History - Counterfire

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

The dawn of Thatcherism, 40 years on

When economic liberalism fused with social conservatism: Tom Whittaker looks at the origins, impacts and legacy of Thatcher's politics, four decades on

Limerick 1919: all power to the Irish soviets

Marking the centenary of its emergence, Sean Ledwith looks at the history of the Limerick soviet

State terrorism and the British Empire: The Amritsar Massacre, 1919

Marking the centenary of one of the most grotesque atrocities in the history of British imperialism, John Westmoreland revisits the Amritsar Massacre

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

The dawn of Thatcherism, 40 years on

When economic liberalism fused with social conservatism: Tom Whittaker looks at the origins, impacts and legacy of Thatcher's politics, four decades on

Limerick 1919: all power to the Irish soviets

Marking the centenary of its emergence, Sean Ledwith looks at the history of the Limerick soviet

State terrorism and the British Empire: The Amritsar Massacre, 1919

Marking the centenary of one of the most grotesque atrocities in the history of British imperialism, John Westmoreland revisits the Amritsar Massacre