HUGH LANNING says there is no path to peace without dismantling Israel’s control over Palestinian land, lives and resources
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Pioneering women created today's trade union movement
New PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE talks about the women who reshaped the cause of labour
CJ ATKINS reports on the stand that saw Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif hauled out of Israel’s parliament during Donald Trump’s vainglorious address
ROGER McKENZIE argues that Western powers can see the beginning of the end in the rise of the global South — and racist reactions are kicking in
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
SINCE becoming PCS general secretary in February, I have travelled the country speaking at PCS branch AGMs, Stop the War and Palestine solidarity rallies almost every day.
As we mark International Women’s Day, I can say that one of the biggest honours so far was to address the Women Against Pit Closures 40th anniversary event last Saturday in Durham. As a proud feminist and trade unionist, I was humbled to pay tribute to one of the most inspiring working-class movements of our lifetimes.
I wouldn’t be the first woman general secretary of PCS were it not for feminist working-class heroes of 40 years ago who, against insurmountable odds, stood up for their class.
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As the government ploughs ahead with £3 billion in welfare cuts, arbitrary office-return mandates, and below-inflation pay rises, women will bear the brunt through deepening poverty and increased caring burdens, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
With new faces being elected to both to government and to my union, PCS, 2024 has been a year of change – with new challenges ahead for 2025, writes LYNN HENDERSON
National Women Against Pit Closures secretary LYNN GIBSON was nine years old when striking miners and their families celebrated Christmas in 1984. She will never forget it
