Don’t let the right turn the clock back on sex
The moral right are on the rampage. They want to take us back to the 1950s—when housewives were tied to the sink and were an extension of their husbands, with little or no independence.
Slashing benefits is making people ill
As a former NHS staff nurse, I am deeply concerned and angry about the government’s predisposition to targeting the most vulnerable members of society.
Institutional amnesia
Manslaughter charges are to be brought against the police officer who hit and pushed Ian Tomlinson to his death at the G20 protests in 2009.
Profiting from misery
Jobcentre staff have told me there have been lots of complaints about Maximus—a company contracted by the Department for Work and Pensions to get people off the unemployment lists.
Government cuts will ghettoise sick people
I have been following your coverage of the damage being caused by government cuts and it is clear that this is only the start.
Is it wrong to be against the West’s war in Libya?
Socialist Worker has argued consistently against military intervention by Western countries, and I have always agreed.