SOLOMON HUGHES uncovers government documents showing hidden dinners and meetings between Labour figures and disgraced Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm, which collapsed after links to Epstein and sleazy influence operations came to light
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Reinforcing the women’s rights movement is an urgent priority
As International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women approaches, MARY ADOSSIDES previews a meeting featuring Kurdish sisters from Turkey and trade unionists who will shine a spotlight on the scourge of femicide today
Protesters holding up signs during the International Women's Day march in central London earlier this year
In the second of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election David Nicholson talks to Welsh Green Party leader ANTHONY SLAUGHTER
Oil and gas prices are rising due to the illegal war against Iran, but new nuclear power plants will only make things worse as their costs also escalate, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
As women dominate public services yet face pay gaps, unsafe workloads and rising misogyny, this International Women’s Day and TUC Women’s Conference must be a rallying point, says ANDREA EGAN
As the government quietly begins reviewing the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moment should be seized to refound the corporation as a truly democratic, regionally rooted public service, writes PAUL W FLEMING
Like the president in Wag the Dog, Donald Trump faces scandal at home and turns to conflict abroad. But the conflict with Iran risks igniting a regional inferno with global consequences, warns ROGER McKENZIE
VIOLENCE against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today.
Domestic violence can lead to femicide. It remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it and its impact on working-class women is disproportionate.
In the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a 19-year-old girl belonging to the Dalit community (“lower” caste), died of horrendous injuries earlier this month after she was gang raped by four “upper” caste men.
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