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Women's liberation and the trans debate

In the light of current discussions, we repost a document first circulated by Counterfire in September 2020. We believe it remains relevant.

No Platform: Free speech for all?

We reprint below an article written by Lindsey German in 1986 over when and how 'no platform' should be supported by socialists. While it refers to contemporary issues then, we feel that in the light of recent debate about free speech it contains a number of important arguments which are of value today.

A fatal policy: The Covid Report and deliberate deaths

A parliamentary report exposes the deliberately cruel nature of the government's disastrous pandemic response, argues Jamal Elaheebocus

‘O if we could only be a proletarian swarm of rats’ - Europa review

This year’s London Film Festival opened with ‘Europa’, a rediscovered treasure of inter-war avant-garde cinema. Tom Griffiths assesses the film’s significance.

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Heroine of the Nigerian Motherland

Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a leading anti-colonial activist and women’s organiser, left an important radical legacy which should be remembered, argues Tayo Aluko.

Turning insult into injury: Starmer and the endless war on the left

The Labour leadership’s latest attack on the left shows why we must turn to the extra-parliamentary movements to fight the Tories, argues Terina Hine

Academic freedom is under attack

Trade unionists should defend workers against management attack, and defend academic freedom in universities, argues Mike Wayne

Now it’s neither heat nor eat – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the Tory’s Universal Credit offensive and how our side needs to shift up a gear

Who sleeps in the unmade bed: A response to John Molyneux on the nature of conceptual art

While some laud conceptual art as radical, its tendency is to reproduce in culture the extremities of a finance dominated capitalism, argues Tony McKenna

Why I joined Counterfire

Four recently joined Counterfire members explain why they became members

Are the wheels coming off the Tories’ wagon?

Richard Allday reports on the Unite the Union meeting of reps turning the tide against the Tories

Johnson is levelling up on lies - CounterBlast

The Tory leader’s conference speech demonstrated how out of touch he is with most British people’s predicaments, argues Sean Ledwith

Women's liberation and the trans debate

In the light of current discussions, we repost a document first circulated by Counterfire in September 2020. We believe it remains relevant.

No Platform: Free speech for all?

A fatal policy: The Covid Report and deliberate deaths

A parliamentary report exposes the deliberately cruel nature of the government's disastrous pandemic response, argues Jamal Elaheebocus

‘O if we could only be a proletarian swarm of rats’ - Europa review

This year’s London Film Festival opened with ‘Europa’, a rediscovered treasure of inter-war avant-garde cinema. Tom Griffiths assesses the film’s significance.

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Heroine of the Nigerian Motherland

Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a leading anti-colonial activist and women’s organiser, left an important radical legacy which should be remembered, argues Tayo Aluko.

Turning insult into injury: Starmer and the endless war on the left

The Labour leadership’s latest attack on the left shows why we must turn to the extra-parliamentary movements to fight the Tories, argues Terina Hine

Academic freedom is under attack

Trade unionists should defend workers against management attack, and defend academic freedom in universities, argues Mike Wayne

Now it’s neither heat nor eat – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the Tory’s Universal Credit offensive and how our side needs to shift up a gear

Who sleeps in the unmade bed: A response to John Molyneux on the nature of conceptual art

While some laud conceptual art as radical, its tendency is to reproduce in culture the extremities of a finance dominated capitalism, argues Tony McKenna

Why I joined Counterfire

Four recently joined Counterfire members explain why they became members

Are the wheels coming off the Tories’ wagon?

Richard Allday reports on the Unite the Union meeting of reps turning the tide against the Tories

Johnson is levelling up on lies - CounterBlast

The Tory leader’s conference speech demonstrated how out of touch he is with most British people’s predicaments, argues Sean Ledwith

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In the light of current discussions, we repost a document first circulated by Counterfire in September 2020. We believe it remains relevant.

A parliamentary report exposes the deliberately cruel nature of the government's disastrous pandemic response, argues Jamal Elaheebocus

This year’s London Film Festival opened with ‘Europa’, a rediscovered treasure of inter-war avant-garde cinema. Tom Griffiths assesses the film’s significance.

Ransome-Kuti (1900-1978), a leading anti-colonial activist and women’s organiser, left an important radical legacy which should be remembered, argues Tayo Aluko.

The Labour leadership’s latest attack on the left shows why we must turn to the extra-parliamentary movements to fight the Tories, argues Terina Hine

Trade unionists should defend workers against management attack, and defend academic freedom in universities, argues Mike Wayne

Lindsey German on the Tory’s Universal Credit offensive and how our side needs to shift up a gear

While some laud conceptual art as radical, its tendency is to reproduce in culture the extremities of a finance dominated capitalism, argues Tony McKenna

Four recently joined Counterfire members explain why they became members

Richard Allday reports on the Unite the Union meeting of reps turning the tide against the Tories

The Tory leader’s conference speech demonstrated how out of touch he is with most British people’s predicaments, argues Sean Ledwith

Help boost radical media and socialist organisation