March in solidarity with US-wide pro-choice protests – Saturday 14 May London
Abortion Rights march
4pm Saturday 14 May
Assemble in Parliament Square to march to US Embassy (Nine Elms)
International
Ukraine’s inevitable splitting was clear 8 years ago – very unfortunately some didn’t study it
Republication of an article written in 2014 analysing the consequences of the pro-US coup in Ukraine. That analysis of the fundamental forces in Ukraine continues to hold, even if the working out of these forces has taken a tragic form rather than the peaceful one the article argued for.
Voters are sick of Tory policies, so the Tory slump did not benefit Starmer
5 May elections:
Starmer’s policy of ‘constructive engagement’ with the Tories prevented Labour from making significant gains.
The most important political development and most positive one was the emergence of Sinn Féin as the largest party in the north of Ireland.
Historic threat to abortion rights – US Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v Wade
If Roe v Wade is overturned the right to abortion in the US will be removed and women’s lives will be at the mercy of individual states.
The protests in the US are growing and we should support them in every way we can.
Join Abortion Rights and join in this work.
The threat of nuclear and climate change ‘exterminism’ – a must read article from Monthly Review
The threats to human civilisation from US attempts to achieve a nuclear war winning first strike capability and from climate change – a must read Monthly Review article for progressive activists.
US Supreme Court declares war on women and abortion rights
The immediate impact of the ruling as drafted would be to end a half-century guarantee of federal constitutional protection of abortion rights. It would allow each state to decide whether to restrict or ban abortion.