child abuse
The right use abuse scandals to feed racism
A new report shows politicians and the media use abuse to whip up Islamophobia, says Sadie Robinson
Why do the royals still reign?
As scandals and splits tear chunks out of the royal family, Simon Basketter looks at what keeps them in place—and why the people who actually rule us still want them
Jeffrey Epstein case shows up the system’s abuses
Jeffrey Epstein, the rich child rapist, is dead after taking his own life. That is a slightly more controversial statement than might be imagined.
Reports of child abuse are shaped by media hypocrisy
Peter Bornshin suffered sexual abuse while in the care of social services in the early 1980s. He was tormented by his experiences at the Grafton Close Children’s Home, west London.
Hidden nightmare that lies behind the Hollywood dream
Dark Mon£y is a poignant and compelling drama about sexual abuse, class and the corporate elite in the film industry, say?Dean Ryan and Kate Simon
Child abuse at the heart of the British establishment
Child abusing senior spy Sir Peter Hayman escaped prosecution in 1978 after his solicitor lobbied the then Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in person.
LETTERS - It’s right to challenge racist lies over child sexual abuse
05 November 2018I think this race stuff has allowed the police to shift focus away from how much they clearly don’t care about people from poorer or difficult backgrounds (Claims about ‘Asian sex gangs’ don’t stack up, 31 October).
Claims over ‘Asian sex gangs’ don’t stack up
29 October 2018Racists blame Muslims for child abuse, but researcher Ella Cockbain told Sadie Robinson about the reality
Tommy Robinson’s racists turn on Rotherham survivor
16 October 2018Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse has come under attack from racists and supporters of Tommy Robinson.
Council care fails children
21 August 2018Children looked after by local authorities are facing a “silent crisis”, new research by the Social Market Foundation thinktank indicates.
New book shows how police failings helped cover up Rotherham abuse
22 April 2018Sammy Woodhouse was key to exposing a child sexual exploitation scandal in Rotherham – and the failures of the police and other authorities to act on abuse.
After racists march in Telford - oppose the FLA in Manchester
31 March 2018Around 200 people joined a racist march in Telford on Friday.
New report into Rotherham child abuse excuses top council officials and police
12 September 2017A new report says senior officials at Rotherham council knew of problems with child sexual exploitation—but none should be charged over failures.
Newcastle abuse ‘not because of race’ says judge
06 September 2017A group of men that abused girls and young women in Newcastle did not target victims because of their race, a judge has said.
Abuse survivor slams police for paying convicted child rapist in Newcastle case
11 August 2017A survivor of child sexual exploitation has spoken out against the use of a convicted child rapist as a police informant in the Newcastle abuse case.
Sexist attitudes behind police failings in Newcastle abuse case
10 August 2017Sexual abuse and sexist attitudes aren’t the preserve of Asian men. They are at the heart of capitalist society. And this explains police failings.
Failings that led to Jersey child abuse went right to the top, inquiry finds
04 July 2017The failings that left children in care open to abuse in Jersey went right to the top of the political system, an inquiry has found. It added that children there “may still be at risk”.
Three Girls - A harrowing view of how system treats survivors of abuse
16 May 2017Socialist Worker readers should watch BBC drama Three Girls, which airs this week.
Rotherham abuse survivor Sammy Woodhouse leads fight for new law
04 April 2017A survivor of the child sexual exploitation scandal in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, is demanding the government does more to help victims.
Spies not blamed over Kincora in a ‘travesty’ of a child abuse inquiry
24 January 2017Children suffered decades of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in homes run by the state, charities and churches in Northern Ireland, an inquiry found last week.
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