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
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We cannot allow the far right to reframe what misogyny is
With fascists and their supporters cynically and falsely posing as ‘defenders of women,’ the left must take violence against women seriously and gain a better understanding of women’s oppression, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
(Right) anti-racist protesters in Glasgow and (left) a far-right protester supposedly campaigning against abuse of children
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
Following comments made by Robert Jenrick about the people of Handsworth, the TUC, together with 12 trade unions representing members who live and work in the area, have issued a joint letter calling for the Conservative Party to take immediate action
With the rise of Reform and the flag-raising phenomenon, it’s hard not to recall my family’s struggles with racism, from Teddy Boys attacking my pregnant mother to me being told to ‘go back to the jungle’ at only five years old, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
The move to restrict exports of the important rare earth metals that China has a 90% monopoly on has provoked Trump to declare a 100% tariff on Chinese exports and other retaliatory measures, reports DYLAN MURPHY
VIOLENCE against women and girls has now reached epidemic proportions and, to add insult to injury, the far right is using this rising tide of violence to generate civil unrest on a scale unseen in recent years.
The hateful organisations of the right, peddling fear and racism, don’t care about women either. Many are violent, thuggish men, likely to be abusing and bullying women themselves while making false and racist claims that misogyny is exclusive to immigrants and Muslims.
Prior to the shocking murders of the young girls in Southport, very few batted an eyelid at statistics revealing that violence against women and girls has risen by 40 per cent between 2018 and 2023. There was little public outrage at the press exposing the “blow jobs for promotions” scandal across the ambulance service in this country.
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