Academic history denies that Franco’s fascism, but the violence and antisemitism of his war in, and then rule over, Spain tells the story, argues Chris Bambery Fifty years ago, on 20 November 1975, ...

Toby Miller and Joan Pedro Carañana examine the dangers and the costs of the AI bubble A giant, hydra-headed spectre is haunting the UK.

To understand the current war, we must understand the post-colonial history of Sudan, argues Steven McWilliam Sudan has been in an acute crisis since fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ...

Mismangment and poor funding have created a crisis in HE, but university unions are fighting, and winning, battles to save jobs and courses, reports Jamal Elaheebocus University managements are ...

Lindsey German on a calamitous government and some guidance for Your Party The prime minister and chancellor are a dead man and a dead woman walking after this week.

Despite the awful infighting at the top, the new left party still has potential if it advances clear demands on jobs, wages and public services, argues John Rees Your Party, the Jeremy Corbyn-Zarah ...

Labour MPs must rebel and the left build mass opposition, argues Kevin Ovenden For Luton Labour MP Sarah Owen, it was the word ‘repugnant’ that summed up the new Starmer policy of stripping those ...

The Epstein files are increasingly a wedge that is driving apart factions among Trump’s supporters fighting over the economy and Gaza, argues Chris Bambery The biggest challenge the US President faces ...

Despite attacks from politicians and the media, the residents doctors’ strike is a necessary response to the NHS crisis, explains Graham Kirkwood Resident doctors took to the picket line at the RVI in ...

Migrants, far from being a drain on the NHS, form a huge chunk of its underpaid workforce, and put less burden on it than the rest of the country, explains Tom Griffiths Anti-migrant rhetoric is on ...

Starmer and Reeves have painted themselves into a corner with their refusal to contemplate a break from neoliberal economics, and it's showing, argues Kevin Crane No one in Labour’s present cabinet ...

On Sunday 23 November Counterfire is pleased to be hosting a day of discussion on the political crisis, imperialism and the rise of the far right Politics is polarising fast.