The ever-present gun violence in the United States has spared few places over the decades. It is estimated that there are some 120 of these lethal items per 100 citizens, according to the Swiss organisation Small Arms Survey. A sad record: No other nation has more civilian firearms than […]
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The duty of self-criticism among the new left
The left has managed – with progress and setbacks – to make a reality of the traditional slogan “expropriate the expropriators” which was part of the essence of the workers’ movement’s origins. The other slogan, removing political power from the bourgeoisie, was possible through historic revolutions such as the Russian […]
Petition for sex worker protection and decriminalisation
A new petition by the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) will put pressure on Brighton and Hove City Council to ‘take all possible action’ to protect sex workers and use its influence to fully decriminalise prostitution in the United Kingdom. The petition needs 1,250 signatures to be taken to a […]
New HIV prevention project for immigrants
A new PrEP project for the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking diaspora aims to increase awareness and uptake of PrEP across North Central London (NCL), with a special focus on underserved communities. It is a new HIV prevention partnership project between Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) and […]
Women’s rebellion to rebuild a country
Paola Pabón Caranqui recently made official her pre-candidacy for the presidency of Ecuador for the Citizen Revolution Movement (RC), with a view to the elections scheduled for next year. She did so because she is convinced that this revolution must be a female one. Santiago Masetti The prefect […]
















