Family
Women, the family and the coronavirus crisis
During this period where people’s lives are centred around the home, Sarah Bates looks at capitalism's reliance on the family and women’s domestic labour.
Sexist double standards for women politicans
The New Statesman magazine ran a particularly unenlightened front page last week, even by its standards.New attacks lie behind Tory talk of protecting 'the family'
The government’s aim to look at how policy affects the family is pure hypocrisy, writes Sadie Robinson
Letters
The truth about child abuse and the family At last! A paper that gets to the real issues about child abuse and dares to discuss the power relationships within society that are reflected in the make-up of the family.Cameron's media mates charged
Andy Coulson, David Cameron’s former spin doctor, has been charged with illegally paying to get the royal family’s phone numbers.Send in your tributes, memories and photos of Julie Waterson
Send in your tributes, memories and photos of Julie WatersonObama's re-election: myths and reality
08 November 2012"We are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people," said Barack Obama in his victory speech after winning his second term as US president.
The Shining's horror lies in its fractured nuclear family
30 October 2012The Shining is all about contrasts. It feels like an epic but zooms in on a disintegrating nuclear family. It is about secrets and abuse—but everything happens in plain sight.
Refugee family taken in dawn raid
30 October 2012There is outrage over the way the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has deported an Egyptian family from Cardiff.
'The Tories axed my job. Now they want to slash our benefits'
30 October 2012Katrina, a mother of six in Wigan, used to have a job and deftly managed to support her family.
Police must hand over Azelle Rodney footage, judge rules
16 October 2012A judge has ruled that the police must hand over video footage to the legal team of the family of Azelle Rodney. Azelle was shot by a police officer at point blank range in April 2005.
Vigil for Mikey Powell
18 September 2012The family of Mikey Powell held a vigil last week outside Thornhill Road police station, Birmingham, where he died in custody in 2003. They were joined by supporters including the families of Anthony Grainger and Kingsley Burrell Brown.
International round-up
28 August 2012Corrie’s an death ‘accident’, says Israel An Israeli court has ruled that 23 year old activist Rachel Corrie’s death in 2003 was an "accident". An Israeli army bulldozer crushed her as she blocked its approach to a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip. Her family, who brought the civil case, plan to appeal.
Tomlinson family vow to continue fight for justice
24 July 2012Outrage followed the news on Thursday of last week that Simon Harwood had been found not guilty of Ian Tomlinson’s manslaughter.
Anthony Cartwright: How I Killed Margaret Thatcher
17 July 2012This is a story of a working class family in Dudley living under Margaret Thatcher.
Sean Rigg inquest is a battle for justice for those who die in custody
19 June 2012Family, friends and supporters packed into the public gallery at Southwark Coroner’s Court last week for the inquest into the death of Sean Rigg.
Refugee who resisted forced deportation: 'We are people too'
12 June 2012Men, women and children are being forcibly deported by the Tories. This is the reality of the government’s propaganda about immigrants and family life
Immigration: home secretary dismisses refugees' right to 'family life'
12 June 2012The Tories pose as the party of the family. But they are choosy about which families they defend.
Letters
12 June 2012Government of millionaires targets 'problem' families David Cameron blames 120,000 "troubled" families for "a large amount of crime" and claims that £75,000 is spent on each family a year.
Queen Elizabeth pretends royals are a normal family
29 May 2012The current queen’s image has been a strange mix of pomp and domesticity throughout her reign.
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- Anti-racists stage day of action in solidarity with refugees
- Workers in grip of the economic crisis speak out—millions face jobs misery
- Olive Morris—a tragically short life dedicated to struggle
- ‘Don’t silence our criticism of Israel,’ Palestinians tell Labour Party
- ‘Plainly we don’t have enough’—Tory in charge of coronavirus tests admits ‘significant’ failure
- Lesvos refugees who escaped a fire now face appalling conditions
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