Dr. Cynthia Cockburn is a feminist researcher and writer, honorary professor in Sociology at City University London, and at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick. She lives in London. Her new book is Looking to London, published this month by Pluto Press.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘Take me to London’ – stories of war, escape and asylumLondon’s incoming asylum-seekers get a mixed reception, ranging from “refugees welcome” to “go back to where you...
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Published in: 50.50World disarmament? Start by disarming masculinityMassive world military spending is driven by the profit motive of the arms industry and politicians’ weaponized...
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Published in: 50.50The pacifist dilemma: women peacemakers’ responses to Islamic StateCan non-violent strategies defeat the new fascism of Islamic State and its allies? Women peace makers’ hopes and...
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Published in: 50.50Wheels on the ground: women’s ‘peace train’ to The HagueNormal 0 The women who have come to the WILPF conference in the Hague from Australia and Aotearoa- New Zealand, say...
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Published in: 50.50Labour, life and love: Marxist feminists join the dotsLast weekend two generations of international feminists met at a conference in Berlin designed to prompt fresh...
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Published in: 50.50Masculine violence: call of duty, or call for change?The much-hyped launch of a new gun-shooting video game this month reveals the thread of gender linking...