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5 May 2021
New law ignores economic barriers to escaping domestic abuse
The Domestic Abuse Act has become law. Violence against women and girls has been on the increase during the pandemic. Between March and June 2020, police recorded 206,492 domestic abuse offences - a 9%
7 April 2021
Childcare in crisis: A socialist solution
Over the last year, Covid-19 has magnified the vast deep-rooted inequalities in the capitalist system. One problem which has been felt most acutely by working women is that of childcare.
3 March 2021
A fighting programme for women's rights and socialism
Women have been especially hit by the economic and social consequences of the pandemic.
17 February 2021
Tory consultation on home-use abortion pills
One in three women will have an abortion before the age of 45. The abortion pill is a safe and uncomplicated medical procedure carried out in the first ten weeks of pregnancy.
6 January 2021
Engels on the origins of women's oppression
In the final article in our series to commemorate 200 years since the birth of Friedrich Engels, Christine Thomas looks at the relevance of his important work 'The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State' for the struggle today to end women's inequality and oppression.
1 July 2020
Cardiff community fights nursery closure: Council must step in
The Little Fishes nursery has served the St Mellons community from the church premises for 30 years.
24 June 2020
Fight back to stop Tories scrapping protections for children in care
The Tories have been using Covid-19 to attack safeguarding procedures in our frontline services
11 March 2020
Childcare - costly, inadequate and hard work
Childcare costs have risen 5% according to charity Coram. Its family and childcare survey found the weekly price for a part-time nursery place for a child under two is over £130 - £6,800 a year, writes Juliette Fogelman, East London Socialist Party.
12 February 2020
Cesar Zanin, a part-time NHS worker living in temporary accommodation and bringing up a six-year-old daughter, didn't know where their next meal was coming from after the DWP stopped his Universal Credit without warning
6 November 2019
General election 2019 round-up
The latest developments in the general election campaign
31 July 2019
The Tories sold Universal Credit as a public money-saving scheme, combining several benefits into one. In reality the 'savings' were to come from reducing payouts.
22 May 2019
Alabama legislators have passed a bill that makes it a felony for a doctor to perform or attempt to perform an abortion. They even denied an amendment allowing exemptions for cases of rape and incest.
10 April 2019
The Socialist Party demands that trade unions take a lead in fighting for public investment in well-paid jobs for all
3 April 2019
Working families in poverty: fund homes and childcare
In the UK, 2.9 million children from working families are now living in poverty, reports the Department for Work and Pensions. And more than a third of babies are living below the poverty line, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
6 March 2019
The Socialist spoke with a shop worker and union member, Olivia, about her conditions at work.
24 October 2018
Universal Credit could trap women in violent relationships
The introduction of Universal Credit, under which families can lose £200 a month, has rightly provoked outrage
29 August 2018
Working families £50 a week short of paying for kids
Feed your child or heat the house; buy a school uniform or pay the electricity bill - these are the kinds of impossible choices faced by more and more working parents every day
25 July 2018
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including Boris's millionaire mansion and working homeless.
30 May 2018
Historic victory won by grassroots movement
On 25 May, Irish citizens voted decisively to repeal the 8th Amendment, a resounding rejection of the abortion ban and misogynistic ideas about women and our bodies. The Yes vote won a landslide 66% and in all but one county.
7 March 2018
Capitalism oppresses women - fight for socialism!
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When the twenty first century dawned, young women in the US and much of Europe were being told that equality was within their grasp.
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