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FiLiA conference continues the women’s liberation movement
Over the years this feminist organisation has developed an anti-racist and community-led approach to assist a range of women and amplify the voices of those most marginalised. CLAIRE L HEUCHAN explains
In the wake of Ann Widdecombe’s murder, JOHN GREEN wonders whether the government will really get to grips with the root cause of these attacks on our MPs
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite the screeching from the right-wing media, Burnham’s speech chimed with the public mood - and socialists should take advantage, says Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO
Scotland's Labour leader cannot continue to evade responsibility for the party's decline, argues LAUREN HARPER
Nature as well as society works dialectically, asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
FiLiA is a remarkable experience. Europe’s largest grassroots feminist conference, it brings together women from a wide range of nationalities and backgrounds to unite against sexist oppression. There’s nothing like it.
The conference exists as a continuation of the women’s liberation movement — politics which generate a powerful sense of sisterhood and shared purpose. Witnessing FiLiA grow and evolve has been one of the greatest joys in my life as a feminist.
I first attended FiLiA back in 2015, when it was still Feminism in London. It was the first time I’d met many of the feminists I’d connected with over the internet in person, which was exhilarating — living in small town Scotland, I’d previously had little access to radical feminist community outside of Twitter.
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