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Resistance movement
Resistance movement
Palestinian prisoners’ struggles take a militant turn
Palestinian prisoners and the international solidarity movement are stepping up the campaign for freedom, reports Michael Lavalette
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties - book review
Set the Night on Fire
is a monumental history of radical movements in 1960s Los Angeles, which holds lessons for global resistance movements today, finds Sean Ledwith
The World Turned Upside Down - book review
The World Turned Upside Down
, a speculative fiction novel, is a compelling story of global exploitation and resistance driven by a complex protagonist, finds Hannah Cross
Palestinian culture and resistance - video
As part of Counterfire's Revolution! Festival of Marxist Ideas, Dave Randall hosts Shahd Abusalama of Hawiyya Dance Company, Mustafa Sheta from The Freedom Theatre and Z The People of 47Soul
Israel’s new far right leader will double down on apartheid and racism - CounterBlast
Israel’s incoming prime minister Naftali Bennett makes clear that the extreme oppression of the Palestinians has always been deeper than Netanyahu, writes Sean Ledwith
Mahmoud Darwish: Poet of the Palestinian Resistance - video
Michael Lavalette launches his new book
Palestinian Cultures of Resistance
with a discussion about the life, politics and poetry of Mahmoud Darwish
The Ratline and The Good Germans - book review
Lindsey German reviews two case studies of the Nazi period, which, from above and from below, reveal the class nature of the regime and the resistance to it
Israeli apartheid and the rebirth of Palestinian mass resistance
The current wave of Palestinian revolt is especially threatening to Israel because it is characterised by a high level of mobilisation, including a general strike, by Palestinians in Israel, explains Alex Snowdon
The battle of Kenmure Street: the new Tory assault and the growing resistance
The community resistance to the Tories in Glasgow is the beginning of what could prove to be an explosive few years, argues David Jamieson
Palestine rises against the Iron Dome of Israeli’s apartheid state – CounterBlast
The latest upsurge of resistance to the Zionist state demands the support of anti-imperialists and socialists everywhere, writes Sean Ledwith
Myanmar: No country for aging generals?
The eruption of mass protests against the February 1
st
military coup represents an upping of the stakes for Myanmar’s junta, writes Susan Ram
Boot the Wellington: The growing resistance to Glasgow's colonial monuments
Christine Whyte reports on the growing movement of resistance to the slave traders and colonialists commemorated on Glasgow's streets
Italy's Liberation Day: why the partisans' struggle still matters
April 25 is a great anniversary in the history of anti-fascist struggle, writes Giuseppe Franci
The Easter Rising in words, music and film
Lindsey German rounds up some of the writing, music and film inspired by the revolutionary Easter Rising of 1916
Can Johnson gain politically from this crisis? – weekly briefing
Lindsey German assesses the balance of forces
Coronavirus, the market and who controls society? – weekly briefing
Lindsey German on COVID-19 and its impact
Retreat is a luxury the left cannot afford
The left must turn to rebuilding dynamic extra-parliamentary resistance to the Tories
Palestine: a history of colonialism, occupation and resistance - Counterfire Media Podcast
Shabbir Lakha on the history of Palestine and Tom Lock Griffiths on the excellent release They Came To a City' (1944) on DVD and Blu Ray in the fourth episode of Counterfire Media's Podcast
Reforms and resistance: how tenants can influence housing policy
Tenants can influence housing policy through grassroots resistance across housing tenures, argues Stewart Smyth
Surviving the Death Factory: communist resistance in Auschwitz
To commemorate International Holocaust Day, Sean Ledwith tells the truly inspirational story of Kampfgruppe Auschwitz (KGA)
Victory for Standing Rock
Standing Rock shows us that organised resistance and mass movements work argues Shabbir Lakha
Standing up for Standing Rock: the shape of things to come?
Once again protest within the movements points to a wider challenge to US power and capital, argues George Mueller Waite
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?
This short, sharp and powerful collection of essays is a stirring inspiration in the search for liberation and justice, finds Adam Tomes
Merthyr and the red flag
This year's Merthyr Rising Festival reminded us that solidarity and strength are our allies, writes Tanya Skinner
A History of the Barricade
The barricade is the iconic tactic of historic class struggles, and its history is engagingly explored in Hazan’s history, finds William Booth
Trouble in the Tarai: a new political crisis for Nepal
Following the catastrophic earthquake that hit Nepal in April, the country is experiencing a new crisis, which this time is entirely political in nature, writes Fraser Sugden
A Marxist History of the Second World War
Chris Bambery’s account of World War II shows how imperialist schemes and interests meant that it was far from a simple story of a heroic struggle against fascism, finds Peter Stauber