LEFTWINGERS condemned a “total lack of transparency” in the National Union of Students (NUS) today, as the organisation’s annual conference came to a close.
The three-day gathering saw the re-election of a number of candidates backed by the organised right wing of the NUS, including incumbent president Shakira Martin.
STEVE JOHNSON speaks to London singer/songwriter MADDY CARTY
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
JOE ATTARD explains why trade unionists are rallying in solidarity against the recent arrest of political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan, the northernmost region of Kashmir, administered by Pakistan


