Biden

Trump’s losing hand?

The US elections were a rebuff for the former president but showed no enthusiasm for the current one. Terina Hine argues this reflects the impasse of US politics and a failure of the left
Contradictions in the US and Israel's special relationship

The needs of the Israeli settler-colonial state and US imperialism are not perfectly aligned, argues John Clarke
US Midterms: politics heading for deadlock

The Democrats in the US avoid the ‘blowout’, but Biden will be paralysed and likely to turn to foreign aggression in compensation, argues Terina Hine
US Climate Bill won’t prevent a global catastrophe

John Clarke on the Democrats’ inadequate Climate Bill and the need for the anti-capitalist left to pose a real alternative and build mass action to demand it
While Ukraine burns: why is the west prolonging the war?

Chris Nineham describes the immense suffering and misery the Ukraine war is causing and why despite this, Biden and Johnson are pushing for more war
Capitalism’s questionable conscience

The notion of a more ethical and socially responsible version of capitalism is a cosmetic illusion which does not alter the fundamental nature of the system, argues John Clarke
Nato summit: they make a desert, and call it peace

The re-militarisation of the West comes with major costs, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
No war in Ukraine: stop Nato’s warmongering

The West’s expansion has brought us to the brink of war, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica
Ukraine: Boris Johnson is fanning the flames of war

Following Boris Johnson's visit to Kyiv, Britain and the US continue to ratchet up tensions with Russia despite Ukraine urging calm, writes Terina Hine
Talking peace, risking war: why the hawks are shaping the US’s China policy

Weeks after signing off the AUKUS pact, Joe Biden was back on the offensive against China this week. Chris Nineham reports
We won't pay for their crisis - Counterfire Freesheet October 2021

The Tory crisis, an interview with Ken Loach on Starmer and the next steps for the left, urgent demands to stop climate breakdown and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
The US, Afghanistan and the Second Cold War

Dragan Plavšić considers the consequences of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as another Cold War looms
Aukus: ratcheting up Western confrontation with China - video

Chris Nineham speaks to RT News about the provocative and unnecesary step the US, UK and Australia have taken with their new nuclear alliance
It's them or us: we can beat them if we fight - Counterfire Freesheet September 2021

Taking on the Tories, victory for Bexley strikers, interview with a Staff Nurse and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet
The ignominious end of liberal interventionism

The whole idea that the world's largest imperialist nation could 'remake' a country was a conceit born of overweening power, argues Lindsey German
Made in Washington: the tragedy of Afghanistan

More war will not help the people of Afghanistan or anywhere else and those still arguing for "humanitarian intervention" are living in a fantasy, argues Shabbir Lakha
The tragedy of Afghanistan must never be repeated - CounterBlast

The defeat in Afghanistan has shattered Britain's imperial fantasies and exposed the lies about humanitarian intervention, argues Terina Hine
Covid, corruption and calamity: why Guatemalans want the president out

Protesters are leading a national shutdown to force President Giammattei to resign after he sacked the country’s anti-corruption prosecutor, reports Jonathan Maunders
Biden's big spend: is neoliberalism over? - video

Michael Roberts and Kate O'Neil discuss Biden's economic programme and the neoliberal crisis at Counterfire's Revolution! Festival
Afghanistan: the humiliating end of the US’s longest war

Writing for Stop the War, Chris Nineham looks at the disastrous defeat suffered by the US as it finally pulls out of Afghanistan
The case crumbles: why isn't Assange free?

As Julian Assange spends another birthday behind bars, relentless campaigning and new revelations from a major witness are undermining the case against him, reports Terina Hine.
HMS Provacateur and British brinkmanship in the Black Sea

Britain's encroachment into the Black Sea is a deliberate and dangerous provocation of Russia says Stop the War in a statement
The crisis isn't going away and the G7 have no solutions

The G7 fantasy of returning to the pre-pandemic 'normal' isn't going to solve the economic crisis or the breakdown of the climate, argues Michael Roberts
Empty G7 promises are not going to solve the climate crisis

What we are seeing from summits like the G7 is a governmental equivalent of producing ever more elaborate revision timetables, without ever getting down to doing any revision, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
To Biden and the G7 leaders: Palestine is still the issue

Without Western support, Israel wouldn't be able to oppress the Palestinians with impunity, that's why our protests during the G7 summit are important, argues Shabbir Lakha
A world in crisis and G7 leaders aren't going to do anything to solve it

All the talk of solving the world's problems at the G7 summit is just that - all talk, says Lindsey German
The week that exposed the President: what we’ve learned about Biden

Biden’s uncompromising defence of Israel while it kills Palestinians shatters any myths of a progressive President, argues John Westmoreland
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
Biden’s 100 days: US capitalism might be getting a facelift but it’s still rotten

All that glitters is not gold on closer analysis of the new President’s economic and political agenda, argues Sean Ledwith
The 20 year war: how the West destroyed Afghanistan

As Biden announces US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Shabbir Lakha investigates the consequences of the war.
The crisis over Ukraine in dates

A timeline of events in Ukraine that the media want to ignore shows who's threatening who, writes Chris Nineham
Chauvin convicted: a victory for the movement but the struggle continues

George Floyd's killer being convicted for murder is a result of the Black Lives Matter movement, now it must continue to fight for fundamental change, argues Shabbir Lakha
'America is back': Biden and the continuation of US imperialism

We shouldn't allow the relief from watching Trump go colour our view on Biden's administration, argues Chris Nineham
Imperialism under Biden - video

Shabbir Lakha explains what we can expect from Biden's foreign policy using a Marxist understanding of imperialism
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
Biden, the Yemen U-turn and how to end the war

The US ending its support for Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen is a win for the anti-war movement, but we mustn’t be complacent, argues Lucy Nichols
Biden's presidency, the warmakers and the anti-war movement in the US

Anti-war sentiment has already impacted on the incoming Biden administration, but it will have to be mobilised to deliver change, argues Chris Nineham
20 reasons to celebrate the end of the Trump Presidency - CounterBlast

The departure of the 45^th President after one term marks a moment of vindication for the American left, argues Sean Ledwith
After Trump: can the left organise to defeat the right? - part two

As Biden is inaugurated, Kate O’Neil asks DSA activist and author Saman Sepehri what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the American left
False hopes: the crisis will not be solved by slightly nicer capitalism

Promises of enlightened policies by the likes of Trudeau and Biden fly in the face of the harsh reality of a system in deep crisis, argues John Clarke
After Trump: can the left organise to defeat the right? - part one

In the lead-up to Biden’s inauguration, Kate O’Neil asks DSA activist and author Saman Sepehri what this month’s historic events in the US mean for the American left
Capitol lockdown: deranged Trump incites US far right in bid to cling onto power - CounterBlast

There are no limits to the absurd attempt by America’s 45th President to stay in the White House, writes Sean Ledwith
2020: the year the mask fell off

Shabbir Lakha reflects on a tumultuous year and what we must remember for the fight ahead
Will Biden make a difference to the Israeli occupation of Palestine?

As Trump’s presidency comes to an end, Sybil Cock assesses what Palestinians can expect from the incoming Biden administration
US foreign policy is unlikely to become less belligerent under Biden

Biden's foreign policy record suggests there isn't likely to be much change, so the anti-war movement must prepare to assert itself, argues Chris Nineham
Johnson's choice: no good Brexit options

Whichever way the prime minister looks, he is presented with a circle of problems that is becoming increasingly difficult to square, argues Martin Hall
Biden's politics as usual is what produced Trump in the first place

Trumpism is still alive and the left must recognise the centrality of class in order to organise against it, argues Yonas Makoni
Good riddance Trump, but Biden won’t extinguish Trumpism

The Democratic Party is too wedded to the establishment to defeat the right in the US, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica.
After the election, is US foreign policy likely to change?

As the chaotic presidential election inches towards resolution, we can expect more continuity than change in US foreign policy, argues Terina Hine
Why is the US election so close? - video

Kevin Ovenden analyses the US election result so far and why the crisis is far from over
Trump puts America on fury road to constitutional chaos – CounterBlast

Trump’s outrageous power grab is entirely predictable and threatens to plunge the US into a dystopian political meltdown, suggests Sean Ledwith
US elections: Trump hasn’t won, but the Democrats have failed

Biden's centrist platform has failed to materialise the 'blue wave' in what should have been the easiest election against a failing Trump, writes Shabbir Lakha
Desperate Trump is threatening constitutional crisis on eve of the election - CounterBlast

On the final straight of the US presidential election, Trump’s authoritarian and reactionary agenda is edging the country towards political meltdown, argues Sean Ledwith

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Biden

Biden

The US elections were a rebuff for the former president but showed no enthusiasm for the current one. Terina Hine argues this reflects the impasse of US politics and a failure of the left

The needs of the Israeli settler-colonial state and US imperialism are not perfectly aligned, argues John Clarke

The Democrats in the US avoid the ‘blowout’, but Biden will be paralysed and likely to turn to foreign aggression in compensation, argues Terina Hine

John Clarke on the Democrats’ inadequate Climate Bill and the need for the anti-capitalist left to pose a real alternative and build mass action to demand it

Chris Nineham describes the immense suffering and misery the Ukraine war is causing and why despite this, Biden and Johnson are pushing for more war

The notion of a more ethical and socially responsible version of capitalism is a cosmetic illusion which does not alter the fundamental nature of the system, argues John Clarke

The re-militarisation of the West comes with major costs, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

The West’s expansion has brought us to the brink of war, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Following Boris Johnson's visit to Kyiv, Britain and the US continue to ratchet up tensions with Russia despite Ukraine urging calm, writes Terina Hine

Weeks after signing off the AUKUS pact, Joe Biden was back on the offensive against China this week. Chris Nineham reports

The Tory crisis, an interview with Ken Loach on Starmer and the next steps for the left, urgent demands to stop climate breakdown and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

Dragan Plavšić considers the consequences of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as another Cold War looms

Chris Nineham speaks to RT News about the provocative and unnecesary step the US, UK and Australia have taken with their new nuclear alliance

Taking on the Tories, victory for Bexley strikers, interview with a Staff Nurse and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

The whole idea that the world's largest imperialist nation could 'remake' a country was a conceit born of overweening power, argues Lindsey German

More war will not help the people of Afghanistan or anywhere else and those still arguing for "humanitarian intervention" are living in a fantasy, argues Shabbir Lakha

The defeat in Afghanistan has shattered Britain's imperial fantasies and exposed the lies about humanitarian intervention, argues Terina Hine

Protesters are leading a national shutdown to force President Giammattei to resign after he sacked the country’s anti-corruption prosecutor, reports Jonathan Maunders

Michael Roberts and Kate O'Neil discuss Biden's economic programme and the neoliberal crisis at Counterfire's Revolution! Festival

Writing for Stop the War, Chris Nineham looks at the disastrous defeat suffered by the US as it finally pulls out of Afghanistan

As Julian Assange spends another birthday behind bars, relentless campaigning and new revelations from a major witness are undermining the case against him, reports Terina Hine.

Britain's encroachment into the Black Sea is a deliberate and dangerous provocation of Russia says Stop the War in a statement

The G7 fantasy of returning to the pre-pandemic 'normal' isn't going to solve the economic crisis or the breakdown of the climate, argues Michael Roberts

What we are seeing from summits like the G7 is a governmental equivalent of producing ever more elaborate revision timetables, without ever getting down to doing any revision, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh

Without Western support, Israel wouldn't be able to oppress the Palestinians with impunity, that's why our protests during the G7 summit are important, argues Shabbir Lakha

All the talk of solving the world's problems at the G7 summit is just that - all talk, says Lindsey German

Biden’s uncompromising defence of Israel while it kills Palestinians shatters any myths of a progressive President, argues John Westmoreland

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

All that glitters is not gold on closer analysis of the new President’s economic and political agenda, argues Sean Ledwith

As Biden announces US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Shabbir Lakha investigates the consequences of the war.

A timeline of events in Ukraine that the media want to ignore shows who's threatening who, writes Chris Nineham

George Floyd's killer being convicted for murder is a result of the Black Lives Matter movement, now it must continue to fight for fundamental change, argues Shabbir Lakha

We shouldn't allow the relief from watching Trump go colour our view on Biden's administration, argues Chris Nineham

Shabbir Lakha explains what we can expect from Biden's foreign policy using a Marxist understanding of imperialism

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

The US ending its support for Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen is a win for the anti-war movement, but we mustn’t be complacent, argues Lucy Nichols

Anti-war sentiment has already impacted on the incoming Biden administration, but it will have to be mobilised to deliver change, argues Chris Nineham

The departure of the 45th President after one term marks a moment of vindication for the American left, argues Sean Ledwith

As Biden is inaugurated, Kate O’Neil asks DSA activist and author Saman Sepehri what challenges and opportunities lie ahead for the American left

Promises of enlightened policies by the likes of Trudeau and Biden fly in the face of the harsh reality of a system in deep crisis, argues John Clarke

In the lead-up to Biden’s inauguration, Kate O’Neil asks DSA activist and author Saman Sepehri what this month’s historic events in the US mean for the American left

There are no limits to the absurd attempt by America’s 45th President to stay in the White House, writes Sean Ledwith

Shabbir Lakha reflects on a tumultuous year and what we must remember for the fight ahead

As Trump’s presidency comes to an end, Sybil Cock assesses what Palestinians can expect from the incoming Biden administration

Biden's foreign policy record suggests there isn't likely to be much change, so the anti-war movement must prepare to assert itself, argues Chris Nineham

Whichever way the prime minister looks, he is presented with a circle of problems that is becoming increasingly difficult to square, argues Martin Hall

Trumpism is still alive and the left must recognise the centrality of class in order to organise against it, argues Yonas Makoni

The Democratic Party is too wedded to the establishment to defeat the right in the US, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica.

As the chaotic presidential election inches towards resolution, we can expect more continuity than change in US foreign policy, argues Terina Hine

Kevin Ovenden analyses the US election result so far and why the crisis is far from over

Trump’s outrageous power grab is entirely predictable and threatens to plunge the US into a dystopian political meltdown, suggests Sean Ledwith

Biden's centrist platform has failed to materialise the 'blue wave' in what should have been the easiest election against a failing Trump, writes Shabbir Lakha

On the final straight of the US presidential election, Trump’s authoritarian and reactionary agenda is edging the country towards political meltdown, argues Sean Ledwith

The departure of the 45^th President after one term marks a moment of vindication for the American left, argues Sean Ledwith