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Churchill statue, Parliament Square. Photo: Public Domain

Reclaiming our history

John Westmoreland

Protestors at Trafalgar Square. Source: Clare Solomon

Don’t let cynical ploys derail BLM – CounterBlast 13 June

Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Question Time, 10 June. Photo: ITV News via Youtube

The Tories are at each other’s throats, why isn’t Labour seizing its chance? – CounterBlast 11 June

Glasgow UCU rally, 12 March 2020. Photo: Glasgow UCU via twitter

UCU members: reject the employers’ derisory ‘Four Fights’ offer

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

A segregated play area in a school. Source: Counterfire

Welsh government’s decision on wider school opening goes against its commitment to all

Robert Milligan statue. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Statues come tumbling down – CounterBlast 10 June

Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Ganz. Photo: wikimedia commons

Israel wants to legalise its illegal occupation

Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

Boris Johnson. Photo: Flickr/Number10

Government defeat on schools shows organised resistance can win – CounterBlast 9 June

March against Bolsonaro in Brasília, 7 June 2020. Photo: Mídia Ninja

How Bolsonaro can be beaten – a Brazilian socialist speaks out

Wellington statue with traffic cones in front of what was slaver William Cunninghame’s home. Source: Flickr – Tony Webster

Boot the Wellington: The growing resistance to Glasgow’s colonial monuments

Christine Whyte

Edward Colston’s statue being thrown into Bristol Harbour. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Tearing down Colston’s statue is not destroying history, it is illuminating it

Black Lives Matter protest, 7 June. Photo: Lucy Nichols

Black people protesting racism are not thugs – CounterBlast 8 June