In recognition of the increasingly inhumane conditions prisoners are forced to endure whilst in confinement, a campaign is underway to end social confinement in the UK and internationally. This Wednesday 12th an event will discuss the issue. Solitary confinement, in prison, is the condition of being kept alone in […]
Politics
Why truth and justice matter in Colombia
This online webinar, to be held on 12 May, will examine the intersectionality between gender and ethnic discrimination and conflict sexual violence in Colombia. It will do so while discussing the role of transitional justice, as well as the international community, in supporting those working on issues of human […]
Colombia: the cry of the humiliated and mistreated
What started as a protest against tax reform and other similar education and health measures, cuts that were undoubtedly neoliberal, has become a veritable storm of rage and indignation, a fight against the poverty that these reforms do nothing but exacerbate.
Demand a new normal
In light of the pitiful 1% NHS staff pay rise, the looming threat of mass unemployment and the new Police, crime, sentencing and courts bill, a protest will take to the streets of London on Saturday 26 June. Elle McHale “After Covid, demand a new normal.” This is […]
The revolt that shaped modern France
150 years have passed since the 1871 Paris Commune, a brief interlude in French history where socialists ruled Paris and implemented laws that favoured the ordinary individual. To commemorate their actions, the Socialist Workers Party will hold an event on 12 May. The Commune was a burst of liberation […]















