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Returning women’s liberation to the heart of class politics
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ROGER McKENZIE looks back 60 years to the assassination of Malcolm X, whose message that black people have worth resonated so strongly with him growing up in Walsall in the 1980s
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ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
Based on his experience of Haringey Council Councillor MARK BLAKE believes only a radical policy rethink will reconnect councils with the alienated constituencies they are supposed to serve
Last week the CPUSA launched a new Rapid Response project aimed at mobilising a popular resistance to policies enacted by the new government. CAMERON HARRISON explains
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day, if the website devoted to it is anything to go by, is akin to a feel-good ad campaign promoting diversity and equality for all who identify as women.
This year’s theme is — hashtag compulsory — #ChooseToChallenge and the blurb on the website runs as follows: “A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions — all day, every day.
“We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women’s achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.”
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