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Counterfire's books of the year - part one

We asked a few leading campaigners and performers from the left what books have inspired them over the last twelve months
Mary Wollstonecraft statue is a poor representation of her radical ideas

The new statue commemorating Mary Wollstonecraft will disappoint socialists and feminists as it fails to represent what she stood for, argues Lindsey German
Power to the People

Democratic rights don’t fall from the sky, they are fought for and won, insists Alex Snowdon
Statue commemorating working class Suffragette Alice Hawkins unveiled

Marking a hundred years of some women winning the right to vote, a statue of Suffragette Alice Hawkins was erected in Leicester. Jacqueline Mulhallen reports
Suffragette: on the side of the rebels

Suffragette is a compelling and moving portrayal of the courage of ordinary women who dared to challenge the power of the British state
Sylvia - theatre review

A sold-out annex theatre was treated to Jacqueline Mulhallen’s moving, informative and funny performance, Sylvia, the radical Suffragette leader
The return of idealism: identity and the politics of oppression

The pervasion of identity politics limits our ability to truly liberate ourselves from oppression, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
Unelected judges deny the right to strike - election briefing 14 November

Lindsey German on the attack on the posties and women’s work
Why the working-class, socialist history of International Women’s Day matters today

On International Women's Day, Katherine Connelly looks at its origins in the socialist and feminist movements led by working class women
Why we voted leave: voices from northern England - documentary

A short look at why those in the north of England mainly voted to leave the EU - from Guerrera Films
‘All Sorts of Woman’: review of Selina Todd’s Tastes of Honey and the National Theatre’s A Taste of Honey

Selina Todd’s biography of Shelagh Delaney contains an urgent political message and a new performance of Delaney’s most famous play shows us how radical she was, finds Katherine Connelly
“Life-long member of the non-pretty working classes” - All Woman review

In All Woman, Kathy Burke has tackled ‘beauty’ and ‘motherhood’ and next up is that big messy hot potato of ‘relationships’, writes Sofie Mason