
Apologies for the pause in posting: I’ve been ferociously busy with other things, not least of which was the launch of the new, improved Counterfire website. Feedback so far has been (almost) universally excellent, and site visits seriously in excess of what I (at least) anticipated. It’s too early to say whether this early success will continue, but I think our hunch about the need for an open, accessible UK lefty website is going to pay off.
Article
Youth Demand activists demonstrate for Palestine in March. Photo: Alisdare Hickson, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0
04 Apr 2025
Youth Demand rally against police attacks
Analysis
Donald Trump speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Source: Gage Skidmore - Flickr / cropped from original / CC BY-SA 2.0
03 Apr 2025
Trump’s tariffs: trade war and class wars
History
Russian revolution, 1917. Source: PICRYL/ cropped form original / Public domain
03 Apr 2025
How the Great Revolutions happened, Part 13: Russia, The February Revolution
Book review
Alan Montgomery, The Road to Mons Graupius: A Journey Through Roman Scotland (Tippermuir Books 2025), 256pp.
03 Apr 2025
The Road to Mons Graupius: A Journey Through Roman Scotland – book review
Analysis
Keir Starmer. Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
03 Apr 2025