Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
Women’s rights and the growth of the far right
There’s no room for feminists to be complacent about the growth of extremism and misogyny worldwide, warns HAILEY MAXWELL
FAR-RIGHT LEADERS: (L-R) Italy’s Giorgia Melon, Germany’s Alice Weidel and France’s Marine Le Pen
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’
The summer of 1950 saw Labour abandon further nationalisation while escalating Korean War spending from £2.3m to £4.7m, as the government meekly accepted capitalism’s licence and became Washington’s yes-man, writes JOHN ELLISON
IT IS difficult to think of how to celebrate International Women’s Day when one of the world’s biggest economic and military powers has been democratically transferred to a cabal of men unapologetic about their history of violence against women and girls.
Donald Trump himself is the first US president to be convicted in court of sexual offences and at his side, the world’s richest man juggles being a dad of 14 and closing off the workplace and healthcare to women and black people in the US and abroad.
It is a hard to call what the White House will do next — an executive order dictating a blanket ban on abortion? Or perhaps a frat party celebrating the homecoming of sex trafficker and misogynist prodigal son Andrew Tate. The only bright side of this state of affairs is perhaps the death of the tired argument that allegations of sexual harassment ruin men’s lives.
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We want our cultural institutions to actually stand for something, says HAILEY MAXWELL, as the art world fails to interrogate or acknowledge the onslaught on Gaza
HAILEY MAXWELL explains that while safe access zones represent progress, a patchwork of centuries-old laws and common law still leaves women and healthcare providers vulnerable to prosecution
Research is confirming the massive rise in anti-women politics across the world, writes HAILEY MAXWELL, and if our unions are to fight back, they will need a radical reformation of their institutional culture
Although there has been some limited progress, how can we talk about flashy ideas like ‘feminist city planning’ when overall poverty and austerity have savagely attacked the position of the majority of women, asks HAILEY MAXWELL
