On Saturday 13th March, in response to the brutal murder of Sarah Everard by a Metropolitan police officer, vigils took place across the country. Kat Gwyther, Leeds Socialist Party In Leeds, a crowd of over 100 people gathered outside Parkinson steps at the University of Leeds, despite the Reclaim the Night organisers moving the official…
The Leeds Women’s Strike Assembly organised a lunchtime walkout and an evening meeting. Socialist Party members and campaigners for Women’s Lives Matter participated, linking women’s struggle to ending austerity and fighting for socialism. We also helped to organise the day’s events. By Nina Brown, Leeds Socialist Party & Women’s Lives Matter Socialist Party member Amy…
After it was reported by Labour MP, Harriet Harman, that services protecting women against domestic violence in Leeds have been cut by 59%, a public meeting was called to launch Women’s Lives Matter in Leeds. Members of Leeds Socialist Party have been actively supporting Women’s Live Matter campaign in Doncaster against the cuts to funding…
