The massacre of Red Crescent and civil defence aid workers has elicited little coverage and no condemnation by major powers — this is the age of lawlessness, warns JOE GILL
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Why we need a revived women’s movement today
Our strength as women lies in our ability to act as a collective force – rebuilding that unity is now one of our most urgent tasks, argues MARY DAVIS
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Public libraries are sanctuaries which facilitate the exploration of the universe of ideas for free for those curious enough. ROGER McKENZIE advocates their protection against authoritarian incursions, US style
Trump’s recent executive order ends union rights for a large number of federal workers, citing national security concerns after some unions vowed to oppose the massive cuts proposed by the new administration, writes PEOPLE’S DISPATCH
JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
THE fact that corporate capitalism has captured and commodified International Women’s Day in the 21st century should not be allowed to obscure the socialist feminist aims and origins of our day 122 years ago.
IWD was founded at the beginning of the last century by a powerful socialist women’s movement. Its aim was to both highlight and celebrate the struggle of working women against oppression and double exploitation.
The issues addressed by the Socialist Women’s conference of 1910 (which established March 8 as IWD), are, apart from women’s suffrage, still with us.
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