By Maureen Wade.(Chair, Birmingham UNISON retired members’ section) This year, International Women’s Day coincides with the 170th anniversary of the birth of Eleanor Marx, the
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Deepfake pornography: a basic feature of the profit system
By Jamie Penquite-Green, Penrith and the Borders CLP member Deepfake pornography is becoming an increasing threat to women and girls and the labour movement must

Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 21-24 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,

The Unwomanly Face of War
Book review by John Pickard Left Horizons has published a series of articles on the role of the Red Army in defeating Nazi Germany, often

The Galloway “Novara” interview: who is splitting the left?
Readers who engage with social media may well have stumbled across a dispute between George Galloway, the new MP for Rochdale, and the left news

Review by John Pickard “It generally comes as a big surprise to people that there were women’s football matches during World War One. Not only

Mother Jones (1830-1930) “Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living”
By Greg Oxley, editor of “La Riposte” According to a West Virginia District Attorney, she was “the most dangerous woman in America.” Detested by the

There is always hope! – Community vs mining bosses in Turkey
Ray Goodspeed introduces a video from Turkey – “There is Always Hope: Story of İkizköy“ (photo – still from video) This short video (13 minutes

Dr Lorraine Grimes, of Maynooth University, in Ireland, examines the scandal of the repatriation of thousands of unmarried women and girls from Britain to Ireland

On the concept of “Time-poverty”
By Rugveda Sawant, India This article has been submitted to Left Horizons by Rugveda Sawant who is an architect and independent researcher, based out of