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Fighting sexism in the labour movement
COMPLAINTS of sexual harassment and discrimination by women officers and activists often go unresolved in the unions and the Labour…
Hijab ban is sexist, racist, wrong
By a London teacher The recent decision by an East London primary school to ban pupils from wearing the hijab…
Defend a woman’s right to choose
By Ella Mertens WHETHER in Chile or Ireland, Germany or Poland – all over the world – women are protesting…
Libya’s silent, deadly suffering
By Jaqueline Singh WHILE within Fortress Europe right wing agitation and violence against refugees are on the increase, its external…
Challenges of the women’s movement in Sri Lanka
By Hemamali Wijesinghe Sri Lanka has had a developed culture and literacy for many centuries. As far back as 1931,…
Leading by example: The life and struggles of Minnie Lansbury
MINNIE Lansbury was born in 1889 in Stepney in the East End of London. Her parents, Annie and Isaac Glassman,…
Germany: IG Metall pay settlement, workers’ victory or bureaucratic showpiece?
By Frederik Haber THE results of the metal-workers’ pay campaign in Germany have attracted a lot of attention not only…
Local government: reject the pay offer – fight for five per cent!
By a Unison schools convenor There are 1.3 million local government and school support workers – 78 per cent of…
The colonisation of Indigenous women in the USA
By Micaela Edelson The colonization of Indigenous women has persisted even in the ‘post-colonial’ era. Specifically, colonialism promoted a shift…
CWU and postal bosses cut a deal which workers should reject
By a CWU rep After three months of negotiations, CWU leaders are recommending members vote to accept the deal, claiming…
100 years after some women won the vote – we still have a world to win
ON 6 FEBRUARY 1918, the Representation of the People Act extended the franchise to some women over 30 and all…
Condemn Assad and Putin’s war crimes in Idlib
THE SYRIAN Observatory for Human Rights reports that Bashar al-Assad’s warplanes, artillery and barrel bombing helicopters have launched a major…
Housing bosses rake in £100m bonuses
THE HOUSING crisis is reaching new heights after Persimmon Homes bosses share £600 million in bonuses. Young people are struggling…
UCU Lecturers to strike against 40 per cent pension cut
MEMBERS OF the University College Union (UCU) have smashed through the government’s strike ballot threshold to declare their support for…
Corbyn promises immediate action to help record numbers of homeless
AS FIGURES showed rough sleeping in England increased for the seventh consecutive year, Jeremy Corbyn promised a Labour government would…
Reinstate Ian Allinson – support the Fujitsu strike
IT GIANT Fujitsu are the latest company to step up their union-busting campaigns, which have been on the increase –…
More council homes needed to solve housing crisis
JEREMY CORBYN has said that there is no convincing solution to the housing crisis that “does not start with a…
PFI has been a £200 billion rip-off
THE COLLAPSE of Carillion and the recent National Auditing Office report have put Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) under the microscope…
The Elephant in the Council chamber
SOME SOUTHWARK Labour councillors have been halted – if only temporarily – in their quest to turn Elephant & Castle’s…
Obituary: Erica Garner 1990-2017
ERICA GARNER, the Black Lives Matter activist and Bernie Sanders campaigner, has died after a heart attack, aged just 27….
Organise the Left for London council campaigns
WITH COUNCIL elections looming in London, the Tory press is full of increasingly worried articles about a Labour landslide. Pollsters…
Oprah for President?
OPRAH WINFREY’S Golden Globes speech aroused many hearts and moved audiences at the 2018 Golden Globes Awards. While accepting the…
Newham Mayor ungraciously concedes members’ democratic rights
IN A dramatic about turn, Newham’s directly elected Mayor, Sir Robin Wales, has called for an “open selection” ballot to…
USA: Hundreds of thousands march against sexism
HUNDREDS OF thousands took to the streets in cities across the US on January 20 and 21 to mark the…
Sadiq Khan revives racist Stop & Search
ACCORDING TO police records, knife crime has risen by 21 per cent in the past year, and gun-related offences by…
Momentum candidates sweep new NEC places
THE CLEAN sweep of Momentum candidates for three new seats created to represent Labour’s expanded membership on its nec is…
Labour Party Democracy Review – where to begin?
LABOUR’S DEMOCRACY review, led by Katy Clark, is an important opportunity for members to demand the opening up of the…
RF No. 17 Editorial: Getting serious about taking power
Labour needs to become a genuine social movement to make an election victory the launchpad for a real struggle for…
A defeated revolution: Finland 1918
The heroic fight of the Finnish workers tends to be unfairly overlooked when the great revolutionary events of 1917-18 are…
Business as usual in the ANC but fresh forces assemble to its left
NUMSA announces new ‘Revolutionary Workers’ Party’