The involvement of the private sector in the NHS has already had awful consequences, but Labour seems determined to expand ...

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, Starmer’s austerity and the danger of a resurgent far right demonstrate the urgent need for socialist organisation and ideas. Counterfire has been central to the ...

A moving and personal story of brave anti-fascist resistance in 1940s Berlin, recommended by Des Freedman From Hilde, with Love is an understated and incredibly moving account of a group of resistance ...

Lindsey German As national convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey was a key organiser of the largest demonstration, and one of the largest mass movements, in British history. Her books ...

A new party to the left of Labour is highly welcome, but it will need to be rooted in the social movements, organised democratically and prepared to resist attacks, argues Michael Lavalette On ...

Alex Snowdon explains why the oppression of women is not eternal or natural and is bound up with class exploitation Karl Marx and his close collaborator Frederick Engels, using insights from ...

Palestine solidarity was not confined to a couple of moments, but was a pervasive normality at the festival, in stark contrast to our media, reports Katherine Hajiyianni In the sun and sequin-soaked ...

The government's pay deal for teachers, while improved from their initial offer, still amounts to cuts to education On 22 May, the independent School Teacher Pay Review Body finally released its ...

The victory of Newcastle UCU provides a model for higher education workers fighting management cuts across the country, report Counterfire members in HE After 44 days of strike action, Newcastle ...

Dominic Alexander Dominic Alexander is a member of Counterfire, for which he is the book review editor. He is a longstanding activist in north London. He is a historian whose work includes the book ...

Protesters gathered outside RAF Marham to oppose Starmer’s plans to buy and station nuclear-capable F-35a fighter jets there, reports Jacqueline Mulhallen Saturday’s protest outside RAF Marham was ...

Terina Hine takes apart the racist narrative around ‘grooming gangs’ A girl aged ten dismissed as a prostitute, police calling abused girls ‘slags’ and their abuse a ‘lifestyle choice’, children ...