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
Feminism: The world of women, like the world of men, is divided
04 Apr 2013
Paul Demarty calls for the unity of men and women in the fight for the self-liberation of the working class
SWP and no platform: Meanwhile, in the real world ...
21 Mar 2013
The intensifying feminist offensive against the far left is the bitter fruit of our collective political mistakes, argues Paul Demarty
Pope Francis: Silence equals complicity
21 Mar 2013
Far from being a new broom or reformer, writes Eddie Ford, the new pope is a reactionary to his marrow
Women and liberation: Is feminism a dirty word?
14 Mar 2013
What would Marx and Engels think of recent events in the SWP, RMT and across the British left? Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group takes to task dinosaur Marxists for refusing to treat rape as a deeply political issue
SWP and feminism: Rape is not the problem
14 Mar 2013
Red-baiting and feminist attacks on the SWP must be resisted, in spite of everything, argues Paul Demarty
Ireland Magdalene laundries: No to the theocratic state
14 Feb 2013
The release of the McAleese report has further opened debate on anti-female abuse by church and state in Ireland, reports Anne McShane
Women and capitalism: Double burden of oppression
14 Feb 2013
Is womens inequality endemic to capitalism? Yassamine Mather spoke to socialist feminist Bridget Fowler
Gay marriage: Cameron: from hero to renegade
07 Feb 2013
For Eddie Ford, the gay marriage vote showed that the Tories are still the nasty party
Anthropology: Reclaiming the dragon
24 Jan 2013
What was primitive communism? Socialist Workers Party member Lionel Sims explores the meaning of the Eden myth and its significance for womens oppression
Sexism: Macho culture and the lessons we can learn from the Middle East
17 Jan 2013
How should sexism be combated? Yassamine Mather compares the situation in Britain with the practice of two guerrilla organisations
SWP and women: Countless zigs and zags over women’s oppression
17 Jan 2013
The central committee claims that the SWP has a consistent record of fighting for womens liberation. Former national committee member Dave Isaacson sheds light on the not so excellent truth
Gay marriage: Compromising with bigots
20 Dec 2012
The marriage equality law is now a shambles - because David Camerons government is hostage to incorrigible reactionaries, argues Paul Demarty
Ireland and abortion: ULA chickens out
20 Dec 2012
It is a disgrace that the left refuses to campaign openly for abortion on demand, says Anne Mc Shane
Women Bishops & CofE: Irrelevant? If only
29 Nov 2012
The Church of Englands failure to accept women bishops is embarrassing, but solutions short of disestablishment are absurd, argues Paul Demarty
Ukip fostering row: Who’s fit to be a parent?
29 Nov 2012
If members of mainstream parties should not be barred from fostering, asks Eddie Ford, what about us extremists?