JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
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Women’s words speak volumes
With most of recorded history dominated by the voices of men, LYNNE WALSH encourages sisters to read the memoirs of women – and to write their own too
REMARKABLE: The Danish writer Karen Blixen as a recipient of De Gyldne Laurbaer prize on November 6 1952
The unnecessarily violent police intervention at a Quaker place of worship is a PR disaster and will only serve to deepen the chasm between them and the public. SYMON HILL reports
ANDREW MURRAY wonders whether recent opinion polling and a fresh local authority by-election result in Ilford are an indication that the time is ripe for the left to make inroads
Due to the actions of this government, the challenges facing those with disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries, are nigh on insurmountable, argus RUTH HUNT
General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
Bizarrely, Trump’s latest attacks now include the National Zoo, but his real and racist agenda is to strip everything black from the country’s cultural institutions, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
IT’S a bit of a cliche to hear the rallying call that women should be raising our voices and amplifying those of other sisters.
We do, of course, whenever we have the time, energy — and often, the rage against injustice.
We run campaigns, sign petitions, speak out in public and in the media. We have diaries stuffed with conferences, seminars, podcasts, and endless meetings in the limbo-land of Zoom.
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