The far right thrives on division, but denying racism within the left only strengthens it. As we mobilise for the All Together March, real solidarity demands honesty about our own failures, argues ROGER McKENZIE
Women are bearing the brunt of rising inequality
From the ‘motherhood pay penalty’ to low-paid care work, the Morning Star Women’s Readers and Supporters Group in Scotland has been looking at how neoliberalism has been pushing back women’s hard-won gains, writes KATE RAMSDEN
WHO CARES? Jobs considered ‘women’s work’ are still underpaid and undervalued
TOM GALLAHUE argues that asking what role Irish diaspora educators can play in shaping Irish unity is to ask a deeper question about democracy itself
Hundreds in Berlin gathered on January 15 to honour the US-born socialist who made East Germany his home. Florentine Morales Sandoval reports
A survey circulated by a far-right-linked student group has sparked outrage, with educators, historians and veterans warning that profiling teachers for their political views echoes fascist-era practices. FEDERICA ADRIANI reports
In reopening relations with China, the PM showed an uncharacteristic grasp of power, proportion and Britain’s diminished place in the world – a lesson many in Westminster still refuse to learn, says ANDREW MURRAY
Dockers from Italy, Greece and beyond will stage co-ordinated port blockades on February 6, declaring ‘we don’t work for war’ – in a call in solidarity with Palestine. ALFIO BERNABEI reports
LIKE most women activists of my generation, I’ve spent most of my adult life campaigning for equality for women as part of the struggle for social justice for all. There were times I even felt we were making progress.
However, as neoliberalism has taken a tight hold and inequality has grown massively, it has become very clear that as things worsen for our class as a whole, women bear the brunt of this.
As poverty has risen across Britain, women and children are the worst affected. A Women’s Budget Group analysis last year of women’s living standards since 2010 showed that, although most people in Britain have experienced a decline, on average, women experienced a higher annual loss than men, losing 9.4 per cent, to men’s loss of 5.8 per cent.
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