Alastair Stephens

Alastair Stephens has been a socialist his whole adult life and has been active in Unison and the TGWU. He studied Russian at Portsmouth, Middle East Politics at SOAS and writes regularly for the Counterfire website.

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Protestors marching to save social housing at the New Era Estate in Hackney. Photo: Jules Annan

Homes for people, not profit

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Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Observer

The open conspiracy against Ed Miliband

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Mark Reckless, left, is bidding to join fellow Tory defector Douglas Carswell, right, as a member of parliament for Ukip. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Rochester by-election: more Ukip woes for all?

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Will there be an independent Kurdistan?

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Protestors stand in San Giovanni square during a demonstration organized by Italian General Confederation of Labor (CGIL) union on October 25, 2014 in central Rome as part of a nationwide protest called by the union to protest Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans to overhaul the labor market. AFP PHOTO

A tale of two cities: a million on the streets against Renzi and his millionaires

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The English Question: Democracy or jingoism?

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Image: True Tube

UK undead: 10 reasons democracy is dying

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Dramatic gains: The Yes campaign

Breaking the spell: Scotland’s democratic revolt

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Isis, Khmer Rouge, Taliban: the awful products of US intervention

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HMS Queen Elizabeth in Rosyth Dockyard, Fife Photo: PA

New carriers, new wars

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Stop the war in Ukraine: a statement by the left in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Alastair Stephens (translator)

The other side of the Euro elections

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The Russians are coming! (or maybe not)

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Ukraine: miners enter the fray

Alastair Stephens (translator)

Installed by the West: Nazi Svoboda party leader Oleh Tyahnybok

Ukraine: the West’s cynical role

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Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet sepaks at the presidential palace La Moneda in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Photo: AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo

Bachelet’s landslide: Chile turns left

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