring account of what she witnessed in revolutionary Petrograd. This is an excerpt from her book 'Six Red Months in Russia'