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• Football as resistance: women kicking back against bigotry

  

  Shadia Edwards-Dashti, journalist and Actonians football player, highlights the significance of women's football beyond the pitch

• Britain is following Trump and escalating the threat of war with Iran

  

  The British Navy's seizing of an Iranian oil tanker shows Britain following Trump, trading in diplomacy for the threat of military confrontation, argues Lindsey German

• Be in no doubt: Britain will be involved if there is war on Iran

  

  If there is war, Britain will be part of it, writes Chris Nineham

• Stonewall 50

  

  Marking the half-centenary of the Stonewall riots, Morgan Daniels looks at the history of the Stonewall Inn and what it means for radical queer politics everywhere

• Slap of the Century: Trump’s crooked deal for Palestine

  

  Following the grand unveiling of its economic elements in Bahrain, Sean Ledwith picks apart Kushner's sham 'Deal of the Century'

• Palestinians protest against Kushner and Trump’s sham economic deal

  

  As protests against Trump's bogus 'peace' plan erupt across the world, Shabbir Lakha reports from Ramallah

• Iran: act now to stop Trump’s dogs of war

  

  The US empire is on the march again and the anti-war movement must respond in kind and without delay, demands Chris Nineham

• Why Iranians might be sceptical of the west's intentions

  

  The warmongering from the west is the latest in a long line of imperialist interventions in the region, argues John Rees

• Iran - unrepentant warmongers and gullible fools are at it again: weekly briefing

  

  It’s action stations for the anti-war movement as reheated imperial aggression through the prism of Donald Trump makes a bold return, argues Lindsey German 

• Pompeo threatens Corbyn: nothing to see here

  

  The US threatening to interfere in the UK's democratic processes should be front page news, argues Chris Nineham

• No to Trump, no to war on Iran

  

  Trump and his neocon advisers are taking us to the brink of yet another disastrous war in the Middle East, writes Hilary Stephenson

• Ten things they don't tell you about D-Day

  

  As the commemorations of the 75 year anniversary of D-Day take place, Lindsey German reminds us of the truth about the end of the Second World War

• Trump attacks Sadiq Khan - his kingmaking must stop

  

  President Trump's incendiary interventions in British politics are completely unacceptable and must be called out, argues David McAllister

• How we should remember D-Day

  

  Chris Bambery looks at the history that will be lacking from this week's Trump-branded commemoration of D-Day

• School striker for climate: join the Trump demo

  

  Ahead of the Together Against Trump: Stop the State Visit Demonstration on Tuesday 4^th June, Nathan Street interviews Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson 

• ‘If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they’d send a limousine anyway’ – weekly briefing

  

  The Trump protests will demonstrate the best elements of our movement, but these have to be broadened and developed to ensure real advances, argues Lindsey German      

• Send in the clowns - weekly briefing

  

  Extra-parliamentary activity is still the key to shifting a Westminster logjam further solidified by the EU elections, argues Lindsey German 

• Trump's America: women under attack

  

  As the fightback against a raft of anti-abortion laws in the USA gathers steam, it can't be left just to establishment liberals to lead it, argues Kate O'Neil

• Why Theresa May is the most disastrous Tory PM ever

  

  Following Theresa May's resignation, Chris Nineham looks at her record as Prime Minister and what the left should do next

• Brexit, Boris and the battle ahead - weekly briefing

  

  Tory collapse is only half the story; Corbyn’s Labour needs to sharply recalibrate around anti-austerity and class politics, argues Lindsey German

• Anti-Zionism is the antidote to Trump and Netanyahu

  

  Shabbir Lakha calls on the movement to be loud and clear in its opposition to Zionism

• Dump Trump: Protest the State Visit, June 3/4/5 - Counterfire freesheet May 2019

  

  Protest against Trump's state visit, austerity and record levels of inequality, Algeria in revolt, Marxism made easy, Palestine, eco-demands and more in this month's Counterfire Freesheet

• Trump and Iran: the brink of war

  

  Trump, John Bolton and Mike Pompeo have created a situation with Iran that is risking a new war in the Middle East, argues Chris Nineham

• We stand with Palestine: thousands march in solidarity

  

  Thousands of protesters marched through London on Saturday showing that solidarity with Palestine in Britain hasn't gone anywhere, reports Shabbir Lakha

• An insurgent right can only be fought by an insurgent left – weekly briefing

  

  The Brexit Party’s theft of Corbyn’s anti-establishment thunder cannot be allowed to stand, argues Lindsey German

• What happened in the Venezuela coup attempt, and why the threat remains

  

  Juán Guiadó's failed military takeover was a charade, but its international supporters have further interests and plans for ousting Maduro's government, reports Orlando Hill

• Why we need a movement: Stop the War at Lowkey's concerts - video

  

  The Stop the War Coalition supported Lowkey's recent tour around the country, this is a video of National Officer Shabbir Lakha speaking at the London concert

• Solidarity with Palestine is needed now more than ever

  

  With Trump and Netanyahu wreaking havoc, it's time for mass solidarity with Palestine, argues Lindsey German

• Bernie Sanders 2020: what difference can he make this time?

  

  Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election, what difference can he make this time?

• No to extraditing Assange, no to war

  

  British judges must not collaborate in America's war crimes, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

• The Russians are Coming, Again - book review

  

  Kuzmarov and Marciano's analysis of the US media demonisation of Russia warns of the danger of a new cold war, in full historical context, finds Martin Hall

• Venezuela: The US empire is on the march again

  

  As Western leaders impose more sanctions and ultimatums, we must oppose this cynical foreign intervention in Venezuela, writes Rob Winkel

• Keep fighting for Corbyn: Stop the attacks - Counterfire freesheet March 2019

  

  The soft coup against Corbyn and the weaponisation of antisemitism, Tory Brexit crisis, Winston Churchill, Venezuela, climate change, Palestine and more in this month's Counterfire Freesheet

• Who's to blame for the rise of Islamophobic terrorist attacks?

  

  After the terrorist attack in Christchurch and now the attacks on Birmingham mosques, Shabbir Lakha finds that it's leading politicians and the media fuelling Islamophobia

• 5 facts about Aipac and the Israel lobby that prove Ilhan Omar is right

  

  Ilhan Omar is being attacked because she's a radical anti-imperialist, black, Muslim woman on the left, and deserves unconditional solidarity argues Shabbir Lakha

• Ten things you should know about Trump’s man in Venezuela

  

  Abrams' appointment provides further evidence that Trump's response to Venezuela will repeat previous misadventures in the region, argues Sean Ledwith

• Gavin Williamson: delusional and dangerous

  

  Gavin Williamson's latest speech with jingoistic rhetoric and calling for more military spending shows just how out of touch with reality he is, argues Lindsey German

• Before Venezuela: a long history of US imperialism in Latin America

  

  The push for regime change in Venezuela represents the latest in an abhorrent history of intervention in Latin America, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Bank of England told to return Venezuela's gold

  

  Over a hundred protesters rallied outside the Bank of England to demand it returns Venezuela's gold, reports Shabbir Lakha

• There's no limit to nuclear war – weekly briefing

  

  The resurgence of genocidal weaponry in a time of Trump is another indicator of a world in crisis that has to be changed, argues Lindsey German

• London rallies against Venezuela coup and sanctions

  

  Over a hundred people packed out a rally in London at short notice to oppose Trump's push for regime change in Venezuela and Britain's role in it, reports Shabbir Lakha

• 7 things you need to know about the Venezuela coup attempt

  

  As Western leaders impose more sanctions and ultimatums, Robin Winkel explains why we must oppose foreign intervention in Venezuela

• Venezuela in the shadow of Trump

  

  Venezuela must be defended from Trump's push for regime change and attempt to export his toxic brand of right wing politics, argues Sean Ledwith

• Venezuela: a coup made in Washington: not for the first time – weekly briefing

  

  US imperial adventurism is back with a vengeance and has to be called out clearly for what it is, argues Lindsey German  

• Dangerous sheriff in the wild west: Trump calls for coup in Venezuela

  

  The United States cannot be allowed to pick and choose countries’ governments, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica.

• US Shutdown: Trump’s racism hits the wall

  

  As the shutdown becomes the longest in US history, Sean Ledwith reports on the consequences of Trump's racist antics

• Trump's Syria solitaire

  

  The US's proposed withdrawal pushes the contradictions of Trumpism to breaking point, argues Hilary Stephenson

• They've got to go! General election now - Counterfire freesheet January 2019

  

  Tory Brexit crisis, the fightback against austerity, Eurovision boycott campaign, Trump and Syria, remembering Rosa Luxemburg, Yellow Vests and protests across Europe in this month's Counterfire Freesheet

• Migrant Caravan attacked: new leaders, same racism

  

  As Central American asylum seekers are met with tear gas and rubber bullets, Amy O'Donoghue reminds us that state racism is nothing new

• Averting chaos: class, climate change and the movements

  

  Profit and powerful interests are precipitating planetary disaster. Protests such as Saturday's in London must be developed into a mass movement to force political change, argues Feyzi Ismail

• What motivates the man in the White House? A study of Trump's foreign policy

  

  Despite the disastrous results of post-9/11 wars, Trump continues to lead a belligerent administration that we must resist at home, argues Chris Nineham

• Trump's teargas and racist brutality at the US-Mexico border

  

  As the Migrant Caravan arrived at the US border, they were met with heavy tear gas and rubber bullets in a show of inhumane violence, John Clarke reports

• 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

• Paris demonstration: 'Trump means war'

  

  The November 11 anti-Trump mobilisation in Paris is a real advance for the anti-war movement in France, reports Susan Ram

• Trump loses Congress, but the Democrats are not the winners

  

  Last night's results show increasing polarisation in US politics, with establishment politics the loser, argues Shabbir Lakha

• Trump in the tropics: Bolsonaro takes power in Brazil

  

  Michael Roberts explains how Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidential election and what capitalism's response is

• Migrant Caravan: Trump sends 5000 troops to stop refugees

  

  Thousands of troops have been sent to the US border as Trump vows to stop the Migrant Caravan, reports John Clarke

• Brazil election: Bolsonaro's victory and the struggle ahead

  

  The victory for far-right Bolsonaro is a dangerous development and it is now a critical moment for the left to unite and win the streets, argues Orlando Hill

• Talk about equality is cheap, but paying women a decent wage is much too costly - weekly briefing

  

  Less glass ceilings and more grassroots is the key to reviving the role of women’s liberation in our struggle, argues Lindsey German 

• Saudi rogue killers? Why the West is so quiet about the death of Jamal Khashoggi

  

  The murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate in Turkey will irretrievably tarnish Saudi Arabia’s reputation in Western public opinion, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Kavanaugh, Trump and the degradation of US politics

  

  Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court marks a shift to the right, and Trump's antisemitic rhetoric shows the rot at the core of the US state, argues Sean Ledwith

• Adieu, Nikki Haley (but she’ll be back…)

  

  Haley’s signature contribution to international affairs during her ambassadorship has been her trumpet-section support for Israel, writes Susan Ram

• Afghanistan's unending war: seventeen years since the Western invasion

  

  The Taliban is advancing again, met by escalation from Trump and NATO. Amidst the devastation, our leaders still can't recognise defeat, writes Stop the War's Chris Nineham

• Trump targets Iran: not just talk, this is serious

  

  The Trump administration is stepping up its aggressive campaign against Iran, writes Chris Nineham

• The socialist challenge to Trump

  

  The Trump nightmare has fired up left organisation in the US to electorally challenging the establishment, writes Sean Ledwith

• No business as usual: Trump’s trade wars

  

  Trump’s trade war is another phase of capitalist crisis that could lead to a harsher world, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• The importance of mass mobilisation against war

  

  Build the mass movements against war. Kevin Courtney's speech from the Stop the War Coalition national conference

• Racism, war and Trump: the Stop the War Coalition AGM

  

  Far from being an ‘isolationist’, Donald Trump has increased bombings, sanctions and war, argues Lindsey German

• The dynamics of disaster

  

  Capitalism will destroy humanity. Only working class mass mobilisation and struggle can stop this, argues John Westmoreland

• The attack on Bookmarks was an attack on us all

  

  The attack on Bookmarks shows how emboldened the far right are and why the debate on how to stop them is so urgent argues Pete Morgan

• Far right celebrate Tommy Robinson's release from prison

  

  Tommy Robinson's release pending a retrial has been received with jubilation by the far right. Anti-racists need to be prepared to take them on, argues Steph Pike

• Is Corbyn's Brexit policy really 'full Trump'?

  

  Describing Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit strategy as "economic nationalism" is adopting neoliberal arguments that defend the status quo argues Kevin Ovenden

• Why Labour must oppose Israel’s racist apartheid

  

  The Labour Party must not endorse Israeli violence, racism and apartheid policies as MPs have voted to do, argues Alex Snowdon

• Steve Bannon: international orchestrator of the alt-right

  

  Steve Bannon has gained international notoriety for his role as Trump's chief strategist. Sean Ledwith examines his role in organising the transatlantic alt-right

• Afghanistan: more troops to continue an endless war

  

  Britain sending more troops to Afghanistan shows the end of the war isn't in sight and lays bare what the 'special relationship' is all about argues Lindsey German

• Together against Trump: a mass show of opposition

  

  Looking back at the quarter of a million strong demonstration against Trump, Daniel Jakopovich argues that it was a mass display of people power

• The EU: As racist in deed as Trump

  

  Following our mass condemnation of Trump, Reuben Bard-Rosenberg highlights the inherent racism of an organisation closer to home

• Establishment Fake News: Trump, Russiagate and ‘Treason’

  

  The establishment’s response to Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki sounds panic-stricken but is in fact fake and dangerous, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Trump Out, Tories Out, General Election Now! - Counterfire Freesheet July 2018

  

  Trump's visit and his trade delusions, crisis for the Tories, Grenfell, is the EU really a friend to migrants and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 027, July 2018

• Trump's trade delusion

  

  Both free trade and protectionist strategies will ultimately impoverish workers, writes Susan Newman

• We stopped Trump

  

  Over 250,000 people marched through central London on a Friday, and Pete Morgan argues that together we stopped Trump

• The meaning of Trump

  

  Is Trump a symptom or a cause of the rot at the heart of the US empire, asks Des Freedman

• Together we can defeat Trump, and the Tories too

  

  Opposing Donald Trump can play a role in bringing down our own vicious government

• The Rhyming Guide to Donald Trump

  

  Potent Whisper makes the case for protesting against Donald Trump

• Only a united movement can defeat the far right

  

  Saturday's far right demonstration in support of Tommy Robinson must be opposed directly on the streets

• Why we should all be out protesting against Trump's visit to the UK

  

  We must be united in our opposition to Trump and everything he represents

• May Day, May Day: this ship is sinking – weekly briefing

  

  This latest Tory crisis is an opportunity the left must seize and the week’s protests are all the means to do so, argues Lindsey German  

• Why Trump won't forget his visit

  

  Chris Nineham argues why it is important that the movements go on to the offensive against Donald Trump in the next few days

• Trump’s Nato ultimatums: red letter or red herring?

  

  There is no justification for the obscene levels of military spending across the world says Lindsey German

• The real danger behind Trump's antics and why he is not indestructible

  

  Trump's obvious absurdity should not distract us from the very real dangers posed by his presidency and his UK visit

• All roads lead to the Trump protest on 13 July – weekly briefing

  

  Trump is scared of the UK protest movement; let’s make sure that his fear is confirmed, writes Lindsey German  

• Trump’s state-sponsored child abuse

  

  Separating children from their parents and detaining them is consistent with Trump's inhumane policies and adds to why we need to protest against him argues Sean Ledwith

• The collapse of everything, and what to do about it - weekly briefing

  

  Two major demos in the next four weeks is a fantastic opportunity to hardwire our politics to the street, argues Lindsey German 

• Now it’s serious: why taking on Trump matters

  

  Let's give Trump a reception he won't forget

• World Cup 2018: thirty two nations under a groove

  

  Will the World Cup which opens today be an orgy of petty-minded nationalism? Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman doesn’t seem to think so

• Our NHS: Keep the fight on the streets - Counterfire Freesheet June 2018

  

  Fighting for our NHS, Ireland's abortion rights victory, Grenfell one year on, Dump Trump and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 026, June 2018

• Sound and fury, signifying nothing

  

  What does the Trump-Kim summit mean? Not much, says John Rees

• The far right threat is real and we can't be complacent

  

  After the big Free Tommy Robinson rally in London, the entire left need to get serious about organising against the far right argues Shabbir Lakha

• Dump Trump and the special relationship, too

  

  Theresa May's support for Trump is a faultline we must fully exploit, argues Jonathan Maunders

• Our NHS: keep the fight on the streets

  

  The demos this summer give us a chance to recapture the spirit of last year's insurgency and take the fight to the Tories. We must take it

• We cannot let Iran become another US powder keg

  

  Trump's policies point towards regime change in Iran. The anti-war movement must stand firm, argues Shabbir Lakha 

• London says end the massacre in Gaza, freedom for Palestine

  

  Thousands of people poured into Whitehall on Tuesday to oppose the killing of unarmed protesters in Gaza, reports Tom Gibbs

• Childish Gambino: This is Trump’s America

  

  Sean Ledwith argues Childish Gambino's latest track and video, This Is America is the new voice of the American musical resistance. 

• Gaza massacre: Trump’s embassy move legitimises murder of Palestinians

  

  Israel’s massacre of unarmed civilians shows that there’s no right kind of resistance for Palestinians and that Trump has legitimised their murder, argues Shabbir Lakha

• Palestine: remembrance and resistance

  

  As the resistance of Palestinians in Gaza continues despite horrific violence against them, we must continue to show solidarity and protest, argues Shabbir Lakha

• After Windrush: this racist government must go - Counterfire Freesheet May 2018

  

  Windrush, May 68, Palestine, UCU strike, Marx and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 025, May 2018

• Trump's ditching of Iran deal is paving the way to war

  

  Trump pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear deal is a step on the path to more war in the Middle East argues Shabbir Lakha

• As Gaza rebels, how can Palestine be free? With Kevin Ovenden - video

  

  Speaking at a London Counterfire event, Kevin Ovenden discusses what the protests in Gaza are about and how Palestine can be free

• Racism starts at the top in Britain, and we’re seeing the result with Windrush - weekly briefing

  

  The fight against ruling class divide-and-rule has never been more urgent and the Tory leadership are a sitting target, argues Lindsey German

• Nationwide opposition to Syria airstrikes

  

  Thousands of people have taken to the streets in over 40 towns and cities across the country to voice their opposition to Theresa May's bombing of Syria

• The idea that the West have been “inactive” in Syria is completely untrue

  

  Politicians and commentators supporting more military action in Syria say inaction has consequences, but the West haven't been inactive in Syria argues Shabbir Lakha

• The mission accomplished that is nothing of the sort – weekly briefing

  

  A primed anti-war movement finds the new warmongers much the same as the old warmongers, writes Lindsey German

• A pointless but dangerous display of gesture bombing in Syria

  

  The decision to bomb Syria was a pathetic display of supposed strength by declining imperial powers, argues Chris Nineham

• Six things we learnt from the Syrian airstrike

  

  John Rees on the immediate conclusions we can draw from the US led airstrike on Syria

• Syria: the solution is not more military intervention

  

  As Theresa May prepares to back Trump in escalating military intervention in Syria, Stop the War published the following letter in response

• Douma attack and the war in Syria - Stop the War statement

  

  Statement from Stop the War Coalition following the attacks on Douma in Syria

• John Bolton: the return of the uber hawk

  

  Trump's new National Security advisor will see his appointment as an opportunity to test his military prowess, argues Lindsey German

• The Trump era and the anti-war movement

  

  With the US state department looking increasingly aggressive, the anti-war movement must fight on many fronts, argues Lindsey German

• Europe: why retreat must not turn into defeat for the left - weekly briefing

  

  Lindsey German analyses Jeremy Corbyn's speech on Brexit, as well as the importance of the UCU strike and the growing movement against the NRA in the US

• American Carnage: Students Defy Trump’s Cult of Violence

  

  Could the student response to last weekend's shootings be the spark for change? Sean Ledwith looks at gun violence in the United States 

• Will Trump’s UK visit be the end of the special relationship?

  

  After yet another disastrous intervention into UK politics over the NHS protest John Rees asks what will be the effect of the Trump visit?

• Palestine: the open wound

  

  Shabbir Lakha reflects on the twentieth century imperial imposition that continues to blight global justice

• Why we protest

  

  Look at what we have achieved with protest and what we can achieve again. All out for the NHS this Saturday

• Trump in the White House: Tragedy and Farce - book review

  

  Trump's presidency is a highly dangerous force, but to defeat its reactionary policies, its nature must be understood, argues Graham Kirkwood

• False alarm in Hawaii: Trump and nukes keep the world on edge

  

  With Trump in the White House boasting about his nuclear button, the world is on knife-edge and events in Hawaii serve as a warning to us all argues Tom Unterrainer

• Look who isn't coming to dinner - weekly briefing

  

  Trump deflected is an object lesson in the power of protest but it is only a beginning, writes Lindsey German

• Trump visit: We've confronted the Special Relationship

  

  Donald Trump's cancellation is an embarrassment for both sides of the Special Relationship, argues Chris Nineham

• Neither Washington Nor Moscow: origins and applying it today

  

  David Bush looks at what a slogan developed during World War 2 and crystallized as a position during the Cold War means for socialists in the 21st century

• Beyond a joke: Trump vs Bannon

  

  Michael Wolff's book on the Trump presidency reveals an administration in chaos, writes Sean Ledwith

• Why are people in Iran protesting?

  

  Since Thursday last week, Iran has been gripped by a new social unrest across a number of cities. Naz Massoumi gives some context to the unfolding crisis.

• Ahed Tamimi's indictment paints a clear picture of apartheid Israel

  

  The treatment of Ahed Tamimi is not uncommon for the children of Palestine and shows Israel's systemic oppression of Palestinians clearly argues Shabbir Lakha

• 2018: the way forward

  

  As we start the new year, Alex Snowdon looks back at the political developments of the last year with a view of what to expect from 2018

• We were many: A review of 2017

  

  Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football introduces their visual review of 2017

• Alabama: you cannot be a socialist and an elitist

  

  You cannot understand the Alabama result if you divide and deride working class voters. Throw out elite centrism and look at class, argues Kevin Ovenden

• How to expect the unexpected

  

  It’s become a journalistic cliché to say that we live in times where the unexpected happens. But that doesn’t mean we have to wait on events, argues John Rees

• I'm a Palestinian from Jerusalem, where's my say?

  

  Trump's announcement last week marks the end of the peace process and once again Palestinians have been left in the dark argues Ahmad Muna from Jerusalem

• The Irish Question, the EU and the debate about borders - weekly briefing

  

  The end of the first phase of Brexit negotiations is neither the restoring of Theresa May's fortunes nor an indication that the Irish situation is stable argues Lindsey German

• Trump - Year One

  

  Making sense of the Trump presidency is impossible without a systematic understanding of the forces of reaction and capitalism which paved his way, argues David Bush

• Liberal Media in the Age of Trump: shock and awe

  

  As the liberal media embraces an anti-populist business model, the left must continue to forge an independent opposition, argues Des Freedman

• Why is Trump recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital a big deal?

  

  Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital has international law implications, infringes on Palestinian rights and could be a calculated move argues Shabbir Lakha

• Today’s fringe is tomorrow’s respectable racism - weekly briefing

  

  POTUS' tweets are a symptom not a cause: our side has to start presenting credible alternatives, argues Lindsey German

• Theresa The Appeaser: Trump tweets and Britain First

  

  Trump's tweets have dangerously promoted fascists and Theresa May's weak response exposes the nature of the special relationship with the US argues Shabbir Lakha

• Trump: one year of waking hell

  

  Donald Trump was elected just over a year ago. In that time, he has wreaked havoc

• Post-modern Trumpism and loneliness: the rise of vulgar authoritarianism

  

  What is at the root of Trump's appeal?

• Not fit to govern - Counterfire freesheet November/December 2017

  

  Tory crisis, Catalonia, Universal credit, foreign policy, and more. Counterfire freesheet, November/December 2017

• Saudi faction fight: break Britain's links

  

  Mohammed bin Salman is no moderniser. Time to end the corrupt relationship with the House of Saud, argues Kevin Ovenden

• We need a new foreign policy built around peace

  

  Jeremy Corbyn's rise has put anti-war politics centre stage. We now have a chance to do things completely differently, argues Chris Nineham 

• Racist Trump will never be welcome here

  

  From the repeated attempts to pass the Muslim Ban to attacking NFL players, Trump is racist and is not welcome here argues Maz Saleem

• The seeds of their own destruction? - weekly briefing

  

  The Tories are just about holding on out of fear for a Corbyn government, but as the crisis they're in grows they're falling apart argues Lindsey German

• Parliament and power: Lessons from Latin America with Jeffery Webber - video

  

  Author and professor Jeffery Webber dissects the political situation in Latin America, how it developed and what lessons can be learnt from it at a London Counterfire public meeting

• Trump’s racist war on US football

  

  Trump's latest rant is likely to increase resistance to him, argues Des Freedman

• The deadliest of games: 
the US and North Korea

  

  Donald Trump’s fumbling towards statesmanship is a global danger, argues Ian Chamberlain

• Trump's UN speech: a new low for the president

  

  Trump's speech on Tuesday made it absolutely clear that he is prepared to raise the stakes in terms of international conflict

• Tories out - Counterfire freesheet September 2017

  

  Labour's Brexit dilemma, Trump and North Korea, and more - Counterfire freesheet edition 20, September 2017

• Resisting 'America’s first white president': Ta-Nehisi Coates and the politics of despair

  

  The US writer's apocalyptic talk disempowers us at precisely the time when we need to oppose Trump, writes Des Freedman

• North Korea: the United States seek power rather than peace

  

  The US approach to North Korea cannot be understood without considering its wider goals in the region

• North Korea: moving towards the threat of real war

  

  With calls for a freeze on testing and manoeuvres on all sides falling on deaf ears, tensions are reaching a dangerous level, writes Lindsey German

• If it ain't broke, don't fix it: the dangers of Keir Starmer's new policy on Brexit - weekly briefing

  

  Jeremy Corbyn's original position, when he argues for a People's Brexit, made a lot of sense. 

• Trump and Afghanistan: extended carnage

  

  It's time to break the special relationship and its barbaric foreign policy, argues Lindsey German

• Chaos in the White House - weekly briefing

  

  Steve Bannon has been dismissed as the fallout from Charlottesville continues, Sarah Champion has resigned and recent strike success has shown what's possible

• Bannoned: the White House in turmoil

  

  Steve Bannon has gone but the threat remains, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

• Don’t be blindsided: the threat of nuclear war is real

  

  Recent rhetorical grandstanding should not obscure a clear and present danger, writes Lindsey German  
   

• Can we stop Trump tweeting his way to war? - weekly briefing

  

  Trump tweets his way to nuclear confrontation with North Korea and military action in Venezuela while fascists wreak carnage in Charlottesville

• Charlottesville: Trump has made America hate again

  

  US Nazis on manoeuvres is a wake-up call for everyone, argues Sean Ledwith
   

• Trump and North Korea - Stop the War statement

  

  The urgent priority must be to de-escalate and pursue a negotiated solution to the crisis

• India’s Hindu supremacist lynching epidemic: Trump, the Tories and the legacies of colonialism

  

  Hindu nationalism and Islamophobia is running rampant in India. Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya argues its relevance in contemporary politics because of Britain's colonial history.

• Fear and loathing in the Trump White House

  

  The blunders of the Trump team have provided cover for the consolidation of a quasi-military clique at the highest levels of the US state, writes Sean Ledwith

• Trump sends for the Marines: what could possibly go wrong? - weekly briefing

  

  The Trump administration is like a cross between the declining Roman Empire and a reality show that has gone wrong

• Trump bids to escalate Afghanistan bloodshed

  

  Western intervention in Afghanistan is a continued story of disaster, argues Chris Nineham

• Trump and Macron: tangoing in Paris

  

  Macron’s lovefest with Trump rests on a raft of converging policies, writes Susan Ram

• Trump and the Comey testimony: incompetence, nepotism and skulduggery

  

  Sections of the US elite are at each other's throats, but the death blow to the whole system will only come from the millions of ordinary Americans

• Trump’s climate cynicism

  

  Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord shows that he thinks climate change is trivial enough to be used for short-term political positioning

• Theresa May's time-to-get-tough approach falls flat

  

  Theresa May's attempt to look strong and stable in response to the tragedy on Saturday night has failed argues Chris Nineham

• Trump, May and Farage: the roll of shame - Election briefing #30

  

  As campaigning enters its final stretch, right wing reaction is plumbing new depths, writes Lindsey German

• Trump and Nato: a dangerous alliance

  

  It's been a significant week in the murky history of Nato, writes Shabbir Lakha

• Trump: a shambles of Nixonian proportions

  

  As the US president’s troubles deepen, he could drag the United States into a full-blown constitutional crisis

• Iran in the shadow of Trump

  

  In the upcoming Presidential election in Iran domestic issues are being overshadowed by the Donald argues Sean Ledwith

• The subversive power of the UN Report that labelled Israel an 'apartheid' regime

  

  The US reaction to a UN report describing Israel as an apartheid state demonstrates its potential legal power as well as in the movement argues Nourhan Ashraf Elsayed

• Even the Lords knows May's foreign policy is a shambles

  

  As the Lords international relations select committee attacks May's foreign policy, there is clearly far reaching opposition to her approach, writes Chris Nineham 

• Trump: war on the climate, war on the working class

  

  Trump's attacks on environmental protection prove once again that he's only on the side of the capitalists, never the working class

• Trump the warmonger

  

  Just over a hundred days into office and confrontation with imperial rivals is already brewing, writes Chris Nineham

• Bring it on! - Counterfire freesheet April 2017

  

  General election, Trump and the politics of music - Counterfire freesheet edition 017, April 2017

• The road to impeachment? Trump’s first 100 days

  

  The US president has turned out to be as divisive and disastrous as many feared

• The nuclear question: Tory warmongers’ first strike

  

  The case against a trigger-happy Prime Minister

• Trump: pushing us to the brink of war

  

  In this moment of rising tension, the anti-war movement has to get organised around the country

• Trump frolics with a Korean war

  

  As the US ratchets up tensions with North Korea, the threat of a bloody war looms large

• Trump's air stike has deepened Syria's misery

  

  In the aftermath of Trump's missile attacks, peace in Syria looks further away than ever

• Trump strikes, liberals cheer

  

  The reaction from many liberals to Trump's attack on Syria has exposed their faux opposition to him, writes John Rees

• America's lapse of the imperial memory

  

  Donald Trump’s attempt to present himself as the defender of Syrian civilians is deeply hypocritical, writes Kara Bryan

• Fake news: capitalism and ideology - video

  

  How can we tell fact from fiction? In this talk, Milly Williamson takes a look at how 'fake news' has always been a function of capitalism

• Trump's foreign policy: escalation in the Middle East

  

  If anyone had doubts about the direction of Trump’s Middle East policy, the last few days should have cleared them up

• Trump’s involvement in Syria: an unwinnable war

  

  Trump’s proclaimed fight against Islamic terrorism is likely to develop into a war with troops on the ground, writes Lindsey German

• Uniting the fight-back against Trump

  

  We must step up the fight against hatred and division, writes Shabbir Lakha

• Its our NHS and we'll fight for it - Counterfire freesheet March 2017

  

  The NHS crisis, mobilising against Trump and more - Counterfire's freesheet edition 016, March 2017 - Counterfire freesheet edition 016, March 2017

• Last Stand at Standing Rock

  

  Indigenous people and 'water protectors' were cleared out of the Oceti camp this week following Trump's go ahead to the DAPL reports Kara Bryan

• Trump’s coming war with China?

  

  Is Trump heading for war with China? Sean Ledwith takes a look

• The EU: is this really what anti-racism looks like?

  

  Those who are trying to block Brexit, using anti-racist and pro-migrant arguments need to think again, argues Shabbir Lakha

• Trump: the new face of fascism?

  

  Is Trump a fascist? What is fascism anyway? Chris Bambery takes a look

• The Trump factor: Israel, settlements and antisemitism

  

  Trump and Netanyahu usher in a new level of US-Israel cooperation, but as far right antisemitism grows the narrative cracks argues Shabbir Lakha

• Rapidly decreasing middle ground: the Balkans and the Trump Effect

  

  Southeastern Europe is far from exempt from post-neoliberal global convulsions, observes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica