Marxists’ and leftwingers’ opposition to prostitution is not a moral question — it’s a class issue and a human rights issue, argues HELEN O’CONNOR

From sexual harassment to the denial of flexible working patterns, women’s issues are sidelined and their voices silenced in our movement – and they are voting with their feet, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

Divorcing doctors, as the first line of our universal healthcare system, from the NHS by turning them into salaried employees is an obvious move towards further privatisation, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

HELEN O'CONNOR says the Autumn Statement risks confirming a disastrous strategy that has bled the health service white

Rather than ending the current strike wave and endorsing Blairite neoliberalism instead, calling for a general election now and a getting a Labour government in would put the workers’ movement in a better position to leverage our power, argues HELEN O’CONNOR

Poor employment conditions and widespread privatisation are just two of the many ills plaguing the NHS - only united action on all fronts can save it, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

The Tories know what their tax cuts for the rich and funding cuts to the welfare state will result in and they are willing to ride the storm – but more and more of us are getting ready to fight back, writes HELEN O’CONNOR