History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
For freedom from theocratic tyranny and the repeal of all laws that undermine women’s rights!
Statement of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women – Victory to the united struggle of the brave women and men of Iran!
Women run away from anti-riot police during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, in downtown Tehran, Iran
As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Socialists, feminists and trade unionists gathered in Manchester to launch a network committed to evidence-based activism with a renewed emphasis on class and collective struggle. ANNA BARRETT reports
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
THE Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women emphatically condemns the killing of Mahsa (Gina) Amini, by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
We convey our condolences to Mahsa’s grieving family and to all freedom-loving women and men of Iran.
The regime’s Guidance Patrol arrested this young woman of 22 as she travelled on Tehran’s Metro with her brother under the pretext of having “bad hijab.”
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