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War, imperialism, and the suffering of the people
CAROL STAVRIS delivered the main political report to last weekend’s meeting of the Communist Party executive committee. This is the text of her speech

AS THE Morning Star reminded us in its excellent edition for International Women’s Day (March 8), women all over the world want to live without fear of sex-based violence, poverty, internal displacement, forced migration, economic hardship, misogyny and harassment.

One year on from Sarah Everard’s murder and — more recently — that of Sabina Nessa, there is little sign of any real action by government to tackle the violence against women that is endemic in society. 

There has been a small victory in the High Court with its ruling that the Metropolitan Police acted illegally in its response to the vigil for Sarah Everard but sexism, misogyny and racism are rooted in the Met and in other forces and will continue to be so unless there is a complete cultural shift.

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