With most of recorded history dominated by the voices of men, LYNNE WALSH encourages sisters to read the memoirs of women – and to write their own too

LYNNE WALSH attempts to unravel the latest advice from local authorities on tackling violence against women and girls

Anti-fascists from around the world will soon be travelling to Spain to commemorate the International Brigades and walk in the footsteps of the bravest of their generation, writes LYNNE WALSH

From prostitution to surrogacy, access to women’s bodies can be bought for a fee. LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exploring the mounting crisis in which women are increasingly seen as products to be consumed

LYNNE WALSH reports from the recent ‘Chartism Day’ conference at Reading University, where sisters of the 19th century Chartist struggle emerged from the pages of history

LYNNE WALSH reports from a recent conference in London organised by the Women’s Declaration International

LYNNE WALSH reports on discussions among feminist campaigners and a recent Swansea University event

This year’s International Brigade Memorial Trust commemoration took on an urgent tone, with warnings of ‘terrifying wave of fascism’ in Europe drawing parallels between 1930s Spain and today, reports LYNNE WALSH

LYNNE WALSH relishes a sweetly anarchic hour of dance and acrobatics, underscored by a big theme 

LYNNE WALSH’S choice are photographers prepared to focus on the outcomes of the politics of exclusion

LYNNE WALSH celebrates the prescient political dramas of Trevor Griffiths, playwright, screenwriter and Marxist, born April 4 1935; died March 29 2024

LYNNE WALSH recommends an outstanding production with the zeal to tell stories of our socialist past

LYNNE WALSH swoons over a remarkable musical that charts the changing occupiers of a brutalist block in Sheffield

LYNNE WALSH gets the view from the ground about the relentless tide of misogyny affecting women, young or old – and asks when we’re going to get angry enough to do something about it

LYNNE WALSH applauds an exceptional piece of theatre that pits the BUF against the heroes of Cable Street

LYNNE WALSH interviews writer Alex Kanefsky and designer Yoav Segal about their new musical, Cable Street

LYNNE WALSH pays tribute to a brilliant organiser and fearless campaigner, who died last month aged 64

LYNNE WALSH reports from a conference exposing the reality for women caught up in the porn industry, where rape, torture, degradation and fear are the norm – and where victims are told this is ‘liberating’

LYNNE WALSH reports from the launch of a new film on the sex industry, but warns of discomfort over a focus on the stories of male ‘sex buyers’, rather than female victims

With the cost-of-living crisis showing no signs of abating, LYNNE WALSH talks to women about their experiences with foodbanks and ‘managing finances’ – and discovers some pathbreaking work on poverty being carried out by the Smallwood Trust

With Parliament currently consulting the public on assisted suicide policy, LYNNE WALSH explores the issues and talks to a disability rights activist who warns of troubling stereotypes of disabled people distorting the debate

LYNNE WALSH is thrilled by an exhibition of post-war British art

LYNNE WALSH says a powerful book by Nan Sloane is a keeper that will reward reading and rereading

LYNNE WALSH recommends an uplifting musical narrative of Glasgow shipyards’ struggles past that is perfectly fit for the challenges of today

LYNNE WALSH is unimpressed by the latest wazzackry from the government

The Home Office has been trumpeting new phone software that allows a ‘guardian’ to track women’s movements in an attempt to protect them while out and about. LYNNE WALSH chats to the experts for their views

From a legendary folk singer to a visceral new play and a stunning sculptor

LYNNE WALSH faces the ‘brilliant or bonkers’ conundrum of a simultaneous exhibition of work by Jeff Koons and Cy Twombly

LYNNE WALSH reports from two action-packed and emotional days at FiLiA conference in Portsmouth

LYNNE WALSH looks ahead to the biggest radical feminist conference in Europe, FiLiA, which takes place over two days in October

Lynne Walsh chats to ‘Greenham woman’ SUE LENT about the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking anti-nuclear action, and women’s recreation today of the legendary march from Cardiff to the Berkshire missile base

LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the Welsh international brigaders featured on a new banner that had its first outing last weekend

LYNNE WALSH reports from a recent webinar organised by Nordic Model Now! where contributors explored the best ways to support the vulnerable and traumatised women coerced into prostitution

LYNNE WALSH reports on this year's Levellers’ Day

Engaging personal account of international brigader sheds new light on seminal conflict

The great folk artist and activist PEGGY SEEGER is about to release a new album and here she talks to Lynne Walsh about its themes and the importance of speaking out about women's oppression, the environment and the survival of the arts post-Covid

LYNNE WALSH recommends an engaging graphic novel about sisterhood and the city

Earlier this week John McDonnell chatted with feminist academic Selina Todd via Zoom about her new book on social mobility, and its themes of class, education and the struggle for a more egalitarian world. LYNNE WALSH reports

LYNNE WALSH reports on the Future of Work event at the weekend, which saw a panel of expert speakers discuss automation, deskilling and the effects of Covid-19 on the workplace

LYNNE WALSH reports on a meeting celebrating the huge contribution black communist Claudia Jones made to the struggle for socialism and racial equality in the US and in Britain

Lynne Walsh talks to VIVIENNE HAYES of renowned charity the Women’s Resource Centre about the UN convention known as Cedaw – and why it deserves a higher profile

LYNNE WALSH reports on the Communist Party of Britain and Young Communist League’s special events to mark the 84th anniversary of the famous East End routing of Oswald Mosley’s fascists

Brilliant comic cuts from a true national treasure

The Communist Party of Britain’s centenary celebrations were a huge success under the extraorinary circumtances of the coronavirus lockdown, writes LYNNE WALSH

Dynamic young theatre company commemorates the International Brigades

The courage to resist, from WWI pacifists to civil rights activists in America's Deep South

Online essentials, from Cardiff to Cuba

Inspirational acts of solidarity in France and Greece

Licking the lockdown: better times to come with music, talks, photography, drama and opera

Virtual sculpture tours in Scotland, groovy geezers and the 'female gaze' online

Online pleasures, from the opening bars of 2001 to a theatre show, a music festival and a soap-opera rolled into one

Caustic comedy on fraught divisions between baby-boomers and Generation X

JACK SHEPHERD tells Lynne Walsh why he's written a play about what's happened to the modernist movement in art

At last weekend’s Woman’s Place UK event, grassroots feminist activism was flourishing, writes LYNNE WALSH

Almost 1,000 women packed out University College London at the weekend to discuss their sex-based rights as part of a rejuvenated and growing movement. LYNNE WALSH reports

ED EDWARDS has first-hand experience of the hard-drug epidemic ravaging communities and he's written an outstanding play about it. Lynne Walsh reports