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Olha Maksymiak: my journey from Ukraine

It was 7am on the 24th of February when we arose to a call from my ex-husband that the war had started. After a few minutes of talking, I, with my son, heard loud bomb explosions. We lived about one kilometre from the military airport. During the first few hours, Russia bombed nearly all military airports in Ukraine.

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21 December 2022
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Sisters

Sue Lyons presented ‘Sisters’ at our 2022 AGM. It looks at poverty, independence and Women for Independence’s role in amplifying women’s voices.

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5 December 2022
Image shows a collection of protest posters, including Marsha P Johnson (photographed by Diana Davies) holdinf a poster reading 'Power to the People', WOmens Rights are Human Rights banner, end discrimination poster, an original american suffragette poster with an art nouveau-style 3 colour design, reading 'Equality is the Sacred Law of Humanity'.

Social Movements: the real guardians of Democracy?

The outrage around the Indy camps that Scotland is being denied her democratic right to vote on self-determination by an authoritarian Westminster is old news. Its also the wrong fight! Let’s look at where we should be placing our energies.

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28 November 2022
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