Paco de la Coba, a Spanish journalist, arrived in the UK at the age of 23 and noticed that the Spanish diaspora did not have its own newspaper, as was the case with the Brazilian, Indian, Polish or Chinese diaspora. So he decided to launch El Ibérico, which celebrates its […]
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A decade for immigrant and vulnerable workers
Grassroots, independent, bilingual and defending the rights of workers in precarious employment, especially migrants and those suffering from racist outsourcing, the trade union UVW celebrates its 10th anniversary on the 27th of this month and all its members have been invited. Its beginnings were in 2004 when a handful […]
Latin America: Women’s emancipation vs. feminicide
Brazil and Honduras are two countries in which women are taking the lead in stories of self-improvement and resistance against established power in the continent. Benjamin Serra Gender-based violence and femicide, the emancipation of women, female circumcision, universal suffrage, equal pay and work for men and women […]
What the data says
Disabled women are twice as likely to be sexually assaulted as non-disabled women, but half as likely to have their perpetrators charged, Now Then has discovered. Philippa Willitts* Content note: discussion of rape and sexual assault. A woman who is raped in the UK faces very low chances […]
Industrial workers of the world are the trade union we all need
The IWW is one of the oldest unions in the world – and it’s urging collectivity and solidarity in this moment of crisis. #Justice4Workers. Maryam Jameela / Now Then The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is one of the oldest trade unions in the world, founded in 1905 in […]