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Divisions deepen within Israeli garrison state | Counterfire
WEB23 hours ago · Long before 7 October last year, divisions in Israel have been widening in ways that undermine its cohesion and even its usefulness to US imperialism, argues John Clarke. After a year of genocide in Gaza and accompanying brutality in the West Bank, the entire region now stands on the brink of a catastrophic conflagration.
Lebanon: A country created, divided and destroyed by Western …
WEB21 hours ago · In the second part of his history of modern Lebanon, Michael Lavalette explains how imperialist and Israeli interventions and invasions have repeatedly devastated the country Part one here Lebanon gained its formal liberation from French imperial rule in 1943, though the League of Nations ‘Mandate’ didn’t come to a formal end until 1946.
What is Counterfire? | Counterfire
WEBFeb 14, 2022 · Counterfire is a socialist organisation committed to change from below. We believe socialists’ first job is to harness the anger of millions against the government and its attacks on working people. We support every protest, every strike and every picket. We try to build the biggest possible movements against austerity, the spiralling cost of ...
Who we are - Counterfire
WEBJun 30, 2020 · Counterfire is a revolutionary socialist organisation committed to transforming our society from one based on the profit motive to one built on the needs of working people. Real change can only be achieved by working class people organising themselves to challenge their bosses and the government that stands behind the bosses. It depends on mass ...
General strike deepens divisions in Israeli society
WEBThe brief general strike exposed the mounting economic and political damage the war is doing to Israel itself, but Palestine solidarity movements must press on, argues John Clarke. The discovery on 1 September of the bodies of six of the Israelis being held captive in Gaza was met with shock and anger within Israel, with many concluding that ...
Why does Israel get away with it? – weekly briefing
WEB3 days ago · It is hard to credit that our government, Joe Biden, and assorted media spokespeople keep telling us that Israel is ‘defending itself’. The Israeli government has in the past week bombed Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. It is threatening to launch airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear installations and oilfields.
Counterfire: who we are and what we do… | Counterfire
WEBNov 11, 2013 · What is Counterfire? Counterfire is a socialist organisation committed to building the biggest possible movements against a system that is creating more and more crisis and misery.
Articles - Counterfire
WEB6 days ago · Lebanon: a country created, divided and destroyed by Western imperial interests. Michael Lavalette. Analysis. Egyptian revolution, 2011. Photo: Mahmoud Yakut / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. 02 Oct 2024.
News - Counterfire
WEBOct 1, 2024 · Anti fascists have taken to the streets to oppose racism and scapegoating of Muslims and migrants. Ross Maidment, Robert Anderson, Sam Colclough. News. Anti-fascist poster in South London, Aug 2023. Source: Steve Eason. 08 Aug 2024.