Equality
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Hate Crime Act won’t aid the fight against oppression
Socialist Party Scotland statement The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was implemented on 1 April to a storm…
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Ending women’s oppression – What’s socialism got to do with it?
Lynda McEwan The oppression of women, ideas of sexism and misogyny, whilst entrenched in modern society, hasn’t always been the…
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International Women’s Day ‘Down with war, forward with socialism!’
Bea Gardner, Socialist Party England and Wales national committee International Women’s Day 2024, 8 March, takes place in a world…
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Outpouring of opposition to sexism in Spain, football and society
Heather Rawling, Socialist Party national committee The appalling actions of the president of Spain’s football body, Louis Rubiales, after the…
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Trans rights: Brianna Ghey death sparks widespread anger
Michael Johnson Socialist Party England and Wales LGBTQ+ caucus convenor The death of Brianna Ghey has sparked not just mourning…
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Authoritarian Tories block Scottish parliament’s gender recognition reform
Sinead Daly On 22 December 2022 the Scottish parliament overwhelmingly passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. Immediately the bill was passed the Westminster…
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TV Review: It’s a Sin
Michael Johnson, Socialist Party England and Wales LGBT+ caucus I remember the first time I heard about being gay outside…
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Hundreds protest the Polish government’s ban on abortion
By Oisin Duncan Last weekend Socialist Party Scotland and Young Socialists – Young Workers’ Rights Campaign attended multiple protests organised…
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Violence against women in South Africa: How should organised workers respond?
By Marxist Workers Party members, South Africa The rape and murder of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana was the final…
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Does the Step Aside Brother campaign offer a route to involving more women in the struggle?
The ‘Step Aside, Brother’ campaign was launched on International Women’s Day 2018 by Lynn Henderson (then STUC President and a…
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