In many parts of the world, the clock appears to be turning back on the gains made by the women’s movement and workers’ struggles in the past. This is a symptom of a capitalist system which, in its state of crisis and decay, turns towards reactionary ideas and leaders to defend itself. Faced with this, […]
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Step Up Worldwide Mobilizations Also read and share our International statement On International Women’s Day this year we mobilize to step up the struggle to stop the genocidal war on Gaza, to end arms and imperialist backing for Israeli capitalism, and to topple the siege and the occupation. As we write these lines, even the […]
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Also, read and share our International Socialist Feminist Call to Action here This year’s International Women’s Day has a very dark setting. We have a climate crisis to solve. We have hundreds of thousands of hungry little bellies to feed. But the world’s resources do not go to climate change and they do not go […]
Continue ReadingJoin us Sunday March 10 for a Socialist Feminist Perspective on International Working Women’s Day Today we are confronted with the devastating reality of climate change, war and imperialism as well as the harsh, everyday reality of women’s lives: precarious work, unequal pay, gender-based violence, threats to trans-women and LGBTQ rights. Women, Life, Freedom was […]
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March 8 has become a day where liberal feminists acknowledge women’s progress over the past few decades. They gather at celebratory breakfasts or dinners to acknowledge the achievements of women who have pushed past boundaries (legal, professional or social) and made significant differences in their communities. But for most ordinary women, this day goes unnoticed. […]
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Women can never be free until the threat of violence is lifted from their lives. Whether violence stems from the brutality of war, from political activism or from their everyday lives — at work, in schools, on the streets or at home — violence is pervasive in the lives of many women. The International Day […]
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Jackie Douglas is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). 125 years ago Eleanor Marx died. She was one of the earliest advocates for the ideas of socialist feminism and internationalism, while working as a trade union organiser with a focus on organising women workers in united struggle with men. Jackie Grunsell, Socialist […]
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Elin Gauffin is a member of ISA’s International Women’s Bureau. “Our Resistance is Not Made of Sand” There is hope in the youthful socialist feminism around the world, which, in conjunction with the workers’ struggle, is sowing the seeds of a new society. The first international ROSA conference Women Life Freedom took place on 18 […]
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This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau. Fight the Right Wing Backlash with Socialist Feminism International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) 2023 sees the wave of women leading movements and struggle against oppression and capitalist exploitation continuing to develop, often explosively. The dire consequences of war, mass hunger, climate destruction, political crisis and social […]
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