A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
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Sexism in schools is a tragic problem that needs urgent action
A socialist society should help boys to understand the values of respect and consent and help girls to be free to achieve their potential, writes PETE STEVENSON
Despite new European arrests, the evidence presented so far fails to explain the sabotage of the undersea pipelines – and veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s allegations of US responsibility cannot be easily dismissed, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
As figures from Tucker Carlson to Nigel Farage flirt with neofascist rhetoric and mainstream leaders edge toward authoritarianism through war and repression, the conditions that once nurtured Hitlerism re-emerge — yet anti-war and anti-imperialist sentiments are also burgeoning anew, writes ANDREW MURRAY
As President Javier Milei is set to unveil a radical rollback of Argentina’s labour laws, unions warn of an unprecedented assault on workers’ rights, says BERT SCHOUWENBURG
RECENT news reports have highlighted what many of us in education had feared for some time — that over a third of girls have been sexually abused at school.
Evidence from the National Education Union and UK Feminista exposed the endemic problem at all levels of our education system.
Boys and men view sexist words and actions as reasonable and schools are passively presiding over a growing problem with poor training for staff and trainee teachers.
Clearly the problem is tragic and requires urgent action. The website Counting Dead Women reveals that approximately 150 women are killed by men in the UK every year. This is the tip of a very large iceberg.
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