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No, equality has not been achieved – we must keep fighting
Controlling women – what we think, what we do, what we say, what we wear and look like – is still pervasive throughout society, writes HELEN O’CONNOR of newly formed women’s rights group Women Will Not Be Silenced
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
IT IS fair to say that in spite of years of struggle, women have not achieved equality and the world is becoming an increasingly hostile and dangerous place for women and girls.
The fight for women’s liberation became derailed from the 1980s onwards following the elections of Ronald Reagan in the US and Margaret Thatcher in Britain.
Both sets of right-wing governments implemented regressive policies that cut the public services which working-class women rely on the most and they drove down wages, terms and conditions.
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With fascists and their supporters cynically and falsely posing as ‘defenders of women,’ the left must take violence against women seriously and gain a better understanding of women’s oppression, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
As some celebrate a pay rise, outsourced, privatised workers face continued exploitation — ending this injustice by bringing them in-house must become a top priority for the labour movement, writes HELEN O’CONNOR
HELEN O’CONNOR sees a worrying trend of women exiting the labour movement in their thousands, and warns that if this tide is not stemmed with proper and effective action, it will only be to the benefit of the capitalist class
Far from being ‘more efficient’ and providing ‘choice,’ privateers taking over the public sector have worsened service delivery, and workers rights’ have been utterly compromised on the altar of corporate greed, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
