Many around the world are celebrating the vote for abortion rights in Ireland. It has been a long time coming. The result is as exciting as the movement that has been built on and leapt forward during this whole process.
It raises question for women around the world. On top of the #metoo movement, this is a huge achievement and it happened in a one time bastion of reactionary control over women’s lives.
Many more will be questioning what is the situation for women in their own country. Our series on China continues with this question.
Another shockwave that was felt globally was the mass murder of unarmed protesters in Gaza. We interview Palestinian writer and activist Ghada Karmi about the situation there.
The resignation of Ken Livingstone was a sad result of backpeddling over the attacks on Corbyn. It has not ceased them. Jonathan Arkush, who is standing down as president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews has now said, “Delegitimising the state of Israel is antisemitic,” and attacked Corbyn for being “chairman of Stop the War”, saying that his views could drive Jewish people to leave Britain. Labour’s retreats didn’t help them make a breakthrough in the local elections.
Over half a million people have signed a petition to free Tommy Robinson from jail. The far-right FLA were outnumbered in Manchester. The better funded and more organised DFLA are to be challenged in Manchester as we go to press. We take inspiration from Germany.
A year on from the fire at Grenfell Tower, people are still fighting for justice. Let’s honour them by fighting to get rid of the Tories. Theresa May is weakened by her alliance with the DUP bigots and the huge vote shows just how out of touch she is.
Her other right wing friend, Donald Trump comes to Britain next month. We look forward to the demonstration but remember that the massive anti war marches took systematic organisation.
In November of last year, there was a brief moment of light amid the darkness that was 2020. Scotland became the first country in the world to make period products free for all. Just as the weekend and the eight-hour-day are now regarded by many as a given, future generations may be in disbelief that...
On 4 November last year, when many of us were watching the aftermath of the American presidential election, the US formally left the Paris Climate Agreement. Written in 2015 at the United Nations’ COP21 climate conference in Paris, the agreement is often considered to be the most significant document of international climate cooperation. Back then,...
To say 2020 was dramatic would be an understatement. The world situation has been completely transformed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the inadequacy of governmental and state responses. As we head into 2021 it feels like we are entering uncharted territory. To make specific predictions would be unwise. But the Covid-19 crisis raises fundamental questions...
The 2020 crisis we’ve endured isn’t an aberration of the system but, as Alex Callinicos argues, an aspect of its permanent crisis.
