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
Prostitution: decriminalise, not prohibit, not legalise
03 Jun 2010
Amidst talk of a 'new Yorkshire Ripper' James Turley calls for a principled approach to sex work
Confidence and conscience clauses
29 Apr 2010
Around 120 people attended the 'Women's question time' organised by Tower Hamlets Respect on Wednesday April 21. Ben Lewis was among them
World-historic defeat of women
22 Apr 2010
Should the Neolithic be celebrated as a 'farming revolution'? Or mourned as a male-led counterrevolution against matrilineal communism? Lionel Sims wields the archaeological evidence against the archaeologists
March 8
11 Mar 2010
On International Women's Day, women were at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic regime, writes Tina Becker
Coming out for Wales
07 Jan 2010
In 2010 we might just see a sporting world where homosexuality is at least less of a taboo, and for this we must thank Alfie Thomas, writes Ben Lewis
Macho revanchism hides an ugly face
10 Dec 2009
Men's societies in universities and colleges have nothing to do with promoting equality, argues Chris Strafford
Earthly core of misty creations
22 Oct 2009
Camilla Power addressed the CPGB's Communist University on the origins and evolution of religion. This is an edited version of her speech
Irish left must champion women's rights
10 May 2007
On May 9 the Irish high court finally ruled that a 17-year-old woman, 'Miss D', may travel to Britain, where she will have her pregnancy terminated. The case has been one of the most inhumane and shocking episodes in the struggle for abortion rights in Ireland. Anne Mc Shane reports
Decriminalise sex work
04 Jan 2007
How should the left relate to sex workers? Following the murder of five prostitutes in Ipswich, Peter Manson spoke to Ana Lopes of the International Union of Sex Workers (www.iusw.org)
Victims or workers?
19 Oct 2006
At its October 7-8 conference, the Scottish Socialist Party opposed the unionisation of sex workers and agreed to support legislation for the sex industry only if it is "designed to eradicate prostitution". For the SSP, the liberation of sex workers must be delivered from above. Ana Lopes of the International Sex Workers Union believes differently
Prostitution policy and the NOTW smears
10 Aug 2006
Mike Macnair remembers the discussion in the SSP over the question of prostitution
Not fit for purpose
22 Jun 2006
In the panic over sex crimes, communists emphasise the need for treatment, not revenge. Eddie Ford comments
Lies, smears and distortions
30 Mar 2006
The Stalinoid left has been at it again. In order to excuse homophobia amongst the muslim establishment, some are suggesting that the March 25 'Freedom of Expression' rally was linked to the far-right BNP, so as to smear Peter Tatchell and the gay rights group, Outrage. In fact the event was organised by bourgeois liberals - and the BNP boycotted it. Brett Lock of Outrage looks at the role of Ken Livingstone's well-paid apologists, Socialist Action
Women show the way
16 Mar 2006
Yassamine Mather reports from a march of Iranian women in exile
For secularism, equality and freedom
02 Mar 2006
Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq statement on International Women's Day