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The hurdles facing the peace movement in Britain
Winning a public hearing for arguments against the war in Ukraine is difficult for a number of reasons – but the ground is starting to shift, and our energies must be directed towards halting the conflict as an urgent priority, says ANDREW MURRAY
Ukrainian soldiers during training at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 15, 2023
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
As Saudi Arabia is hailed abroad for its ‘reforms,’ the reality for women inside the kingdom grows ever more repressive. On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, MARYAM ALDOSSARI argues it is time to stop applauding the illusion – and start listening to the women the state works hardest to silence
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
With violence against women and girls reaching unprecedented levels – particularly in the north of England – Unison North West is driving a union-wide push for education, prevention and trauma-informed support, writes JOANNE MOORCROFT
Amid national economic decay and with a lack of coherent left-wing responses, far-right narratives on women’s safety and immigration have taken root in former Labour heartlands. The WOMEN’S LIBERATION ALLIANCE warns that only a renewed politics rooted in an understanding of class, race and sex can stem the rise of authoritarianism
A RECENT article in this paper asked why there was no mass initiative to stop the war in Ukraine in Britain, comparable to the developing movement in Germany.
It is a reasonable question, to which there is a variety of partial answers.
First, there is no element in the British bourgeoisie sympathetic, for trade or political grounds, to Russia as there is in Germany; nor is there an isolationist wing of the political establishment as there is in the United States.
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