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Counterfire’s Climate Briefing for activists
The growing mood for radical change has to be harnessed by the left on a global scale, and the demands for action over the climate have to be put at the heart of every movement, argues Feyzi Ismail
Climate and Class Struggle
Climate chaos will hit the poor and the working class the hardest. A fighting movement is needed to demand climate justice, argues John Clarke
Code red for the climate: how should the left respond?
The left must force the government into taking the climate crisis seriously, argues Feyzi Ismail
Don’t be fooled, Boris Johnson isn’t going to spend foreign aid money on the NHS
The cut to the foreign aid budget is symptomatic of Tory racism and a disdain for working class people at home and abroad, argues Lucy Nichols
Vaccine imperialism: an indictment of global capitalism
The ongoing debate on waiving vaccine patents so poorer countries can have access tells you everything about capitalism putting profit ahead of lives, argues John Clarke
Haiti general strike: no more US-backed dictators
The general strike gripping Haiti is the latest chapter in a struggle against dictatorship, corruption and the bloody history of US intervention, argues Unjum Mirza
How Bolsonaro can be beaten - a Brazilian socialist speaks out
Thousands have taken to the streets in Brazil against Bolsonaro's misgovernment. Orlando Hill introduces an assessment from Leonardo Pericles of Unidade Populare
The imperialism pandemic
Imperialism is part and parcel of global capitalism and it can be seen very clearly in the coronavirus crisis, writes David Bush in this
repost from Spring Magazine
After the lockdowns what sort of world economy will emerge?
With the global economy facing the biggest downturn in 150 years, there will be no return to 'normal', argues Michael Roberts
Unfinished business: The Battle of Seattle twenty years on
The spirit of the Seattle protests two decades ago marked the birth of the anti-globalisation movement - a legacy that endures today, argue Chris Nineham and Feyzi Ismail
Ecuador: the people demand change
Ecuador says no to neoliberalism and austerity. Jonathan Maunders suggests why
Marx, colonialism and the Global South - Counterfire Media Podcast
Chris Nineham talks to American author and Marxist historian on Marx, colonialism and the Global South, and how Marx's ideas were ahead of their time in the fifth episode of Counterfire Media's Podcast
Brazil’s election and the Global South’s debt trap
The media present today’s Brazilian elections as a special case but, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica, Brazil’s troubles reflect the troubles of the world economy
Black Panther: from Huey Newton to Wakanda - film review
Black Panther
is a landmark film for representation and presentation, but the politics ignores structural issues of class and race, argues Shabbir Lakha
The Chagos Archipelago: empire’s last gleaming
The plight of these seven Indian Ocean atolls should be on everyone’s radar, argues Shabbir Lakha
Latin America: reformism hits the rocks
As the economic downturn hits Latin America, Dan Morgan considers the impact on progressive developments and looks ahead to the role of political organisations
Echoes of the 1930s: a warning from Calais
We must stand up in solidarity with refugees and migrants argues Maz Saleem
Failing the planet: UN climate talks from Kyoto to Paris
In the run-up to the climate change demonstrations in London and Paris, Elaine Graham-Leigh looks at what's at stake in the UN climate talks
The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South
Internationalism is not only possible, it is the necessary answer to the neoliberal assault analysed in Vijay Prashad’s,
The Poorer Nations
, argues Samir Dathi