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HM 2015: Social reproduction and intersectionality

The Historical Materialism conference that took place in London earlier this month continued important debates around social reproduction and intersectionality. Here, Colin Wilson introduces the concept of social reproduction and summarises the discussions that took place...

Turnout drops in Greek elections as Syriza is returned to government

Colin Wilson takes a look at the results of Sunday's general election in Greece Greece held a general election on Sunday called by prime minister Alexis Tsipras in the wake of his Syriza government's capitulation...

A quarter of a million voices for change

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected by a quarter of a million people – but the Labour right is already on the attack, writes Colin Wilson. How do we defend Corbyn and seize this...

Turkey: Erdoğan’s Cynical New War Against the Kurds

Coordinated attacks took place on 8 September against the leftwing HDP in Turkey – attacks for which the stage has been set by the ruling AKP party. In an article written before 8 September...

Cops raid gay escort website: time to stop criminalising sex work

Colin Wilson condemns the US authorities' raid this week on the New York-based website rentboy.com. On Tuesday, the New York Police Department and the Department of Homeland Security raided the offices of rentboy.com, taking away computers as...

IS in the 60s: May 68 and after

How can revolutionaries build an organisation from tiny beginnings?

IS in the 60s: two thousand workers with bricks: the Roberts-Arundel strike

Colin Barker recalls a key event for Manchester IS, an engineering strike six miles away in Stockport.

IS in the 60s: linking up with Manchester workers and fighting racism

Colin Barker recalls how IS grew in 1960s Manchester – making links with engineers and building workers, and campaigning against racist police violence.

IS in the 60s: Building a revolutionary group from the ground up

Colin Barker describes how IS grew from tiny beginnings at Oxford University, and what drew people to the group.

Greece: the fight goes on, and we can all support it

The news from Greece has gone from the inspiring referendum result to the collapse of the government into implementing austerity. Colin Wilson asks how this happened, and looks at the prospects for future struggles. The...