British propaganda campaign incited mass slaughter of communists in Indonesia in 1960s, declassified papers reveal
British spies played a part in the mass murder of Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) members in the 1960s, urging locals, including army generals, to “cut out” the “communist cancer,” declassified papers have revealed. The Indonesian Army’s brutal clampdown on the PKI in 1965 and 1966 is considered to be one of the worst mass murders of More...
Fight for the truth, march for Assange
The US is about to try and overturn the block on Assange’s extradition. Lucy Nichols explains why we must all be part of the fight to stop them. Counterfire Daily More...
Women’s liberation and the trans debate
In the light of current discussions, we repost a document first circulated by Counterfire in September 2020. We believe it remains relevant. Counterfire Daily More...
Shortages and bottlenecks expose anarchy of the capitalist system
In the past months, the world economy has been creeping towards a state of disarray. Shops have been running out of goods; gas stations have been running out of gas; energy prices have shot up; and major western More...
Tory MP David Amess dies following knife attack at constituency meeting in Essex church, suspect arrested
A Conservative MP has died after being stabbed “several times” as he held a meeting at a Methodist church in his constituency of Southend West. Police have been deployed to the area in considerable numbers. On More...
Stagecoach in Scotland: next stop, strike action – News from the Frontline
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles. Counterfire Daily More...
The British Government Exploited the Angolan Civil War to Lobby for BP
John Major’s government exploited Angola’s need for peacekeeping support during its bloody civil war to ensure British Petroleum (BP) was awarded new operating licenses in the country, declassified documents More...
EU must make more concessions on Northern Irish part of the deal, Britain’s Brexit minister insists
The European Union must make significant concessions regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol, Britain’s Brexit Minister David Frost has said, if Brussels and London are to reach an agreed solution. Speaking in More...
‘Royal College of Burnout’: Why lecturers are striking
Ground report from one of the solidarity rallies’s in support of the FE colleges who’ve entered their second week of strike action Counterfire Daily More...
UK invites 800 more foreign butchers to deal with pig slaughter backlog & avert mass culling
Up to 800 additional butchers will be allowed to apply for temporary six-month UK visas, London has announced, as the nation continues to suffer from an acute labour shortage blamed both on Brexit and the Covid More...
