Women's Liberation
Pandemic has worsened inequality and state repression, warns Amnesty report
Inequality, oppression and state repression have deepened across the globe during the pandemic, according to a damning new report.
To kill the bill, protests must continue to grow
The police are taking their revenge on people who have joined Kill The Bill protests.
Anger as police action at Clapham Common is deemed to have been ‘justified’
A "watchdog"—in truth a tame servant—has found the Metropolitan Police “acted appropriately” at the vigil held for Sarah Everard in Clapham Common earlier this month.
Thousands protest across Britain after third night of police violence in Bristol
Big marches against the Tories' police bill took place in towns and cities across Britain.
Letters—The police put us in danger at protests in Newcastle
Our demonstration in Newcastle against the police bill and violence against women wasn’t as dramatic as the one in Bristol. But the police made us less safe.
Struggles to tear out the roots of sexism
United class struggle can undermine sexism and offer hope of liberation. But that doesn't mean sidelining the battle against oppression, writes Isabel Ringrose
Could longer sentences help to protect women?
22 March 2021A new movement has brought to the fore questions about how we beat sexism. Sadie Robinson argues liberation won’t come through the current justice system
Pepper spray, dogs, batons and horses—police were the real thugs in Bristol
22 March 2021The establishment has reacted with horror to the furious protest that erupted in Bristol on Sunday. Around 5,000 people joined a demonstration against the new Tory police bill that would make it much harder for people to protest.
‘We’ll unite to kill Tory police bill,’ vow activists from across movements
18 March 2021A call to unite and resist the Tories’ protest-smashing Police Bill went out from an online meeting
We need ‘serious disruption’ to kill Tory police bill
17 March 2021MPs have taken another step towards making it much harder for people to protest in Britain.
Thousands take to streets as MPs clear way for protest-smashing Police Bill
16 March 2021Chants of “Kill the Bill” rang out in Parliament Square on Tuesday night. Thousands of people took to the streets against a new assault on the right to protest—as well as sexism and the police.
Protests have power to disrupt their system
16 March 2021The rage of women on the streets across Britain this week at the system and the police showed the state was losing control.
The establishment quakes following police violence
16 March 2021The scenes of police attacking protesters in Clapham sent the establishment into a mini meltdown.
Protests say Met boss should go
16 March 2021Calls are growing louder for Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Cressida Dick to resign following the police’s violent handling of the Sarah Everard vigil last Saturday.
Third night of mass protest takes on sexism and police repression
15 March 2021Over 1,000 angry protesters raged through the streets of central London on Monday on the third night of protest against the sexist system
The alleged killer of Sarah Everard belonged to institutionally sexist force
15 March 2021Wayne Couzens is charged with the kidnapping and murder of Sarah Everard. He is a firearms officer from Scotland Yard’s elite Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command.
Fury on streets over violence against women and Tory police bill
14 March 2021Rage against the sexist system returned to the streets on Sunday as around 4,000 people protested in central London
Tories’ draconian police bill will ensure many more repeats of Clapham Common
14 March 2021What happened on Clapham Common on Saturday evening will be repeated, but more often and with more brutality if a new bill goes through parliament.
Thousands defy police bans to demand an end to violence against women
13 March 2021A furious crowd confronted the cops in Clapham Common, south London, on Saturday. Protesters defied a ban to gather and pay their respects to Sarah Everard
LETTERS—Smash the capitalist system that causes women’s oppression
13 March 2021I was not shocked to discover that recent research has found almost all young women in Britain have experienced sexual harassment.
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- Striking bus drivers in London and Manchester demand end to fire and rehire
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