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  •  | Workers for a Free Palestine | MR Online

    ‘The working class has no country’: What do Marxists mean by this?

    Originally published: Counterfire on July 15, 2025 by Alex Snowden (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 19, 2025)

    Alex Snowdon on Marxism and internationalism.

  •  | Tony Blair at World Economic Forum 2025  Flickr  CC BY NC SA 40 | MR Online

    Tony Blair and the disgusting capitalist fantasy for Gaza

    Originally published: Counterfire on July 9, 2025 by Kevin Crane (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 11, 2025)

    Kevin Crane dissects the absurd and chilling corporate fantasies around a post-war Gaza, where the involvement of Blair brings it all back to the lies of the Iraq War over twenty years ago.

  •  | Black Lives Matter protest London 2020 Photo Steve Eason  CC BY NC 20 | MR Online

    Where do ideas come from? And how can they change?

    Originally published: Counterfire on July 7, 2025 by Alex Snowdon (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 09, 2025)

    Alex Snowdon explains the Marxist view of how ideas develop and how socialists seek to change the world.

  •  | Islamesque | MR Online

    ‘Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments’ – book review

    Originally published: Counterfire on July 3, 2025 by Dominic Alexander (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 07, 2025)

    Diana Darke’s brilliant history of medieval architecture reveals the extent of Islamic influence on the foundational phase of Western European art and buildings, finds Dominic Alexander.

  •  | Xi Jinping met with the Ali Khamenei  Wikimedia commons  CC BY 40 | MR Online

    The New Silk Road and the threat to American domination

    Originally published: Counterfire on June 27, 2025 by Kevin Crane (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jul 02, 2025)

    The little-reported opening of a major rail link between China and Iran may upend the strategic calculations behind U.S. imperial policy in the Middle East, argues Kevin Crane.

  •  | Visions of Canada Burning  Photo Duncan Rawlinson  CC BY NC 20 | MR Online

    Capitalism is burning the world: Canada’s wildfire season

    Originally published: Counterfire on June 5, 2025 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Canada’s new liberal prime minister has given the lie to the notion that a green capitalism is possible with fossil-fuel friendly policies as the climate crisis intensifies, explains John Clarke.

  •  | The Phoenician Scheme | MR Online

    Wes Anderson takes on Western Imperialism: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ – Review

    Originally published: Counterfire on June 1, 2025 by Lucy Nichols (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jun 03, 2025)

    This entertaining Wes Anderson satire on imperialist scheming combines a slightly weak plot with clever characterisation but is mysterious in its intention and timing, finds Lucy Nichols.

  •  | Cristin Milioti in Black Mirror Season 7 | MR Online

    Black Mirror still absorbs

    Originally published: Counterfire on May 13, 2025 by Lucy Nichols (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted May 15, 2025)

    The latest season of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian hit series Black Mirror reflects a world shattered by capitalism, argues Lucy Nichols.

  •  | Karl Marx | MR Online

    Marx’s ontology: A clarification

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 24, 2025 by John Rees (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 30, 2025)

    Marx’s theory of being is fundamental to his wider approach to history and politics, explains John Rees.

  •  | BMW Mini plant in Oxford England  Flickr  CC BY ND 20 | MR Online

    Absolute car crash

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 11, 2025 by Kevin Cane (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 16, 2025)

    As a trade tariff war erupts across the globe Kevin Crane examines the prospects and challenges of the UK and European vehicle manufacturing sector.

  •  | Def Ministry delivers Nasir cruise missiles to IRGC Navy Source Mehd News Agency   wikicommons  cropped form original  CC BY 40 | MR Online

    Trump’s war plans for Iran: opening the other gates of hell

    Originally published: Counterfire on April 4, 2025 by Chris Bambery (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Apr 07, 2025)

    There are many signs that Trump’s administration, supported by Israel, is intent on war with Iran, but the military realities point to a very dangerous quagmire, argues Chris Bambery.

  •  | Climate Crisis Day Of Action Melbourne 2020 Photo Matt Hrkac  CC BY 20 | MR Online

    Why we need to stop capitalism’s runaway train: Interview with Ian Angus

    Originally published: Counterfire on March 13, 2025 by Michael Lavalette (more by Counterfire)  |

    Michael Lavalette spoke to leading ecosocialist Ian Angus about capitalisms’ ecocide, Trump and what we need to do stop global heating.

  •  | Jathan Sadowski  The Mechanic and The Luddite A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism University of California Press 2025 293pp | MR Online

    “The Mechanic and The Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism” – book review

    Originally published: Counterfire on February 13, 2025 by Kevin Crane (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Feb 17, 2025)

    Sadowski’s book based on the This Machine Kills podcast is an incisive and important demolition of illusions around technology and AI, argues Kevin Crane.

  •  | Scene from A Complete Unknown 2024 | MR Online

    Sixties flashback: A Complete Unknown film review

    Originally published: Counterfire on January 26, 2025 by Jonathan Maunders (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jan 28, 2025)

    The Bob Dylan biopic is finely acted and captures the aspects of the musician impressively, but not the full political power of the songs, finds Jonathan Maunders.

  •  | Donald Trump Photo Dominique A Pineiro  CC BY 20 | MR Online

    Buying Greenland: Trump’s Arctic manoeuvres

    Originally published: Counterfire on January 11, 2025 by Chris Bambery (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Jan 13, 2025)

    Chris Bambery looks at the reasons for the new president’s threat to buy Greenland and finds there is military logic in the madness, and behind it the growing rivalry with China.

  •  | Elon Musk at Vanity Fair 2015 Photo Flickr  Haddad Media | MR Online

    Buying democracy: The corrupting influence of Elon Musk

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 22, 2024 by John Westmoreland (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Dec 28, 2024)

    The billionaire wants to insert the power of his money into British politics, but Reform can be crushed if we mount a campaign of real protest, unafraid to attack Labour, argues John Westmoreland.

  •  | At the Stop the War protest at Whitehall in London Source Garry Knight   Flickr  cropped from original  CC0 10 | MR Online

    Tariq Ali: Memories of the struggle reloaded

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 13, 2024 by Michael Lavalette (more by Counterfire)  |

    Following the publication of Tariq Ali’s latest memoirs, he spoke to Michael Lavalette about the contrasting periods covered in his autobiographies and the prospects for the left today.

  •  | Carbon Capture Technology Photo A Peabody Energy Inc Wikimedia Commons  CC BY  30 | MR Online

    Carbon capture: False hopes and harsh realities

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 6, 2024 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Do not buy the fossil-fuel industry’s hype about carbon-capture technology, even the schemes that work cannot be scaled up to the necessary levels, explains John Clarke.

  •  | London banks Photo Public Domain | MR Online

    Debt-based speculation surges

    Originally published: Counterfire on November 29, 2024 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Reckless financial speculation almost broke the world economy in 2008, but it has returned in new forms, showing capitalism’s inherent tendency to create crisis, argues John Clarke.

  •  | Friedrich Engels | MR Online

    You need hands: Engels and human evolution

    Originally published: Counterfire on November 28, 2024 (more by Counterfire)  |

    Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely acknowledged, results argues Dominic Alexander.

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