A MAN WHO appeared in court last Friday, 3rd April, to answer a charge that he murdered a woman in Newham has been named as Kieran Rifat, 21, of Grange Road, Plaistow. He was remanded in custody. It was just ...

TO END Women’s History Month, let’s remember that women’s liberation is a class issue too, not just a battle against patriarchy – whatever Margaret Thatcher might have thought. She may have risen to the highest office of state of any ...

WALK THROUGH Whitechapel any day of the week, and you’ll be walking alongside people going to or from the East London Mosque. At least, that was the situation before the Lockdown. These days, footfall through Whitechapel has been reduced to ...

THE POSITON OF women workers has improved slightly over the last 50 years – but the basic point which German politician Clara Zetkin makes remains true. “The capitalists speculate on the two following factors: the female worker must be paid ...

A MAN has been jailed for two years and four months for a burglary committed in Hackney. The man convicted has been named as Khair Watson, 37, of no fixed address.  He committed a burglary on 3rd January this year, ...

WHEN THE forces of reaction appear to be in the ascendancy, that is when you will see the oppressed summoning their strength to fight back. “This is a troubling moment in our history full of immense challenges. The global impact ...