We Make Our Road by Walking and We win Our Rights by Struggling Soma Marik Source: Radical Socialist, India International Women’s Day was initiated by Socialist women. This is a point that needs to be stressed, not from one, but two distinct angles. It was initiated by socialist women, because they wanted to oppose… [Read more…]
March 8, 2012
“We affirm our solidarity with women in the revolutionary process” Statement by the IC of the Fourth Intenational This statement on solidarity with women in the revolutionary process in the Arab region was adopted by the annual IC meeting of the Fourth International on the 28th of February, 2012. 1. The movements that swept Ben… [Read more…]
March 8, 2012
Women in Indonesia: struggle for liberation Zely Ariane reports on the struggle for women’s liberation in Indonesia Source: Socialist Resistance, Britain This year International Women’s Day in Indonesia is marked by an increase of attacks on women. The increasing frequency of violence against women, particularly sexual violence, and the recent government plan to raise the… [Read more…]
March 6, 2012
International Women’s Day (Source: Socialist Resistance- Britain) International Women’s Day (8 March) was originally a socialist holiday established in 1911 by the Socialist International and is celebrated by women’s groups around the world write Peg Rapp and Susan Pashkoff. In many countries, it is a national holiday and has recently been officially recognised by the… [Read more…]
February 8, 2012
The urgency of an independent women’s movement against debt and austerity measures Sonia Mitralia source: International Viewpoint Why have an independent women’s movement against the debt and austerity measures in Greece? Because the debt crisis and the subsequent austerity measures affect us women first, in every aspect of our lives. So if we women don’t… [Read more…]
June 18, 2011
Building the socialist alternative for the 21st century: Learn from the past, build for the future A Socialist Action East Coast Day School When: Saturday, July 9th, 12 Noon – 6 pm Where: William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. Philadelphia, PA a sliding scale admission of $3-$5 asked. No one… [Read more…]
May 28, 2011
Slutwalks: Grassroots Uprising Against Sexism By ONA TZINGER The following article appears in the June 2011 edition of Socialist Action newspaper. On Jan. 24, Toronto police officer Michael Sanguinetti stood before a group of students at York University and volunteered his misguided assessment of the route to rape prevention, stating: “to prevent victimization …… [Read more…]
March 15, 2011
two articles see below: Marxism & Feminism Frédérique Vinteuil The re-emergence of feminism in the 1970s, itself the product of a whole generation of militants imbued with Marxism – at least in Europe – contributed to the development of two types of currents: those advocating a pure and simple rejection of Marxism, others the surpassing… [Read more…]
March 8, 2011
A Militant Celebration Alexandra Kollontai First Published: Mezhdunarodnyi den’ rabotnitz, Moscow 1920 Women’s Day or Working Women’s Day is a day of international solidarity, and a day for reviewing the strength and organization of proletarian women. But this is not a special day for women alone. The 8th of March is a historic and memorable… [Read more…]
January 11, 2011
Barriers to Abortion and Reproductive Freedom Video promoting an upcoming forum on women’s reproductive rights in Connecticut. A short and informative video regarding the abortion issue.
March 9, 2012
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