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20 October 2021
Doncaster: Vigil condemns violence against women
I attended the vigil for victims of violence against women in Doncaster. We held a two-minute silence for Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, and all the women who have been murdered in lockdown by their violent
13 October 2021
Ridley Road: An engaging story of fighting fascism
The new BBC 1 drama 'Ridley Road' is based on true events: the struggle against fascism in the early 1960s. It opens with the shocking scene of three characters giving Nazi salutes.
6 October 2021
Sarah Everard trial reveals police abuse of power
While the Tories talk about how murders like Sarah's should never happen again, their actions speak otherwise.
6 October 2021
London protest for Texas abortion rights
The Socialist Party leaflet on the protest about Texas abortion rights in central London on 2 October read: "Defend the right to choose, when or whether to have children".
6 October 2021
Glasgow's equal pay battle set to re-erupt
Three years ago this month saw an heroic 48-hour mass strike for equal pay. 8,000 Glasgow council workers, organised by Unison and the GMB, took the action. The majority female workforce had been underpaid
29 September 2021
Sabina Nessa vigil: End violence against women
Six months and here we are again, remembering another woman murdered. That was one of the big emotions on the vigil for Sabina Nessa near her home in Kidbrooke, south London.
22 September 2021
York: Non-binary and trans rights protest
On 19 September, 40 people protested for the legal recognition of non-binary people, and to end trans discrimination under the current Gender Recognition Act
22 September 2021
Life expectancy falls - a condemnation of capitalism
I often think when I hear that a member of the royal family has died at the ripe old age of 101 - 'didn't they have a good innings, they mustn't grumble!'
15 September 2021
Unite young and old to defend the pensions triple lock
The UK State Pension is £179.60 a week, among the lowest in Europe. It leaves over 2 million pensioners in poverty.
8 September 2021
US Supreme Court refuses to challenge Texas abortion ban
Build a socialist fightback!: The US Supreme Court, in a five-four vote, allowed Texas's new anti-abortion law to take effect on 31 August
8 September 2021
Families demand rights for care home residents
While government guidance now allows us to go to pubs and music festivals, go on holidays, and meet up with friends, care home residents are being kept under lockdown
25 August 2021
Many protagonists depicted in Korean dramas are desperate to get a permanent job. Jun, however, chooses to fill her waking hours with part-time work. She doesn't want to show allegiance to the corporate
14 July 2021
Why I joined the Socialist Party
My political interests stemmed from awareness of social issues - discrimination around race, gender, sexuality, and particularly from being a feminist
14 July 2021
LGBTphobia - discrimination, oppression, harassment and bullying of LGBTQ+ people - impacts the lives of every LGBTQ+ person
23 June 2021
'An unsentimental depiction of the brutality and inhumanity of capitalism': 'Shuggie Bain', written by Douglas Stuart, is a novel that at times makes the reader stop and reflect
23 June 2021
Tory review won't deliver justice for rape victims
'Rape has been decriminalised'. This was a 2019 assessment of a situation where just 1.6% of rapes result in someone being charged. Each year around 128,000 people are victims of rape but only just over
23 June 2021
Women and the criminal 'injustice' system
In April of this year, the Ministry of Justice released a report responding to the 'growing mental health crisis' for women in prison
23 June 2021
Tories deliberately underfund childcare
The cost of childcare is rocketing. Access to places is being squeezed. The funding local authorities receive from the government to deliver free childcare for three and four-year-olds is not enough. And
16 June 2021
The Cumberlege review last year was just one example of the devastating impact of the 'gender health gap'
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