ANDREW MURRAY wonders what the great communist foe of Oswald Mosley would make of today’s far-right surge, warning that while the triumph of Farage and ‘Robinson’ is far from inevitable, placing any faith in Starmer in an anti-fascist front is a fool’s errand
There's no 'pride' in workplace prejudice
50 years on from the Stonewall Riots, our LGBT+ friends and comrades still face violence and harassment, writes FRANCES O’GRADY
Lesbians protest for legal equality in 1974 - but there's a long way to go as TUC research shows LGBT+ workers face higher levels of sexual harassment at work
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride
Our economic system is broken – and unless we break with the government’s obsession with short-termist private profit, things are destined to get worse, warns Mercedes Villalba
Following the resignation of Nepali Prime Minister KP Oli amid mass youth-driven protests, different narratives have circulated which simplify and misrepresent the complexities and reality on the ground in Nepal at the roots of this crisis, argue VIJAY PRASHAD and ATUL CHANDRA
The US is desperate to stop Honduras’s process of social and democratic change, writes TIM YOUNG
TODAY, it’s easy to think that Pride is just a party. But we know that Pride has always been political, because the fight for justice and equality is political. And trade unions were part of Pride long before big corporates jumped on board.
TUC research published in May shows that nearly seven in 10 LGBT people have experienced sexual harassment at work.
These stories need to be told. Eighteen months after the #MeToo movement kicked off — shining a much-needed light into the dark corners of many toxic workplaces — the voices of LGBT+ people haven’t been heard clearly enough.
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by Frances O’Grady
