Society & Culture > Gender & sexuality
Quotas harm the cause
27 Feb 2014
The left should not succumb to neoliberalisms phoney version of equality, argues Yassamine Mather
All the president’s men
01 Feb 2018
As the sexual harassment scandal continues to claim victims, Paul Demarty wonders how it will be brought back under control
Is Trumpism the future?
18 Jan 2018
Yes, the US president is widely derided, writes Mike Macnair, but does he represent an alternative to the neoliberal ‘equalities’ agenda?
Understanding poststructuralism
11 Jan 2018
We need to debate the development of diverse ideas and movements in their historical context, both before and after 1968. Only then can Marxism recover and move forward, argues Rex Dunn
Soviet Russia and women’s emancipation
30 Nov 2017
Just how much progress was made in the fight for equality? Anne McShane focuses in particular on central Asia
Historical inaccuracies and theoretical overkill
30 Nov 2017
Identity politics are prone to fragmentation, only the working class project of universal liberation can unite the oppressed, argues Mike Macnair
Poststructuralism and decline
23 Nov 2017
Rex Dunn argues that sexism within the left is not the root cause for the rise of political correctness and identity politics
Power structures and democratisation
16 Nov 2017
Mike Macnair looks at the implications of the ‘Pestminster’ scandal
The negative-sum internet
26 Oct 2017
Paul Demarty reviews: Angela Nagle, Kill all normies: the online culture wars from Tumblr and 4chan to the alt-right and Trump, Zero Books, 2017, pp120, £9.99
Six degrees of Harvey Weinstein
19 Oct 2017
What does the downfall of one of the film industry’s most powerful men tell us? Paul Demarty investigates
1967 and all that
19 Oct 2017
It is 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 partly decriminalised gay sex. Mike Macnair examines its significance
Make it free, safe and legal
12 Oct 2017
The struggle for abortion rights is an essential part of the fight to end women’s oppression, writes Alan Gibson of Rebels4Choice (personal capacity)
The social gradient
10 Aug 2017
Mike Belbin completes his series of articles on genetics, racism and human character
Racialism and eugenics
27 Jul 2017
In the second article in a four-part series Mike Belbin looks at the many and varied classifications of race
Overcoming misogyny
20 Jul 2017
Yassamine Mather tells the story of a woman whose achievements were made against all the odds
Bigotry parading with a halo
22 Jun 2017
Tim Farron claims it is ‘impossible’ to be both a Christian and the leader of a modern political party. But, says Eddie Ford, he is a fake martyr