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Quotas harm the cause
27 Feb 2014
The left should not succumb to neoliberalisms phoney version of equality, argues Yassamine Mather
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
No victory for progress
08 Jun 2017
The new taoiseach is anything but progressive, writes Anne McShane. He opposes abortion and women’s rights
The inferno erupts
02 Mar 2017
The struggle for women’s liberation cannot be left to the feminists. The Russian Revolution shows that women’s liberation and the struggle for socialism are inseparable, argues Anne McShane
Taking an independent stand
26 Jan 2017
The election of Donald Trump has torn up the political rulebook - a reality that protestors must confront, argues Jim Grant
Criticise, don’t boycott
27 Oct 2016
Some on the left still want to boycott the Socialist Workers Party - and they are still wrong, argues Paul Demarty
Skewered by moralism
15 Sep 2016
An old-fashioned tabloid scandal? Harley Filben looks at the Keith Vaz affair
Pseudo-secularism on the beach
01 Sep 2016
The petty cruelty of the French burqini bans stems from an elite looking for scapegoats, writes Paul Demarty
Voting for the right lizard
04 Aug 2016
Who’s afraid of president Trump? Not Paul Demarty
An old rhythm
14 Jul 2016
With the huge rise in xenophobic attacks and the role of motherhood in the Conservative leadership race, Commissaress argues that the past has come back with a vengeance
Life in the bubble
26 May 2016
Paul Demarty argues that the growing culture of brittle denunciations only hurts the left
Incorporation and commercialisation
02 Jul 2015
The annual Pride march was symptomatic of a divided LGBT movement, reports Daniel Harvey