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A whole series of new and renewed groups, protests and movements have appeared in response to the “new sexism” – personified by raunch culture popular on campus – that are increasingly defining themselves as feminist. Some of those involved with these movements are drawn to the ideas of “intersectionality”, which attempt to explain how race,...

Reports of the death of class consciousness have been greatly exaggerated according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey, says Sadie Robinson

This week Tory chancellor George Osborne proclaimed the British economy is in "recovery". However, the grim reality for many in Tory Britain is unemployment, low pay, pensioner poverty, and an ever?growing class divide.

Anger is growing at zero hours contracts—but ‘casual’ jobs or worse conditions don’t automatically stop workers fighting back, writes Sadie Robinson

Talat Ahmed looks at how the system developed the way it did in different parts of the world and argues that there was nothing special about the West other than accident

The Tories are ripping up the lives of working class women, according to a new report by the Fawcett Society, writes Judith Orr

As the BBC unveils a new system for defining class in Britain, Judith Orr explains what class means for Marxists —and how superficial definitions hide workers’ power

Tory ministers refer to places in which “three generations of the same family have never worked”. But there’s little proof that such families exist.

Red Saunders, a founder member of Rock Against Racism, has recreated important moments in working class history in large scale photographs with costumed models.

There has been a recent resurgence in writers about women's oppression looking to Marx and Engels for answers, with some arguing he crudely emphasised class at the expense of oppression. Here, Sally Campbell looks at the claims of those writers and defends Engels from the critics

David Willets, the Tories’ universities minister, claimed last week that white working class men need a special campaign to encourage them to go to university.

Monti will run against Berlusconi Italy’s ruling class is in turmoil once more in the run-up to next month’s general election.