General Strike

Remembering 1842: The struggle for democracy and workers' rights

Reece Goscinski reports from the Halifax commemoration of the 1842 general strikes and the lessons it holds for the struggle today
Step up the action: All out against the Tories - Counterfire Freesheet August 2022

Uniting against a weak and divided Tory party, the NHS at breaking point, China and Pelosi, climate catastrophe, uprising in Sri Lanka and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
The fight last time: Lessons of the 1926 General Strike

A spectre is haunting our ruling class: the spectre of 1926, writes Sean Ledwith
The stakes are at their highest for 40 years – weekly briefing

Lindsey German on the summer of struggle and its next steps
General strike shuts down Greece: Collective working-class action has great power

Greek workers shutdown the country in a national 24-hour general strike calling for higher wages in the face of rising costs and in clear opposition to war and militarism, reports Kevin Ovenden
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 Colombian uprising: mass protests rage on despite deadly repression

Jonathan Maunders reports on the mass protests across Colombia in response to police brutality and planned government austerity measures
The 1926 General Strike: when workers brought Britain to a standstill

On International Workers' Day, Chris Bambery recalls the General Strike of 1926, the power of the working class and the lessons to be learnt in the struggle today
Radical Seattle: The General Strike of 1919 - book review

Winslow’s Radical Seattle tells an important story of workers’ militancy in the US very well, but questions of political strategy also need to be addressed, argues John Westmoreland
Fighting back in France

Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets to combat Macron’s war on the welfare state, writes Susan Ram
After a bruising election... What next for the left? - Counterfire Freesheet January 2020

Labour leadership contest, general strike in France, growing protest movement in India, why socialists oppose imperialism, a year of climate strikes and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
What next for the French strikers?

The mass movement in France is impressive and has made significant gains but the battle against Macron's Thatcherite reforms needs a second wind, reports John Mullen
Macron had a bad month, but what will it take to break his pensions bill?

An update from Paris on the ongoing protests and strike action against Macron's pension reform bill by John Mullen
All power to French workers - report from Paris

An organised movement of French workers unheard of in decades could hold Macron's fractured neoliberal outfit to ransom, reports John Mullen
France on strike: “We’re fighting Macron and his world!”

Across France, hundreds of thousands strike work and take to the streets to denounce neoliberal pension ‘reforms’, writes Susan Ram
Antisemitism, politics, and voting Tory - election briefing 6 December

Let’s stop apologising for having done nothing wrong, insists Lindsey German
Bolsonaro under pressure from within and below

Although the Bolsonaro regime doesn't look like collapsing immediately, its structure and support are waning and the mass movement is growing, argues Orlando Hill
Yellow Vests join unions to agitate for a general strike in France

Repudiating Macron’s ‘great national debate’, Yellow Vests join hands with trade unions and the radical left to build for a general strike, reports Susan Ram
Protest: Stories of Resistance - book review

A historically rich collection of stories on episodes of resistance across British history is evocative of experiences of protest, finds Ralph Graham-Leigh
May ‘68: France on the cusp of revolution

Susan Ram looks back at the tumultuous events of May 1968, where students and workers united against the establishment, and asks what we can take from them today
Is France heading for another May '68?

From student dissent to militant strikes and a radical alternative, the ingredients are there for mass rebellion, writes John Mullen
'Let's stop Brazil' - workers to stage general strike in defence of their rights

Brazilian workers are striking in response to 'the generalization of job insecurity' reports Orlando Hill

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General Strike

General Strike

Reece Goscinski reports from the Halifax commemoration of the 1842 general strikes and the lessons it holds for the struggle today

Uniting against a weak and divided Tory party, the NHS at breaking point, China and Pelosi, climate catastrophe, uprising in Sri Lanka and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

A spectre is haunting our ruling class: the spectre of 1926, writes Sean Ledwith

Lindsey German on the summer of struggle and its next steps

Greek workers shutdown the country in a national 24-hour general strike calling for higher wages in the face of rising costs and in clear opposition to war and militarism, reports Kevin Ovenden

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

Jonathan Maunders reports on the mass protests across Colombia in response to police brutality and planned government austerity measures

On International Workers' Day, Chris Bambery recalls the General Strike of 1926, the power of the working class and the lessons to be learnt in the struggle today

Winslow’s Radical Seattle tells an important story of workers’ militancy in the US very well, but questions of political strategy also need to be addressed, argues John Westmoreland

Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets to combat Macron’s war on the welfare state, writes Susan Ram

Labour leadership contest, general strike in France, growing protest movement in India, why socialists oppose imperialism, a year of climate strikes and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

The mass movement in France is impressive and has made significant gains but the battle against Macron's Thatcherite reforms needs a second wind, reports John Mullen

An update from Paris on the ongoing protests and strike action against Macron's pension reform bill by John Mullen

An organised movement of French workers unheard of in decades could hold Macron's fractured neoliberal outfit to ransom, reports John Mullen

Across France, hundreds of thousands strike work and take to the streets to denounce neoliberal pension ‘reforms’, writes Susan Ram

Let’s stop apologising for having done nothing wrong, insists Lindsey German

Although the Bolsonaro regime doesn't look like collapsing immediately, its structure and support are waning and the mass movement is growing, argues Orlando Hill

Repudiating Macron’s ‘great national debate’, Yellow Vests join hands with trade unions and the radical left to build for a general strike, reports Susan Ram

A historically rich collection of stories on episodes of resistance across British history is evocative of experiences of protest, finds Ralph Graham-Leigh

Susan Ram looks back at the tumultuous events of May 1968, where students and workers united against the establishment, and asks what we can take from them today

From student dissent to militant strikes and a radical alternative, the ingredients are there for mass rebellion, writes John Mullen

Brazilian workers are striking in response to 'the generalization of job insecurity' reports Orlando Hill