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Tories start to put the boot in
As UK household debt reaches £1.6 trillion - affecting women disproportionately - SABBY DHALU sees little in new Tory government policies that would address the crisis
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Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
THIS year’s International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to build a movement against the forthcoming attacks by the Boris Johnson-led Tory government, and remind us of the impact of 10 years of austerity on women, African, Asian and Caribbean communities and the racism, Islamophobia and anti-semitism that accompanied it.
Perhaps the most staggering impact of austerity on women is the decline of life expectancy since 2011 of women living in the poorest communities in England, as found by leading expert on health inequalities, Professor Sir Michael Marmot.
For the first time in 100 years life expectancy growth has stalled over the past decade.
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The Tories are pouring fuel on the fire of racism, which it is vital to resist, warns SABBY DHALU ahead of a protest at Tory Head Office today
The government has been incessantly stirring up racism in order to encourage some sections of society to blame migrants, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable people instead, warns SABBY DHALU ahead of Stand Up to Racism’s national organising conference
