As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
A GENERATION ago, Angela Davis writing on women, race and class woke many to what is now described as intersectional oppression.
Without losing sight of class politics, Davis exposed how capitalism, patriarchy and racial inequality historically develop together.
Gendered economic inequality and oppression of women at work remain the dominant structural barriers to working-class advance the world over.
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY
Sisters came together last weekend for the landmark launch of a new women’s group. ROS SITWELL reports
ROS SITWELL reports from the Morning Star conference on ‘Race, Sex and Class Liberation’ last weekend



