International Women's Day 2024 A Marxist perspective on global women’s oppression and misogyny 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
Thursday 26th Jan 2023 The man who tried to warn the world about Auschwitz A remarkable book tells the story of the first Jews to escape from the now-infamous Nazi death camp – but at that time most Jews of Europe had no idea of the horrors taking place behind the barbed wire, explains MARY DAVIS
Tuesday 08th Mar 2022 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2022 Why we need a revived women’s movement today Our strength as women lies in our ability to act as a collective force – rebuilding that unity is now one of our most urgent tasks, argues MARY DAVIS
Book Review Friday 04th Feb 2022 Book Review Solving unions’ entrenched identity crisis This is an important book dealing with an important subject of critical concern to all labour movement activists, writes MARY DAVIS
Thursday 27th Jan 2022 Why we must remember On Holocaust Memorial Day, Professor MARY DAVIS explains the particular significance of Auschwitz and the need to guard against historical revisionism
Monday 06th Dec 2021 Deconstructing ‘Categorisation & Construction’ Marxist historian MARY DAVIS responds to recent articles on science and society, and counters the idea that ‘facts are the product of human minds’
Saturday 16th Oct 2021 Why every feminist should be a socialist and why every socialist needs to be a feminist The building of a broad-based women’s movement and a strengthened labour movement must go hand in hand, argues MARY DAVIS
Friday 07th May 2021 A regenerated women’s movement will help pave the road to socialism MARY DAVIS invites readers to join the Sisterhood, Socialism and Struggle event this weekend where a Marxist feminist analysis will be centre stage
Monday 08th Mar 2021 Opinion What should women ‘challenge and change’ in 2021? Women’s rights are under assault on a number of fronts – and organised struggle remains our best weapon against the corporate agenda, says PROF MARY DAVIS
Sunday 13th Dec 2020 Building an awareness of the link between women’s oppression and class exploitation MARY DAVIS previews a Communist Party conference in January that will address some of the most pressing challenges facing women today
Saturday 28th Nov 2020 Engels 200 Women’s oppression, the origins of the family and the condition of the working class The Star publishes here an abridged version of Engels Memorial Lecture given by PROFESSOR MARY DAVIS at the Marx Memorial Library earlier this week