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Winning recognition: a plaque for the matchwomen’s strike – Interview with Louise Raw
Ahead of International Women’s Day, historian Louise Raw spoke to Katherine Connelly about why it is so important that the 1888 matchwomen’s strike is remembered
Alexandra Kollontai on International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, we republish Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai's writing on the history and importance of the day
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women: resisting war, asserting our liberation
The introduction from Lindsey German's 2013 book How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women looks at how and why the anti-war movement became a vehicle for women’s political action
Climate change and war: The whole social structure needs to be overturned
The latest IPCC report points to the structural change needed to avert disaster. Our leaders driving war at this time is further proof that they don't have the solutions, writes Feyzi Ismail
Book Review: Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society by Zeynep Pamuk
In Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society, Zeynep Pamuk reimagines the relationship between democratic politics and scientific expertise, exploring the possibility of new political institutions that would make experts more accountable to the lay public. In a post-COVID world where contestation of both science and public institutions is on the rise, Pamuk’s book will … Continued
Barts victory: another bloody nose for the outsourcers - News from the Frontline
Counterfire’s weekly digest with the latest on strikes and workplace struggles
Governments start wars, people bring them to an end
Kevin Ovenden on a week of war in Ukraine, attacks on the anti-war movement and the struggle for peace
10 reasons to join the cost of living protests this Saturday
The upcoming People’s Assembly protests are a crucial opportunity to remind the Tories about the crisis at home, writes Sean Ledwith
We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire - book review
Patel’s We’re Here Because You Were There is an important analysis of the racist logic of imperialist politics behind changing immigration policy, finds Jamal Elaheebocus
First they came for Stop the War, now they're coming for tube workers
Unjum Mirza, Aslef Equalities Officer, Victoria Line, writing in a personal capacity, responds to The Telegraph's attack on striking tube workers