Opinion - Counterfire

Yellow Vests, Act Four: where is France going?

Saturday's huge Gilets Jaunes mobilisation across France defied Macron's Project Fear, as high school students facing state repression join a movement that continues to rise. John Mullen reports from Paris

West Wales' warning to the Tories

In one of the most deprived areas in northern Europe people have had enough, writes Jim Scott

Why we don’t need a second referendum

With growing calls for a second referendum, Martin Hall clarifies why we must not capitulate

Austerity Britain is destroying our mental health

As those most affected by austerity Britain blame themselves, we must turn attention to the real culprits, argues Karen Buckley

Why you should be on the protest that could bring down the government

John Rees on why the coming demonstration on the night of the Brexit vote could be the beginning of the end for the Tory government

Migrant Caravan attacked: new leaders, same racism

As Central American asylum seekers are met with tear gas and rubber bullets, Amy O'Donoghue reminds us that state racism is nothing new

The far right can be stopped

The UK far right, complete with distinct Nazi elements, is a clear and present danger, asserts Sofie Mason

Class questions are the way to defeat austerity, not a rerun of the referendum - weekly briefing

The Brexit blizzard is there to blind us; it's time to take out the Tories and that means a general election, argues Lindsey German

Averting chaos: class, climate change and the movements

Profit and powerful interests are precipitating planetary disaster. Protests such as Saturday's in London must be developed into a mass movement to force political change, argues Feyzi Ismail

5 things a Corbyn government can't do if we stay in the EU

If a Corbyn-led government is bound by the EU's framework, then it will face big obstacles in delivering its socialist policies, argues Tom Gibbs

The rise and fall of neoliberalism

The neoliberal order established since the 70s is collapsing and what comes out of it is down to us, argues Chris Bambery

Equating fascism with Brexit is disastrous, irresponsible and gives a hand up to Tommy Robinson

Arguments tying opposition to fascism with opposition to Brexit makes out half the country as Tommy Robinson supporters. This is idiotic in the extreme, argues Kevin Ovenden

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation

Yellow Vests, Act Four: where is France going?

Saturday's huge Gilets Jaunes mobilisation across France defied Macron's Project Fear, as high school students facing state repression join a movement that continues to rise. John Mullen reports from Paris

West Wales' warning to the Tories

In one of the most deprived areas in northern Europe people have had enough, writes Jim Scott

Why we don’t need a second referendum

With growing calls for a second referendum, Martin Hall clarifies why we must not capitulate

Austerity Britain is destroying our mental health

As those most affected by austerity Britain blame themselves, we must turn attention to the real culprits, argues Karen Buckley

Why you should be on the protest that could bring down the government

John Rees on why the coming demonstration on the night of the Brexit vote could be the beginning of the end for the Tory government

Migrant Caravan attacked: new leaders, same racism

As Central American asylum seekers are met with tear gas and rubber bullets, Amy O'Donoghue reminds us that state racism is nothing new

The far right can be stopped

The UK far right, complete with distinct Nazi elements, is a clear and present danger, asserts Sofie Mason

Class questions are the way to defeat austerity, not a rerun of the referendum - weekly briefing

The Brexit blizzard is there to blind us; it's time to take out the Tories and that means a general election, argues Lindsey German

Averting chaos: class, climate change and the movements

Profit and powerful interests are precipitating planetary disaster. Protests such as Saturday's in London must be developed into a mass movement to force political change, argues Feyzi Ismail

5 things a Corbyn government can't do if we stay in the EU

If a Corbyn-led government is bound by the EU's framework, then it will face big obstacles in delivering its socialist policies, argues Tom Gibbs

The rise and fall of neoliberalism

The neoliberal order established since the 70s is collapsing and what comes out of it is down to us, argues Chris Bambery

Equating fascism with Brexit is disastrous, irresponsible and gives a hand up to Tommy Robinson

Arguments tying opposition to fascism with opposition to Brexit makes out half the country as Tommy Robinson supporters. This is idiotic in the extreme, argues Kevin Ovenden