From Chartists and Suffragettes to Irish republicans and today’s Palestine activists, the treatment of hunger strikers exposes a consistent pattern in how the British state represses those it deems political prisoners, says KEITH FLETT
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Remembering the life and work of Jessie Stephen
ANN HENDERSON pays tribute to an outstanding women’s rights activist and trade unionist
Jessie Stephen (1893-1979)
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In the aftermath of the illegal US operation against Venezuela, a deliberate misinformation campaign has been waged to sow doubt about the survival of the country’s revolution, warns MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
A statement from the Parti Communiste Francais
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines our laws concerning the treatment of animals and their rights
THE Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
In a stark warning of things to come JOHN ELLISON invokes the ideological splitting of hairs that weakened any and all opposition to the unravelling WWI when 22 million of mostly Europeans lost their lives and 23 million were maimed
ALONG with thousands of other women, I joined the Processions 2018 march in Edinburgh on Sunday June 10.
It was a fantastic day, with colourful and imaginative banners, bringing women of all generations and communities together, with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
Visitors to the city of Edinburgh that day stopped us to talk, to tell us stories of other struggles for the vote, and we all challenged each other to recall correctly our history.
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MAT COWARD tells of a pioneering suffragette and one of the first direct actionists, who’s commemorated in a street name in Swindon