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Our ten most popular articles of 2018

The most popular articles on Counterfire this year
Counterfire's books of the year - part one

We asked a few leading campaigners and performers from the left what books have inspired them over the last twelve months
Israel's crimes cannot go unanswered

The ongoing assault on the Palestinian people is intensifying, and we need to up our response, argues Mona Kamal
Aftermath: Art in the wake of World War One - review

Modern art was a way of actively willing war towards an end says Alistair Cartwright in his review of the Aftermath exhibition at the Tate
The persistence of the fog of war

Lindsey German makes the connections between recent war remembrance and today’s Chilcot report
How the Easter Rising changed the world

In the final part of our series, Chris Bambery argues that the Easter Rising relaunched the struggle for independence in Ireland and inspired national liberation movements globally
A revolt against Empire: the 1916 Easter Rising

In the second part of our 3-part series on the struggle for Irish independence, Chris Bambery looks at the uprising of Easter Monday 1916
Home Rule and the roots of the Easter Rising

As the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising approaches, Counterfire is running a new 3-part series by Chris Bambery on the struggle for Irish independence
Remembrance should be for all victims of war

The commemoration has morphed from being a call to end all wars, to one used by British politicians to support our wars in the Middle East, writes Lindsey German
MH17 and the threat of a world war

The downing of Flight MH17 has fuelled the dangerous dynamic of global conflict that is leading the world towards the violent chaos we witnessed one hundred years ago writes Matt Carr
Sylvia Pankhurst: Militancy and Mass Mobilisation

Pankhurst’s commitment to working class politics offered a more fruitful strategy for the women’s suffrage movement, compared to the middle class strategy of the leaders of the WSPU
Art and Conflict: Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire

As a young artist at the turn of the 20^th century, Sylvia Pankhurst battled discrimination in the institutional art world, while also developing strong political commitments
Sylvia Pankhurst: War and Imperialism

Sylvia Pankhurst’s activism during the First World War demonstrated her unwavering commitment to anti-imperialism - a thread running through all her activity for the rest of her life
Introduction to Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire

In this extract from her book, Katherine Connelly explains the context and continuities of Sylvia’s many political engagements - too often ignored in standard accounts of her life
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women: resisting war, asserting our liberation

The introduction from Lindsey German's book How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at how and why the anti-war movement became a vehicle for women’s political action

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WWI

Our ten most popular articles of 2018

The most popular articles on Counterfire this year

Counterfire's books of the year - part one

We asked a few leading campaigners and performers from the left what books have inspired them over the last twelve months

Israel's crimes cannot go unanswered

The ongoing assault on the Palestinian people is intensifying, and we need to up our response, argues Mona Kamal

Aftermath: Art in the wake of World War One - review

Modern art was a way of actively willing war towards an end says Alistair Cartwright in his review of the Aftermath exhibition at the Tate

The persistence of the fog of war

Lindsey German makes the connections between recent war remembrance and today’s Chilcot report

How the Easter Rising changed the world

In the final part of our series, Chris Bambery argues that the Easter Rising relaunched the struggle for independence in Ireland and inspired national liberation movements globally

A revolt against Empire: the 1916 Easter Rising

In the second part of our 3-part series on the struggle for Irish independence, Chris Bambery looks at the uprising of Easter Monday 1916

Home Rule and the roots of the Easter Rising

As the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising approaches, Counterfire is running a new 3-part series by Chris Bambery on the struggle for Irish independence

Remembrance should be for all victims of war

The commemoration has morphed from being a call to end all wars, to one used by British politicians to support our wars in the Middle East, writes Lindsey German

MH17 and the threat of a world war

The downing of Flight MH17 has fuelled the dangerous dynamic of global conflict that is leading the world towards the violent chaos we witnessed one hundred years ago writes Matt Carr

Sylvia Pankhurst: Militancy and Mass Mobilisation

Pankhurst’s commitment to working class politics offered a more fruitful strategy for the women’s suffrage movement, compared to the middle class strategy of the leaders of the WSPU

Art and Conflict: Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire

As a young artist at the turn of the 20^th century, Sylvia Pankhurst battled discrimination in the institutional art world, while also developing strong political commitments

Sylvia Pankhurst: War and Imperialism

Sylvia Pankhurst’s activism during the First World War demonstrated her unwavering commitment to anti-imperialism - a thread running through all her activity for the rest of her life

Introduction to Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire

In this extract from her book, Katherine Connelly explains the context and continuities of Sylvia’s many political engagements - too often ignored in standard accounts of her life

How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women: resisting war, asserting our liberation

The introduction from Lindsey German's book How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at how and why the anti-war movement became a vehicle for women’s political action

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The most popular articles on Counterfire this year

We asked a few leading campaigners and performers from the left what books have inspired them over the last twelve months

The ongoing assault on the Palestinian people is intensifying, and we need to up our response, argues Mona Kamal

Modern art was a way of actively willing war towards an end says Alistair Cartwright in his review of the Aftermath exhibition at the Tate

Lindsey German makes the connections between recent war remembrance and today’s Chilcot report

In the final part of our series, Chris Bambery argues that the Easter Rising relaunched the struggle for independence in Ireland and inspired national liberation movements globally

In the second part of our 3-part series on the struggle for Irish independence, Chris Bambery looks at the uprising of Easter Monday 1916

As the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising approaches, Counterfire is running a new 3-part series by Chris Bambery on the struggle for Irish independence

The commemoration has morphed from being a call to end all wars, to one used by British politicians to support our wars in the Middle East, writes Lindsey German

The downing of Flight MH17 has fuelled the dangerous dynamic of global conflict that is leading the world towards the violent chaos we witnessed one hundred years ago writes Matt Carr

Pankhurst’s commitment to working class politics offered a more fruitful strategy for the women’s suffrage movement, compared to the middle class strategy of the leaders of the WSPU

As a young artist at the turn of the 20th century, Sylvia Pankhurst battled discrimination in the institutional art world, while also developing strong political commitments

Sylvia Pankhurst’s activism during the First World War demonstrated her unwavering commitment to anti-imperialism - a thread running through all her activity for the rest of her life

In this extract from her book, Katherine Connelly explains the context and continuities of Sylvia’s many political engagements - too often ignored in standard accounts of her life

The introduction from Lindsey German's book How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at how and why the anti-war movement became a vehicle for women’s political action

As a young artist at the turn of the 20^th century, Sylvia Pankhurst battled discrimination in the institutional art world, while also developing strong political commitments