Stop the War Coalition Annual National Conference | March 3
Stop the War Coalition Annual National Conference • Saturday 3 March 10 - 5pm • University of London Union • Malet Street WC1 Read more
A shock to the system – how the sparks won.
Electricians in the construction industry have won a decisive victory, after Balfour Beatty threw in the towel. Read more
Spain: People flood the streets in Labour Law protests
Huge union protests have met the Spanish government’s attempt to undermine workers' rights, reports Sofia Tipaldou. Read more
What is imperialism?
Neil Faulkner looks at how the growth of giant monopolies and the fusing of industrial, bank, and state capital created global competition - and the roots of World War Read more
Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness
Dominic Alexander reviews the second volume of István Mészáros' Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness. Read more
Event
 New website launched for Festival of Dangerous Ideas | 17 MarchGo to www.dangerousideas.org.uk for info on the multimedia event featuring Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Sanum Ghafoor, Lindsey German, Owen Hatherley, Paul Mason, Nina Power and many more. Events | Counterfire | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 |
Solidarity Campaign
 Appeal for solidarity with the people of GreeceAn international campaign has been initiated by the publication of a statement of solidarity with the people of Greece. Add your name. Resisting austerity | Coalition of Resistance | Sunday, 19 February 2012 |
News & Comment
Coalition of Resistance statement condemns Occupy evictionPolice and bailiffs have removed peaceful protestors from the camp outside St Paul’s Cathederal. Coalition of Resistance have released the following statement... |
Greece: Jeremy Corbyn MP to head up Solidarity DelegationAn emergency delegation to Greece will be headed by Jeremy Corbyn MP and include representatives from the unions which have led the Appeal for Solidarity with... |
Who says protest doesn't work?It's only February and so far this year its going badly for the Coalition writes Lev Taylor |
Border Agency checks: just another migrant scare storyTabloids and politicians have been getting worked up over families returning from holiday being allowed in with just a visual check of ID papers. So what? sa... |
A big fat Romany open letter to Channel FourIn this open letter to Channel Four Romany blogger Pipopotamus takes issue with their representation of the traveller community in the mini series 'Big Fat Gyps... |
News
 Edinburgh protest demands 'not another lost generation'Protestors blocked trafffic in sit down protests along the route to the Scottish Parliament and chanted against workfare and cuts reports Jonathon Shafi. Latest News | Jonathon Shafi | Thursday, 1 March 2012 |
Comment
 Radicalised by TescoTesco and companies like them have enormous power over the lives of their workers, and their behaviour shows that they can't be trusted writes Tesco worker Alex Francis. Comment | Alex Francis | Tuesday, 28 February 2012 |
Competition
 Win a Philosophy Football Guernica t-shirtTo mark the 75th anniversary of the Nazi attack on Guernica, Philosophy Football has produced a T-shirt, we have 5 to be won in our March competition. Offers | Counterfire | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 |
Marxist History Series
 A Marxist History of the World part 63: The Rape of ChinaNeil Faulkner looks at the impact of western imperialism's repeated and bloody attempts to control the wealth of China A Marxist History of The World | Neil Faulkner | Monday, 20 February 2012 |
Opinion
 Yemen: another failure for the US 'war on terror'Yemeni blogger Noon Arabia writes on how US 'counterterrorism' policy has been used to protect the Saleh regime from its own people, with drone strikes killing innocent civilians in the process. International | Noon Arabia | Friday, 2 March 2012 |
Book Reviews
 Race and Class: Black History, Black StruggleBlack History, Black Struggle, a recent issue of the journal Race and Class, offers an important opportunity to reassess past struggles against racism in the UK... Book Reviews | Faduma Hassan | Thursday, 23 February 2012 |
Opinion
 Britain: Committed to self-determination?Britain is willing to cut loose its own citizens and is only attached to them if it suits elite interests writes Joe Glenton Opinion | Joe Glenton | Sunday, 26 February 2012 |
Theory
 How does history work? Marx 101 video and notesNeil Faulkner provides an overview of the main terms and concepts plus basic reading material for his Marx 101 session on the Marxist theory of history. Theory | Neil Faulkner | Sunday, 12 February 2012 |
Events
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- A Marxist History of the World part 57: The American Civil War
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- 'One solution, another revolution!' the slogan as thousands protest austerity in Romania
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- Scotland: yes to independence, no to austerity
Books
The People Demand: A short history of the Arab revolutions
By John Rees and Joseph Daher
Strategy and tactics: how the left can organise to transform society
By John Rees
Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs
By Chris Nineham