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ROS SITWELL reports from the three-day FiLiA conference in Glasgow
Joanna Cherry MP (left) chats onstage with UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem
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BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
IT WAS a conference that almost didn’t happen. Hours before FiLiA, the largest grassroots feminist event in Europe, was due to begin, organisers issued a statement from CEO Lisa-Marie Taylor, saying: “We were dismayed when we were informed by Platform at very short notice that they were not going to allow us into the venue.
“It was clear to us that they and their staff had been pressurised by a group determined to undermine women’s rights and thwarting freedom of speech … We are very grateful to our legal team for acting so quickly to turn this round.”
For those who haven’t been following the women’s rights movement for the past few years, this might be mystifying. But for many feminists it is now a familiar occurrence — that venues will face pressure to cancel or large angry protests for hosting women’s events that discuss sex and gender is frequently to be expected.
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