Safe Abortion Day: No Going Back

This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Our bodies, our lives, our right to decide Lawyers being brought in before treating ectopic pregnancies. Cancer patients denied life saving treatment because they are pregnant. Sexual assault victims in the emergency room denied the morning after pill. Within weeks of the overturning […]

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Justice for Zhina (Mahsa) Amini! Down with the Islamic Regime

This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Build international socialist-feminist solidarity with the growing movement against gender based and state violence! The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement from below, challenging the rule of […]

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Never Again — End Gender Violence!

Call for action from ROSA & Ruth Coppinger after the brutal killing of Ashling Murphy, who was killed on Wednesday afternoon while on a run in Dublin. We cannot begin to find the words to express our devastation for Ashling Murphy of Tullamore, and all those who knew and loved her. A primary school teacher, […]

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau and ROSA International. 2021 has been another year of struggle against sexism, LGBTQ-phobia and racism, including mass protests and strikes, inspiring examples of solidarity being built amongst workers of all genders. At the Mercedes plant in the Basque Country, there was a strike of 3500 workers […]

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Why Socialist Feminists Must Take Action on Climate and for System Change

After the millions of Covid-19 deaths, the climate crisis has brought additional death tolls last summer. Floods, forest fires and other extreme weather events dominated the news. To force real action we need to take to the streets! Indigenous women are showing us the way, marching in their thousands through Brazil’s capital on 10 September […]

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Greatest Possible Solidarity on the Side of the Afghan Women and Workers

Resistance Will Grow! Of all the setbacks for women and workers in the world over the past year, this is among the worst. Imperialism has ensured that one of the most oppressive regimes against women ever, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan based on pure gender apartheid, is back. As the Taliban are preparing to establish […]

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8 March — International Women’s Day

This is a joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International. Covid and Economic Depression Threaten Women’s Gains: Organise, Fight Back! While 2019 was a year of massive revolt, in which women and particularly young women — and their demands — formed an integral part and were often at the frontlines, creating hope for […]

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Founding declaration of ROSA: International Socialist Feminists

All over the world women are fighting back against violence, discrimination and oppression. There is a growing awareness that the capitalist system feeds and creates oppression. We must rise from below and support each other’s struggles in all countries. In the footsteps of the socialist pioneer Rosa Luxemburg and the resistance hero Rosa Parks we, […]

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