ON 4 MARCH 2018, a former Russian spy turned double agent for MI5, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia, were…

By KD Tait THERE WERE a lot of Labour people on Saturday’s demo for the 15 Gazans murdered in cold…

By Jeremy Dewar, Unison rep, pc Another year, another pay cut. Or so it seems. As we go to press,…

Israeli armed forces, firing indiscriminately on unarmed Palestinian demonstrators, men, women and children, have killed at least 16 and injured…

THE SUDDEN coordinated onslaught against Jeremy Corbyn over the weekend of 24-25 March was a transparent attempt by an alliance…

Liga Socialista, Brazil  ON THE evening of March 14, Marielle Franco (38), a city councillor from the Maré favela in…

PARIS – Strikes and demonstrations have taken place across France in a day of action called by a united front of…

THE State of Emergency declared by the government of Ranil Wickremasinghe on March 6, initially for 7 days, was finally…

Statement of the Liga Socialista to the Brazil Social Forum SINCE the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’…

Up and down the country university workers are holding meetings and rallies to reject the proposed deal proposed between the…

Executive Committee of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka The declaration of a State of Emergency by the government of…

A decade of austerity has undermined many of the economic, social and political gains achieved by women since the 1970s….

Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 –1960) was a formidable figure; an internationalist and anti-imperialist, an anti racist, and for a period a…

By Mekdela Ejigu THE limited legal abortion and women’s reproductive rights available in the United States exist in a permanent…

COMPLAINTS of sexual harassment and discrimination by women officers and activists often go unresolved in the unions and the Labour…

By a London teacher The recent decision by an East London primary school to ban pupils from wearing the hijab…

By Ella Mertens WHETHER in Chile or Ireland, Germany or Poland – all over the world – women are protesting…

By Jaqueline Singh WHILE within Fortress Europe right wing agitation and violence against refugees are on the increase, its external…

By Hemamali Wijesinghe  Sri Lanka has had a developed culture and literacy for many centuries. As far back as 1931,…

MINNIE Lansbury was born in 1889 in Stepney in the East End of London. Her parents, Annie and Isaac Glassman,…

By Frederik Haber THE results of the metal-workers’ pay campaign in Germany have attracted a lot of attention not only…

By a Unison schools convenor There are 1.3 million local government and school support workers – 78 per cent of…

By Micaela Edelson The colonization of Indigenous women has persisted even in the ‘post-colonial’ era. Specifically, colonialism promoted a shift…

By a CWU rep After three months of negotiations, CWU leaders are recommending members vote to accept the deal, claiming…

ON 6 FEBRUARY 1918, the Representation of the People Act extended the franchise to some women over 30 and all…

THE SYRIAN Observatory for Human Rights reports that Bashar al-Assad’s warplanes, artillery and barrel bombing helicopters have launched a major…

THE HOUSING crisis is reaching new heights after Persimmon Homes bosses share £600 million in bonuses. Young people are struggling…

MEMBERS OF the University College Union (UCU) have smashed through the government’s strike ballot threshold to declare their support for…

AS FIGURES showed rough sleeping in England increased for the seventh consecutive year, Jeremy Corbyn promised a Labour government would…