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  • | Mike Minihan | Public Domain | MR Online

    Not bluffing: the U.S., China and the threat of war over Taiwan

    Originally published: Counterfire on May 14 2023 by Chris Bambery (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted May 19, 2023)

    Chris Bambery examines the grim logic of great-power competition.

  • | Marx Engels | Pubic Domain | MR Online

    The great denial: Why they don’t want us to talk about class

    Originally published: Counterfire on May 7, 2023 (more by Counterfire)  |

    In the first of three extracts from his new book, Radical Chains, Chris Nineham asks why the establishment is so desperate to suppress the very idea of class.

  • | New Model Army Photo masterengrevwordpresscom | MR Online

    The Diggers’ song

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 26, 2023 by Ariel Hessayon (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 28, 2023)

    The Diggers had several songs, but their most renowned one was never published in their time. Today, only one anonymous, untitled, and undated version of the song exists, writes Ariel Hessayon.

  • | Climate march London 2015 Photo Alisdaire Hickson Flickr cropped from original CC BY SA 20 | MR Online

    Here comes everyone: climate, class and the movement we need

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 21, 2023 by Feyzi Ismail (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 24, 2023)

    As thousands prepare to surround parliament to demand climate action, Feyzi Ismail explains the scale of the crisis and the strategy the movement needs.

  • | The protests continue across France This in Paris on 6th April Source John Mullen | MR Online

    The French Left and the ongoing workers revolt

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 7, 2023 (more by Counterfire)  |

    As workers prepare for a long drawn struggle, John Mullen argues now is the time to call for a general strike.

  • | Demonstration in Paris 28 March Photo Shabbir Lakha | MR Online

    French trade unions: the roots of revolt against Macron

    Originally published: Counterfire on March 31, 2023 by John Mullen (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 07, 2023)

    John Mullen writes from Paris on the background to the current strikes and the very different patterns of union organisation in France.

  • | Paris February 1848 Photo wikimedia commons | MR Online

    Karl Marx: Before all else a revolutionist

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    On the 140th anniversary of Karl Marx’s death, Katherine Connelly discusses his revolutionary contribution.

  • | Red Traces Part 1 Cave Paintings and primitive communism | MR Online

    Red Traces, Part 1: Cave paintings and primitive communism

    Originally published: Counterfire on January 18, 2023 by Sean Ledwith (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jan 25, 2023)

    Sean Ledwith begins a new monthly series that explores how the Marxist tradition seeks to explain the cultural peaks of human history.

  • | Al Wakrah Stadium Doha under construction from 2019 Source Matt Kieffer Flickr cropped form original shared under license CC BY SA 20 | MR Online

    Sporting values built on bloodied sand: Qatar 2022

    Originally published: Counterfire on November 18, 2022 by Vince Hawkins (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Nov 23, 2022)

    The horrific conditions faced by workers for the World Cup in Qatar shows business priorities overwhelm the sport, argues Vince Hawkins.

  • | Marx and the Robots Networked Production AI and Human Labour eds Florian Butollo and Sabine Nuss trans Jan Peter Herrmann with Nivene Rabat Pluto Press 2022 vi 324pp | MR Online

    “Marx and the Robots. Networked Production, AI and Human Labour” – book review

    Originally published: Counterfire on October 13, 2022 by Elaine Graham-Leigh (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Oct 17, 2022)

    A new collection of essays provides important sceptical discussions of the impact of robotics and AI on the economy, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh

  • | Dockers in the East End London Photo British Library Public Domain | MR Online

    The Great Denial: Why they don’t want us to talk about class

    Originally published: Counterfire on September 24, 2022 (more by Counterfire)  |

    This summer’s strikes in Britain and the announcement by the RMT’s Mick Lynch that ‘the working class is back’ will have sent a collective shudder through the ranks of the establishment.

  • | Queen Elizabeth II in Cornwall 2021 Photo FlickrAndrew Parsons | MR Online

    The throne behind the power – weekly briefing

    Originally published: Counterfire on September 11, 2022 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Lindsey German on the loss and replacement of a UK monarch.

  • | Howard Zinn Photo Slobodandimitrov Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 40 license linked below article | MR Online

    A people’s history of Howard Zinn

    Originally published: Counterfire on August 24, 2022 by Sean Ledwith (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Aug 29, 2022)

    On the hundred year anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth, Sean Ledwith examines the life and work of America’s greatest radical historian.

  • | Nicolas Graham Forces of Production Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Fuel Capitalism Haymarket Books 2021 x 256pp | MR Online

    Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Fuel Capitalism

    Originally published: Counterfire on August 19, 2022 by John Clarke (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Aug 22, 2022)

    Nicolas Graham’s book on forces of production and fossil-fuel capitalism gives an important analysis of why fundamental change is needed to solve the climate crisis, finds John Clarke

  • | Robert Hennelly Stuck Nation Democracy at Work 2021 172pp | MR Online

    ‘Stuck Nation’

    Originally published: Counterfire on June 16, 2022 by John Clarke (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jun 21, 2022)

    Robert Hennelly’s ‘Stuck Nation’ is a vigorous and well-researched analysis of the exploitative and racist nature of US capitalism, but falls short of a convincing way to be rid of it, argues John Clarke

  • | London Underground train Photo Cookie M Flickr CC BY NC ND 20 license linked at bottom of article | MR Online

    ‘The biggest rail strike in modern history’: RMT raises the flag – News from the Frontline

    Originally published: Counterfire on June 10, 2022 by Counterfire; News from the Frontline (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jun 13, 2022)

    Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles.

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    This is the real face of the Ukraine war – weekly briefing

    Originally published: Counterfire on May 2, 2022 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Lindsey German on imperialism, democracy and porn in parliament.

  • | Omicron | MR Online

    Omicron: It didn’t have to be Groundhog Day

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 16, 2021 by Yonas Makoni (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Dec 24, 2021)

    Standing at the precipice of another major, acute coronavirus crisis, the country is rightly asking how the Tories have let this happen again.

  • | Marxist classics for Xmas | MR Online

    Ten Marxist classics for Xmas

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 8, 2021 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Lindsey German’s Marxist holiday reading list

  • | Covid Vaccine | MR Online

    Vaccine imperialism: a global threat

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 4, 2021 by John Clarke (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Dec 07, 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

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