Despite the adoring support from Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Javier Milei’s radical-right free-market nightmare is unravelling, and the people are beginning to score major victories against the government in the streets and in elections, reports BEN HAYES
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The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests – the situation going forward
This is undoubtedly a perilous time for progressive currents, including the women’s movement, in Iran, but it is for the Iranian people to decide their futures without outside interference, warns Dr AZAR SEPEHR
PAUL ATKIN argues that we must avoid being tied to the millstone of US energy policy — a death sentence paid for by big oil — and embrace co-operation with the world’s green leader for a renewable, sustainable future
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
The modern railway network turns 200 this month and is currently one of the greenest forms of transport. But unless focus shifts from profits to people, Britain won’t benefit from it, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
ZHANG HE highlights pressure coming from the global South for a more multilateral approach to global governance and a more equitable world order
THIS YEAR, as progressives around the world prepare to mark International Women’s Day, the women of Iran do so on the back of a courageous and inspiring six-month long struggle — one in which they have led from the front — against the country’s ruling theocratic dictatorship.
The massive popular uprising in Iran that began in September 2022 has featured the country’s women at the very forefront.
While the protests first centred on the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the so-called “guidance patrol” or “morality police” and the enforcement of mandatory hijab wearing, they quickly escalated to calls for an end to the entire authoritarian system of theocratic rule.
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Despite the harsh conditions they face, Iranian women have proved to be vanguards in the struggle for fundamental changes in our country, says Dr AZAR SEPEHR
Women’s second-class status is enshrined in law in the People’s Republic — but Iranian women refuse to be bowed down in their struggle for justice and a life free from exploitation, says AZAR SEPEHR of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women
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Despite the harsh conditions they face, Iranian women have proved to be vanguards in the struggle for fundamental changes in our country, says Dr AZAR SEPEHR
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