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Building solidarity against the misogyny of today
ROS SITWELL reports from the three-day FiLiA conference in Glasgow
Joanna Cherry MP (left) chats onstage with UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem
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Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ, ROGER D HARRIS and JOHN PERRY contrast Trump’s warships and F-35 fighters threatening Venezuela with the $20bn bailout for Milei’s collapsed economy, all enabled by a highly ideological IMF
KAY GREEN explains how the Middle East and colonialism were explored at at last weekend’s FiLiA conference
ROS SITWELL reports from Europe’s largest feminist conference – hosted this year in Brighton
Morning Star campaigns manager CALVIN TUCKER gives an update on the drive to raise £95,000 to see the people’s paper keep fighting the good fight against the rich and powerful
IT WAS a conference that almost didn’t happen. Hours before FiLiA, the largest grassroots feminist event in Europe, was due to begin, organisers issued a statement from CEO Lisa-Marie Taylor, saying: “We were dismayed when we were informed by Platform at very short notice that they were not going to allow us into the venue.
“It was clear to us that they and their staff had been pressurised by a group determined to undermine women’s rights and thwarting freedom of speech … We are very grateful to our legal team for acting so quickly to turn this round.”
For those who haven’t been following the women’s rights movement for the past few years, this might be mystifying. But for many feminists it is now a familiar occurrence — that venues will face pressure to cancel or large angry protests for hosting women’s events that discuss sex and gender is frequently to be expected.
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