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As International Women’s Day approaches (8 March) some mainstream media will run their usual articles about the day and its history. Some may point out that the original name was International Working Women’s Day and that it was decided upon at a 1910 socialist congress in Copenhagen. It may be mentioned that one of the proponents of the holiday was Clara Zetkin, a little-remembered German socialist today who was, at the time, a household name.

Everyone knows that the only way to end the war in Ukraine — to really end it — is to ensure a Ukrainian military victory over the Russian aggressor. A decisive victory by the Ukrainians would almost certainly lead to the toppling of the Putin regime. The result would be a de-fanged Russia, one that poses far less of a threat to its neighbours.

“All four of us were very convinced of the importance of this conference—as a step in building a left, social and political organisation/movement so essential for Ukraine's future.”

The distinction often made by socialists between "liberal parties" and "labour parties" has been undermined somewhat by recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic. Here in the U.K., much has been of Labour leader Keir Starmer's decision to sack Sam Tarry, who had been serving as the party's shadow transport minister. Tarry was accused of joining an RMT picket line and showing his solidarity with striking workers.

The distinction often made by socialists between "liberal parties" and "labour parties" has been undermined somewhat by recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic. Here in the U.K., much has been of Labour leader Keir Starmer's decision to sack Sam Tarry, who had been serving as the party's shadow transport minister. Tarry was accused of joining an RMT picket line and showing his solidarity with striking workers.