Feature: The formal political process isn’t always the best way to effect social change
The tools that citizens are using to advance human rights in Tel Aviv and beyond are evolving.
Social Justice
As long as Labour believes it can take working class voters for granted, nothing will change
Salman Shaheen, a member of Left Unity’s national co-ordinating group, replies to Left Foot Forward editor James Bloodworth, who wrote a piece for the Guardian yesterday in which he argued that the left should stick with the Labour Party.
Does the left need a new political party?
Writing in today’s Guardian, Left Foot Forward editor James Bloodworth rejects the idea that there is a need for a new party of the left.
Walmart and others fail to show up to compensation discussions for Bangladesh factory victims
Of the brands involved in sourcing from the Bangladesh garment factory at the heart of the disaster in April, only nine out of the 29 companies have attended a meeting convened to discuss compensation payments.
Opinion: “Man-up” – The need for feminists to tackle the crisis in masculinity
The new wave of feminism in the UK needs to pay attention to the increasing crisis in masculinity, argues Siobhan Bligh.
It will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders
A new report by the VSO reveals the sheer scale of the under-representation of women across parliaments and governments around the world.
Breaking Barriers: overcoming the barriers disadvantaged families face to engaging with children’s centres
Laura Rodrigues is Policy Officer for The Children’s Society The creation of Sure Start children’s centres to provide a local hub of integrated services and support for families with young children, was one of the most inventive and far-reaching governmenttest
TaxPayers’ Alliance welfare proposals save little money, but add to misery
The Taxpayers Alliance has released a new report on welfare dependency, but the proposed solutions do little to save costs and only adds to hardship.
Society needs to take more action if it is serious about helping the homeless
We all walk past homeless people on the street, but if we are serious about tackling homelessness then central and local governments need to do much more.
Three ways to open up the legal profession
Britain’s most senior female judge, Baroness Hale of Richmond, has criticised the extent to which most judges come from sheltered and privileged upbringings. Baroness Hale said, “If the life-blood of the law is experience and common sense, then whose experiencetest