Laura Woods looks at the issue of abortion and how reproductive rights are central both to women's liberation and class politics.
Tommy Sheridan, one of Scotland’s most prominent socialists, has been told to expect ‘to begin a prison sentence’ after being found guilty of perjury on 23rd December. Katherine Connelly looks at the issues behind the case.
Accountable leadership is a core component of democracy. The alternative, in radical movements, is that things get decided behind the scenes, without transparency or accountability.
Convenor of Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey German talks about the new initiatives Counterfire and the Coalition of Resistance. Lindsey also discusses the measures necessary for successful opposition to the cuts.
The decision by students to begin a campaign of no confidence against National Union of Students President Aaron Porter has generated online and media discussion, from Twitter and Facebook to Sky and BBC. Sunny Hundal’s piece for Liberal Conspiracy articulates the case against the campaign.
Students need our support not just because they deserve it but also because the fate of the education system and the welfare state depends on their success.
Yesterday was glorious. It was inspiring, fun, and yes, ‘anarchic.’ I spent most of it laughing and hollering into the brisk air on those sunlit streets. Scary, huh?
This month members of the Unite union will be voting for a new general secretary. The BA strike and resistance to the cuts have become central issues in the campaign.
All those who are opposed to the cuts must give the ConDems our kind of big society - resistance on the scale of a mass movement.
The publication of the heavily redacted Serious Case Review into the tragic death of Peter Connelly (previously known as Baby P) has brought the inevitable headlines vilifying social workers.
The ConDems are always comparing the national deficit to a household budget. ‘You know’ they say, ‘if your family spends more than it earns in a week , it has to cut back’.
The new promotional video for 10:10, the very respectable and mainstream environmental group, has generated a fair amount of online reaction and discussion in the last day or two. It is perhaps the worst campaign video I've ever seen.