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The ghost of Christmas parties past – weekly briefing
Opinion December 5, 2021
Lindsey German on Tory double standards and Sir Keir’s relentless rightwards steer
Vaccine imperialism: A global threat
Opinion December 4, 2021
Leaving a vast section of the world’s population unvaccinated can only create the basis for the virus to spread and mutate, argues John Clarke
Clarks victory: workers bring bosses to heel - News from the Frontline
Latest News December 3, 2021
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Work and Resistance in Twenty-First-Century Britain - book review
Book Reviews December 2, 2021
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains is a historically informed and wide-ranging discussion of work and resistance in the present day, finds Lindsey German ...
Establishment ideological contradictions and the left
Analysis November 29, 2021
The left must develop class positions independent of establishment ideologies if it is to end the toxic nature of recent debates and successfully challenge oppr...
Fund the Fightback: Help us launch a brand-new website
Video November 16, 2021
Counterfire is launching a new website. As the struggle grows, socialist organisation and analysis is crucial. Help fund the fightback. ...
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Why is there never enough money for the NHS? – explainer
The NHS lurches from crisis to crisis. In this explainer, Alia Butt analyses why
December 6, 2021 Alia Butt
Spread the action: A striking scaffolder speaks
Scunthorpe scaffolders entering their tenth week of strike send a strong message to greedy bosses everywhere
December 4, 2021 Kyle Jones
Manchester marches with striking lecturers
Hundreds rallied and marched through Manchester on the last day of the UCU strike in a big show of solidarity, reports Chris Neville
December 4, 2021 Chris Neville
The fight has just begun: Day 3 of #UCUstrike
Counterfire reports on the third day of UCU strikes from university picket lines around the country
December 3, 2021 Counterfire
Building a coalition of resistance against the Tories
Anger, joy and even revolution were in the air, as Manchester People’s Assembly brought together a wide array of campaigns wanting to build the resistance, repo...
December 3, 2021 Martin Hall
Picket lines and picket signs: Day 2 of #UCUstrike
Counterfire reports on the second day of UCU strikes from university picket lines around the country
December 2, 2021 Counterfire
Sun sets on relic of Empire in Barbados - Counterblast
Renewed republicanism in the West Indies should be another nail in the coffin of the British monarchy, writes Sean Ledwith
December 2, 2021 Sean Ledwith
Why we strike, how we win
Counterfire UCU members on the university strikes this week and the battle ahead
December 2, 2021 Counterfire UCU members
Theory
Why is there never enough money for the NHS? – explainer
The NHS lurches from crisis to crisis. In this explainer, Alia Butt analyses why
December 6, 2021 Alia Butt
Can we avert climate chaos and meet people’s needs? - explainer
As Cop26 approaches, Feyzi Ismail explains why it looks unlikely to deliver and outlines a socialist approach to averting climate catastrophe ...
October 26, 2021 Feyzi Ismail
Tony Cliff: Roots of Israel’s violence
We repost Tony Cliff's 1982 article on Zionism and the foundations of the state of Israel, introduced by Alex Snowdon
June 6, 2021 Tony Cliff, Introduction by Alex Snowdon
Why does the Labour Party fail? - explainer
Alex Snowdon dissects the root of Labour's failures as a party that's meant to represent working people
October 27, 2020 Alex Snowdon
What is imperialism? - explainer
Dragan Plavšić examines the roots of imperialism and how to oppose it
September 8, 2020 Dragan Plavšić
Books
The Last Witches of England. A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition - book review
A study of the last witchcraft executions in England is very revealing about the roots of witch-panics in conflicts fuelled by capitalism and the state, argues ...
November 25, 2021 Elaine Graham-Leigh
The Making of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985: A Memoir - book review
A memoir by a senior civil servant on the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement opens a window on how the establishment rules, finds Chris Bambery
November 18, 2021 Chris Bambery
Philosophers with No Clothes: A Review of The War Against Marxism
Tony McKenna’s new book is an important defence of Marxism, against thinkers who have confused and obscured its revolutionary core, argues Chris Nineham ...
November 11, 2021 Chris Nineham