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counterfire. org > article > neu-strike-ballot-a-fight-for-our-lives

NEU strike ballot: "A fight for our lives

1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (253+ words) The national executive committee of the NEU have announced a formal ballot for strike action of over 300, 000 teachers and support staff in England's state schools. Crucially, the Chancellor and Education Secretary have suggested they will not fund school budgets to…...

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counterfire. org > article > europe-is-gearing-up-for-war

Europe is gearing up for war

2+ hour ago  (855+ words) My name is Felix Krekow Rojas. I'm nineteen and I am deputy chairperson of the JSW in Aachen, in Western Germany near the border with Belgium. The JSW is the youth wing of the BSW (the B'ndnis Sahra Wagenknecht " Vernunft…...

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counterfire. org > article > why-class-matters

Why class matters

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (740+ words) Class, we are often told, is no longer relevant. It is an archaic concept. If class does still exist, it is now terribly complicated "with maybe seven different classes determined by complex criteria. Where the relevance of class is conceded,…...

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counterfire. org > article > netanyahus-hair-is-on-fire

Netanyahu's hair is on fire

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (678+ words) Israeli media reports that a phone call took place in the early hours of Wednesday morning between US President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, which left the latter with his "hair on fire." The latter asked for…...

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counterfire. org > article > why-the-green-party-is-not-the-new-party-of-the-left

Why the Green Party is not the new party of the left

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (247+ words) The Greens and imperialism It is, of course, easy for any electoral project to slip into thinking that electoral victories are pre-eminent in and of themselves. The Green Party's disconnection from the movement is not, however, an accident or easily…...

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counterfire. org > article > austerity-forever-the-problem-with-the-bond-markets

Austerity forever? The problem with the bond markets

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1289+ words) Counterfire It is the bond markets that really run Britain's economic policy, but working-class push back can help us escape capital's blackmail, finds Dominic Alexander Who runs Britain's economic policy? By all accounts, it is not in fact the Chancellor…...

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counterfire. org > article > international-resistance-to-war-comes-to-london

International resistance to war comes to London

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (498+ words) An organiser of the protests, Felix Kreklow Rojas said at a recent Stop the War mobilising meeting that the reason people should attend the conference is because "what we are experiencing in Germany is not an isolated development, similar trends…...

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counterfire. org > article > bolivia-revolt-is-spreading

Bolivia: Revolt is spreading

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (665+ words) Bolivia's revolt is spreading. What began with rural and peasant organisations marching to protect land rights has grown into a general strike involving miners, teachers, transport workers and other sections of the working class. Roads have been blockaded, the capital…...

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counterfire. org > article > climate-crisis-deepens

Climate crisis deepens

3+ day, 30+ min ago  (866+ words) World Weather Attribution reports that from "mid April and advancing into May, India and Pakistan experienced extremely high temperatures, including daily maximum temperatures above 46 C in many cities in India." With such conditions impacting one of the most densely populated…...

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counterfire. org > article > gramsci-and-the-struggle-for-democratic-communism-book-review

Gramsci and the Struggle for Democratic Communism " book review

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1063+ words) There is much that is good in this book, but there is also much with which I have to disagree. That's particularly the case Chapter 1, "Gramsci and communism's democratic deficit' and Chapter 3, Lenin and Gramsci on Economism and Hegemony'. Wayne…...