Suffragette
Directed by Sarah Gavron, written by Abi Morgan
Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter & Meryl Streep
In cinemas now
Suffragette, written by a woman (Abi Morgan), directed by a woman (Sarah Gavron) and co-produced by two women (Alison Owen and Faye Ward) is a paean of praise to the British women who rebelliously demanded the right for women to vote.
Britain
British parliament sat late into the night on December 2 before eventually voting up Prime Minister David Cameron's proposal to join the US-led air war in Syria.
Opposition Labour Party leader and veteran anti-war activist Jeremy Corbyn argued strongly against bombing Syria, as did protesters outside parliament. However, many right-wing Labour MPs supported the government.
Remembrance Day is marked in Commonwealth nations on November 11 鈥 to commemorate the end of the bloodbath that was World War I. As a commemoration of fallen soldiers, it is overshadowed in Australia by Anzac Day 鈥 but is a far bigger deal in Britain.
Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell threw his weight behind students who took to the streets on November 4 over Tory plans to cut maintenance grants and raise tuition fees.
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has railed at Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to host Egypt's Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in his London residence on.
Thousands of trade union activists mobilised outside Parliament on November 2 to protest the Conservative government's proposed ultra-right Trade Union bill. The turnout defied expectations of the event鈥檚 organisers, the Trade Union Congress.
Speaking at the lobby鈥檚 Central Hall rally, the Fire Brigade Union's Matt Wrack channelled the anger of his union鈥檚 rank-and-file. Unite's Len McCluskey reiterated his union's commitment to extra-legal action should the bill be passed, invoking the movement鈥檚 proud historic tradition of overriding unjust laws.
Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour Party leader has already had a dramatic effect on British politics. All of us on the left in Britain need to ask how we can support him 鈥 and consider what the long term implications of his success may be.
Jeremy Corbyn's successful leadership campaign team launched a new group of the left on October 7 to transform Labour into a 鈥渕ass movement.鈥
A desperate Conservative Party launched a vicious attack on Labour and the tens of thousands who have protested against its October 4-7 conference in Manchester 鈥 highlighting the government's fear of growing mass opposition.
Wales Secretary Stephen Crabb accused protesters of spouting 鈥渧enom and bile鈥 because they dared to speak out against Tory cuts and oppose privatisation of public services and attacks on workers' rights.
Threats from a senior general that the army would take 鈥渄irect action鈥 against a possible Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour government show a jaw-dropping contempt for democracy.
Top brass 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 stand鈥 for a prime minister committed to international peace, said the September 20 Sunday Times, and would be prepared to use 鈥渇air means or foul鈥 to stop a PM who 鈥渏eopardise[s] the security of this country鈥.
The outspoken military chief remains anonymous, of course.
Whether or not it is true, the internet has decided that British Prime Minister David Cameron probably put his private parts into the mouth of a dead pig when he was at Oxford.
The allegations have been made by extremely well-connected Establishment figures, former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman Lord Michael Ashcroft and former Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, and is published in the Daily Mail. This is the highest possible tier of character assassination in British politics.
Jeremy Corbyn. Photo: Stopwar.org.uk.
Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 election as Labour leader has raised hopes for people who oppose Britain's wars. More than in any other area, it will take a mighty effort to make those hopes real.
There is no other area in which national politics so ignores the population at large. On the economy, health, education and so on, there is at least debate.
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