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The Daily Worker front page, October 5 1936
Features / 21 June 2026
21 June 2026

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

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Anti-fascism / 16 June 2026
16 June 2026

Ninety years on from the famous anti-fascist victory, commemorations should acknowledge the central role played by Jewish workers and communist organisers in stopping Mosley’s march, says MARY DAVIS

General Strike 1926
Features / 3 May 2026
3 May 2026

MARY DAVIS reviews a concise history highlighting the strength of rank-and-file action and the limits of trade union leadership in Britain’s greatest industrial conflict

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Films To Campaign With / 10 April 2026
10 April 2026

MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings

Women's rights campaigners in Westminster, London after taking part in a march from the Royal Courts of Justice calling for decriminalisation of abortion, June 17, 2023
International Women's Day 2026 / 7 March 2026
7 March 2026

Professor MARY DAVIS argues that feminism has been hollowed out by liberal co-option – and only a revival of socialist, class-based politics can restore International Working Women’s Day’s original, radical purpose

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International Women's Day 2025 / 8 March 2025
8 March 2025
Women’s hard-fought-for rights are facing sustained and serious ideological attack. Let this International Women’s Day be a call to arms, says Professor MARY DAVIS
Memorial candles are lit during a Holocaust Memorial Day com
Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 / 27 January 2025
27 January 2025
The proponents and enablers of Holocaust distortion and anti-communism now have increasing political power and influence in a number of European countries, obstructing an understanding of the reality of fascism’s crimes, warns MARY DAVIS
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Features / 29 October 2024
29 October 2024
The infamous forged missive exposed how the Establishment worked to discredit Labour despite its loudly declared anti-communist stance, writes MARY DAVIS, analysing the 1924 government’s destruction
Protesters during a Million Women Rise march from Oxford Str
International Women's Day 2024 / 8 March 2024
8 March 2024
Despite some steps forward for women’s rights, the tasks ahead remain daunting as in many parts of the world these rights are being eroded and the clock is being turned back, argues MARY DAVIS
Features / 20 January 2024
20 January 2024
MARY DAVIS examines Lenin’s contribution to Marxist theory and practice and how it relates to the great events of 1917
DISCONTENT: Trans rights activists outside Portobello Librar
Books Review / 2 November 2023
2 November 2023
MARY DAVIS recommends a timely exploration of the relationship between sex, gender and gender identity
Still not won: an equal pay protest at Downing Street back i
Features / 6 March 2023
6 March 2023
Let’s reject capitalism’s #EmbraceEquity theme for International Women’s Day and highlight the real issues facing women workers, argues MARY DAVIS