Britain: Forget the gloss and the gimmicks – feminism was forged in the struggle to escape the sweatshop
Looking for a way to celebrate International Women’s Day? Join a union. That might seem a bit abstract, but it’s not at all.
Every year International Women’s Day becomes pinker, glossier and (...)
If we’ve learned anything from recent history, it’s that even the most worthwhile issues and transformative politics can become co-opted by neoliberal politicians. The imminent spectre of climate disaster demands the most urgent response at all levels of government, but while the current (...)
Charities, lawyers and Labour warn against government rushing out legislation in England and Wales
Changes to mental capacity safeguards – intended to protect hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people – will hand care home managers and private hospitals far too much power, the government has (...)
Renters need better deal to prevent another Grenfell disaster, says the Social Housing Commission
Sweeping new powers must be given to social tenants as part of an overhaul needed to ensure a Grenfell-style disaster never happens again, a powerful cross-party commission will warn this week. (...)
DWP records show 134,044 households had support capped, with single mothers accounting for 114,337
The vast majority of people being penalised by the government’s benefit cap are single mothers, new analysis has found.
According to Department for Work and Pensions data examined by the Labour (...)
Figures show that since 2008 Britain has sold weaponry worth £12bn to countries about which government has serious concerns
Nearly a third of arms exports authorised by Britain over the past decade were to nations identified by the government as among the worst for human rights, new figures (...)
Measures include protections for agency workers and heavier fines for malicious employees
The government has introduced what it claims to be the biggest package of workplace reforms for 20 years after concerns that ministers have failed to appeal to voters who are “just about managing”. (...)
Lack of accountability in British international security ‘aid’ programme fuels allegations that UK taxpayers are unknowingly complicit in human rights abuses
MPs have expressed concern over the government’s flagship £1.28bn global security programme, saying a lack of transparency and (...)
Exposing the international and domestic subversion and manipulation of the ‘Integrity Initiative’ (II), a British think tank funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to the tune of £2.2m.
While several of the think tank’s tweets – attacking Jeremy Corbyn and key advisors – have garnered the (...)
Governments want us to respect World War I veterans in an apolitical way. But we should not forget the thousands of veterans who returned home to fight for their rights.
In British society, biting representations of the Great War such as the seminal Blackadder Goes Forth and Joan Littlewood’s (...)
K2 Intelligence admits hiring infiltrator to pass information to asbestos industry clients
A private security firm has been forced to pay damages to five anti-asbestos campaigners after they discovered it had spied on them.
The firm, K2 Intelligence, paid an infiltrator for four years to (...)
When Scots refused to service Chile’s jet fighters after the 1973 military coup, their protest all but grounded the air force – and may have saved prisoners’ lives. Nae Pasaran, a powerful documentary, tells their story
The artificial spiders’ webs hanging in the windows of the Royal British (...)
At Christian Concern’s birthday party in London, lobbyists talked about their expansion plans and work to recruit young people.
Religious fruitcake: Christian Concern celebrated their tenth anniversary over the weekend. Image: Adam Bychawski
The scene at the tenth-anniversary celebration of (...)
Catholic charity sacked two staff members after allegations of sexual misconduct
Britain’s biggest Catholic aid charity, Cafod, has been suspended from an international scheme which aims to protect aid beneficiaries from sexual exploitation and abuse.
The £50m-a-year charity has failed an audit (...)
Neoliberalism means abandoning people to the whims of markets. Abby Meadows argues that we need to use the tools of humanitarianism to address the depth of the social crisis.
We are living in an age where the governments of the West can no longer ignore their domestic humanitarian (...)
How can we support the new union movement? Steven Parfitt reflects on the successes and pitfalls of grassroots union organising.
Jeremy Corbyn wants to reconnect Labour with working-class people. He and John McDonnell have put together a 20-point plan, covering everything from trade union law (...)
The good deeds of faith-based organisations shouldn’t lead us to turn a blind eye to their more ethically dubious practices, argues Stephen Evans.
Personal debt in the UK has reached epic proportions. Millions of households are living beyond their means with low income households worst (...)
By failing to challenge his views, Sky News acts as a recruiting sergeant for Tommy Robinson
When the history of the far-right revival is written, the judgment cast on the British media will be deservedly brutal. Last night, it was the turn of Sky News to play what could be called the game of (...)
There is public outcry today after three environmental activists become the first people to be jailed for an anti-fracking protest in the UK.
Simon Roscoe Blevins (26), and Richard Roberts (36) were given 16-months in prison while the third man Richard Loiou (31), was given 15-months on (...)
As the Labour Party conference starts, Socialist Resistance looks at the challenges for the left in the coming months.
Resisting the right has been a theme over recent months on three interrelated fronts – the offensive against the possibility of a Corbyn government, against the increased (...)
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