MARY DAVIS says the centrality of the Jewish community and the Communist Party to anti-fascism in the 1930s is too often overlooked on the left
Sex-based rights – an election issue
Labour’s manifesto commitment on women’s rights is a welcome start – but sisters across the political spectrum will continue their organising to ensure their voices are heard, says PAULA BOULTON
A 1936 confrontation with Mosley’s BUF became part of a wider international struggle, with local activists later joining the fight against fascism in the Spanish civil war. TONY FOX tells the story ahead of a 90th anniversary commemoration event
GEORGE WHITE explains why Unite’s Lancashire area activists committee believes co-ordinated recruitment in an area defined by particular kinds of employment and linked by a major transport artery could provide a model for organising the unorganised
Voters have delivered a stay of execution for Labour and exposed limits to Reform’s advance. But will Burnham offer a political alternative rather than just a different face at the top, asks ANDREW MURRAY
Calls for a Universal Basic Income are a red herring, argues the Full Marx editorial team — socialists should fight for Universal Basic Services
SEVIM DAGDELEN warns that Germany’s military resurgence and revival of old hostilities towards Russia have dangerous implications for Europe and beyond
SEX-BASED rights are clearly an election issue. In the past two weeks there have been numerous articles in the national press and some in-depth investigative journalism both on radio and TV about sex-based rights and the Gender Recognition Act (GRA).
A subject which was previously ignored or only discussed within a social media echo chamber is suddenly in the public sphere. What has caused the issue to be brought out of the margins into the mainstream?
On the surface, since reform of the GRA is a flagship Liberal Democrat election policy, journalists have been able to ask meaningful questions about what that would mean for women’s rights and safety.
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