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
What does pornography reveal about the world we are a part of?
Even though PornHub has been found to have hosted images of trafficking victims, abused missing children, gang rape and torture, society is unwilling to recognise, let alone confront, the harms caused by porn, writes JO BARTOSCH
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
THE pandemic has given rise to something wonderful; it seems each of us has been made aware that we are a part of something bigger.
And yet, while we’re all thinking about the social implications of buying loo roll or going for a walk, every day in homes across the globe 120 million viewers will log onto PornHub, the world’s largest platform for free pornography.
As I write, searches for “coronavirus quarantine” pornography are trending.
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