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MATCHWOMEN’S strike campaigners blasted Sir Keir Starmer today after he celebrated the anniversary of a victory by one of Victorian London’s worst employers.
The Labour leader sparked the backlash by posting an image on Twitter of women workers at the Bryant and May match factory in Bow 150 years ago.
Sir Keir said the image showing workers marching to Parliament against a proposed tax on matches and, “through collective action, they won.”
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
The Morning Star invites readers to join Jeremy Corbyn and others to celebrate a working-class female victory that echoes through the ages