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The global women's struggle – and its role in winning peace and socialism
LIZ PAYNE introduces the women who will speak in the international section of next Saturday’s conference, Sisterhood, Socialism and Struggle — Communist Women Rising
RAMZY BAROUD explains why Israel’s political collapse cannot be separated from its war crimes
DAVID RABY charts the ever increasing US attempts at intervention in Mexico’s internal affairs
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ and ROGER D HARRIS highlight how the priority for internationalists should be defending Venezuela’s government against external aggression
Established as a landmark victory for the climate movement, the CCC promised to hold governments to account. Today, it is understating the danger of climate chaos and impeding the radical action needed, says IAN SINCLAIR
ROGER McKENZIE draws attention to the much-neglected oral traditions of the global South that define the identity – and therefore the liberation – of its custodians
OUR panellists at Sisterhood, Socialism and Struggle will join us from North and South America, Africa and Asia.
Their lives, including decades-long roles in fighting against sexism and for women’s rights are in themselves an inspiration.
So too are the leading positions and responsibilities in the movement they now hold and about which they will tell us more on the day.
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