Sarah Sachs Eldridge, Socialist Party Executive Committee, responds to questions from socialists in Germany, members of Sol, the German section of the CWI (the socialist international which the Socialist Party is also a member of) 700,000+ have signed up to support the call for a new party announced by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. What is the background to that development?   Since the ...

By Sarah Sachs-Eldridge ‘Rape has been decriminalised’. This was a 2019 assessment of a situation where just 1.6% of rapes result in someone being charged. Each year around 128,000 people are victims of rape but only just over 2,000 charges are made. This was a factor in the outpouring of anger that followed the killing of Sarah Everard in March ...

Thursday 29 June 2017 saw a significant step forward for women in Northern Ireland (NI). Funding to cover the financial costs for them to access abortions in England was pledged by the Tory minority government. The Tories’ ‘supply and confidence’ deal with the ten DUP MPs turned a spotlight on Northern Irish politics. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ...