Month: August 2021
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Anatomy of a witch hunt
A newly elected councillor (let us call her Councillor A) abstains in a council vote to make another councillor (let’s say Councillor B) Deputy Mayor. No news there, you would have thought. But when news gets out, the inevitable speculative social media posts appear, quickly escalating to accusing not just Councillor B but every councillor […]
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Solidarity? It’s out here!
Being a socialist feminist in mainstream politics is a pain, it really is. If you intend to read this article, for your sanity, before you start could you remind yourself that outside of party politics, people have families, friends and colleagues with a range of opinions and ideas, and they mostly manage to get along, […]
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Dwellers on the threshold
List A: Things you can do without being a member of a political party Set up and promote petitions Go on demos Organise demos Organise political education and film nights Write to your MP Get up delegations to go and visit MPs for discussions Write blogs, make videos and pod casts Join an affiliated union […]
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On re-uniting the left
All white people are racist; all men are sexist, racism and sexism are systems that can exist and oppress without the presence of a single person with racist or sexist intentions; sex is not biological but exists on a spectrum; saying you are not racist, sexist or homophobic is proof that you are; language can […]
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What I did on my holidays
There’s no such thing as a part-time activist when you have a predaTory government in power. We set out for one of the most beautiful and peaceful parts of the country we could think of for our holidays, and within ten minutes of our arrival, we were outside the Town Hall, helping to defend the […]
Kay Green 