Opinion - Counterfire

8 Reasons to reject Sunak’s scheme and keep fighting for the furlough - Counterblast

Sunak’s scheme will mean millions are made jobless and the movement should reject it, argue Susan Newman and Chris Nineham

Protecting war criminals and torturers: the Tory bill and Starmer's shame

The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German

Trump is in charge of the political prosecution of Julian Assange

John Rees debunks one of the prosecution's key arguments in the Assange trial

Doncaster reacts to Starmer: 'We don't need another Tony Blair'

Keir Starmer's conference speech in Doncaster isn't convincing anybody, writes John Westmoreland after speaking to people in the area

‘And seem a saint, when most I play the devil’: Johnson’s dangerously misleading Covid broadcast

The government is still committed to putting profit before lives. We need to organise to force adequate safety measures argues Katherine Connelly

Starmer's 'New Leadership': blame Corbyn, offer nothing - CounterBlast

Starmer's policy-stricken, Corbyn-bashing conference speech confirms that opposition to the Tories is only going to come from outside parliament, argues Terina Hine

An organised left is crucial as we move towards a second wave - CounterBlast

The government’s measures to deal with a second wave remain inadequate; it’s crucial the left pushes for serious action that puts safety first, argues Lucy Nichols

War feeds the climate crisis

The climate crisis is headline news, but the role of Western military policy in it is still not well known enough, argues Maddalena Dunscombe

Second time farce, but it will lead to tragedy - weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the spiralling Covid crisis and how class remains our compass point

BA: armageddon averted, but the forces of evil are still there

The news that BA has backtracked on their threat to sack their entire workforce, and selectively choose to rehire on drastically worse terms and conditions is a profoundly welcome development

The government is failing to keep schools safe from Covid

With rising infection rates, we need to confront Tory failures and campaign hard for safe and sustainable schools, argues David McAllister

Starmer’s empty new slogan

Dragan Plavsic considers what we should we make of Labour’s new slogan

8 Reasons to reject Sunak’s scheme and keep fighting for the furlough - Counterblast

Sunak’s scheme will mean millions are made jobless and the movement should reject it, argue Susan Newman and Chris Nineham

Protecting war criminals and torturers: the Tory bill and Starmer's shame

The passing of the Overseas Operations bill which Labour abstained on is a disservice to victims of torture and undermines international law, argues Lindsey German

Trump is in charge of the political prosecution of Julian Assange

John Rees debunks one of the prosecution's key arguments in the Assange trial

Doncaster reacts to Starmer: 'We don't need another Tony Blair'

Keir Starmer's conference speech in Doncaster isn't convincing anybody, writes John Westmoreland after speaking to people in the area

‘And seem a saint, when most I play the devil’: Johnson’s dangerously misleading Covid broadcast

The government is still committed to putting profit before lives. We need to organise to force adequate safety measures argues Katherine Connelly

Starmer's 'New Leadership': blame Corbyn, offer nothing - CounterBlast

Starmer's policy-stricken, Corbyn-bashing conference speech confirms that opposition to the Tories is only going to come from outside parliament, argues Terina Hine

An organised left is crucial as we move towards a second wave - CounterBlast

The government’s measures to deal with a second wave remain inadequate; it’s crucial the left pushes for serious action that puts safety first, argues Lucy Nichols

War feeds the climate crisis

The climate crisis is headline news, but the role of Western military policy in it is still not well known enough, argues Maddalena Dunscombe

Second time farce, but it will lead to tragedy - weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the spiralling Covid crisis and how class remains our compass point

BA: armageddon averted, but the forces of evil are still there

The news that BA has backtracked on their threat to sack their entire workforce, and selectively choose to rehire on drastically worse terms and conditions is a profoundly welcome development

The government is failing to keep schools safe from Covid

With rising infection rates, we need to confront Tory failures and campaign hard for safe and sustainable schools, argues David McAllister

Starmer’s empty new slogan

Dragan Plavsic considers what we should we make of Labour’s new slogan

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