Opinion - Counterfire

Biden’s strike-breaking attack on rail workers

John Clarke argues the imposition of a contract on railroad workers to block a national rail strike results from a failed strategy of collaboration with employers and Democratic politicians.

War and peace: Ukraine between guns and diplomacy

Megaphone diplomacy is not enough, we need to push for peace, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Ten reasons why it’s not the rail workers who are the grinches this Christmas

The rail unions are going on strike this Christmas, but Lindsey German argues that this is the government's fault, not the workers'

Oh Lord: Starmer’s an abolitionist!

Labour’s proposal to abolish the House of Lords is a damp squib that falls short of the democratic changes we need, argues John Westmoreland

Royal racism row: the tip of the iceberg - weekly briefing

Lindsey German on social division, the ruling class and why anti-oppressive advances need protecting

Hope amid decay: Boys from the Blackstuff then and now

Forty years on, the landmark Liverpool drama remains as relevant as ever, argues Sean Coote

The secret ambulance driver: ‘this strike isn’t just about pay, it’s about saving our NHS’

A London ambulance worker tells Counterfire about why colleagues are striking before Xmas

Protest and dissent race through China

Workers’ protests in China have ballooned into potentially serious, nationwide political demonstrations, argues Terina Hine

This is an attack on our class: we must escalate to win – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on strikes and strategy

Do Jews count?

David Baddiel’s Channel 4 film focusing on antisemitism and the progressive left promotes a hierarchy of racism that only benefits the right argues Leah Levane

Austerity, abandonment and assisted dying in Canada

The right to ‘die with dignity’ is warped by austerity and social exclusion, argues John Clarke

The end of the 'Neverendum' is coming

The SNP leadership’s phony independence campaign is entering its final stages after the Supreme Court decision. We need rigorous honesty about what went wrong and what comes next for Scotland, argues David Jamieson

Biden’s strike-breaking attack on rail workers

John Clarke argues the imposition of a contract on railroad workers to block a national rail strike results from a failed strategy of collaboration with employers and Democratic politicians.

War and peace: Ukraine between guns and diplomacy

Megaphone diplomacy is not enough, we need to push for peace, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Ten reasons why it’s not the rail workers who are the grinches this Christmas

The rail unions are going on strike this Christmas, but Lindsey German argues that this is the government's fault, not the workers'

Oh Lord: Starmer’s an abolitionist!

Labour’s proposal to abolish the House of Lords is a damp squib that falls short of the democratic changes we need, argues John Westmoreland

Royal racism row: the tip of the iceberg - weekly briefing

Lindsey German on social division, the ruling class and why anti-oppressive advances need protecting

Hope amid decay: Boys from the Blackstuff then and now

Forty years on, the landmark Liverpool drama remains as relevant as ever, argues Sean Coote

The secret ambulance driver: ‘this strike isn’t just about pay, it’s about saving our NHS’

A London ambulance worker tells Counterfire about why colleagues are striking before Xmas

Protest and dissent race through China

Workers’ protests in China have ballooned into potentially serious, nationwide political demonstrations, argues Terina Hine

This is an attack on our class: we must escalate to win – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on strikes and strategy

Do Jews count?

David Baddiel’s Channel 4 film focusing on antisemitism and the progressive left promotes a hierarchy of racism that only benefits the right argues Leah Levane

Austerity, abandonment and assisted dying in Canada

The right to ‘die with dignity’ is warped by austerity and social exclusion, argues John Clarke

The end of the 'Neverendum' is coming

The SNP leadership’s phony independence campaign is entering its final stages after the Supreme Court decision. We need rigorous honesty about what went wrong and what comes next for Scotland, argues David Jamieson

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John Clarke argues the imposition of a contract on railroad workers to block a national rail strike results from a failed strategy of collaboration with employers and Democratic politicians.

Megaphone diplomacy is not enough, we need to push for peace, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

The rail unions are going on strike this Christmas, but Lindsey German argues that this is the government's fault, not the workers'

Labour’s proposal to abolish the House of Lords is a damp squib that falls short of the democratic changes we need, argues John Westmoreland

Lindsey German on social division, the ruling class and why anti-oppressive advances need protecting

Forty years on, the landmark Liverpool drama remains as relevant as ever, argues Sean Coote

A London ambulance worker tells Counterfire about why colleagues are striking before Xmas

Workers’ protests in China have ballooned into potentially serious, nationwide political demonstrations, argues Terina Hine

Lindsey German on strikes and strategy

David Baddiel’s Channel 4 film focusing on antisemitism and the progressive left promotes a hierarchy of racism that only benefits the right argues Leah Levane

The right to ‘die with dignity’ is warped by austerity and social exclusion, argues John Clarke

The SNP leadership’s phony independence campaign is entering its final stages after the Supreme Court decision. We need rigorous honesty about what went wrong and what comes next for Scotland, argues David Jamieson

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation