International Women's Day 2024 A Marxist perspective on global women’s oppression and misogyny Despite some steps forward for women’s rights, the tasks ahead remain daunting as in many parts of the world these rights are being eroded and the clock is being turned back, argues MARY DAVIS
Friday 13th Nov 2020 How the Communist Party has been making history for 100 years MARY DAVIS previews a new history of the CP and its many struggles over the decades
Saturday 03rd Oct 2020 Communists were central to the Battle of Cable Street You can’t write the CP out of history, says MARY DAVIS
Monday 09th Mar 2020 Rediscovering the role of communist women The socialist feminist roots of International Women’s Day are often forgotten. MARY DAVIS previews an event that aims to set the record straight
Monday 20th Jan 2020 Life of a miners’ leader, socialist, anti-imperialist and perpetually rebellious Labour MP MARY DAVIS reviews a new biography of an outstanding socialist MP and militant trade unionist
Books Review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Books Review Midwives of socialist transformation MARY DAVIS recommends a book revealing the indispensable – and frequently ignored – role played by women in the Bolshevik Revolution
Friday 08th Mar 2019 International Women's Day Women, class and gender – a Communist perspective MARY DAVIS explains the Communist Party of Britain’s understanding of the difference between oppression and discrimination and why it opposes the rise of individualist identity politics as harmful to the women’s movement and beyond
Friday 16th Nov 2018 Remembering Max Levitas – Jewish Communist and last survivor of the Battle of Cable Street MARY DAVIS pays tribute to a legendary anti-fascist fighter who died on November 2, aged 103
Book review Thursday 22nd Apr 2021 Book review An inspirational heritage MARY DAVIS recommends a classic biography of socialist and feminist pioneer Eleanor Marx
Saturday 05th May 2018 Marx 200 Marx, London and the First International Marx is mostly remembered as a revolutionary thinker, but, as Professor MARY DAVIS explains, his theory was rooted in a lifetime of political activity
Thursday 08th Mar 2018 The origins of International Women’s Day All those who are celebrating IWD should not forget its socialist feminist roots, says MARY DAVIS