All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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Sexism – ‘it’s suffocating and exhausting’
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
Protesters during a Million Women Rise march from Oxford Street to Trafalgar Square in London to demonstrate against male violence against women and girls. Picture date: Saturday March 4, 2023
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
HOW many feminists does it take, to make a joke?
Only one: she is the joke.
Retired professor and editor Merrie Bergmann wrote that, nearly 40 years ago, in the academic journal Hypatia. Named after the Egyptian philosopher and mathematician of the 4th century AD, the publication focused on philosophy and women’s studies. It’s ironic that the former topic is still a vibrant area of study, while the latter is being consigned to the dustbin of history.
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