Since industrialization, women in the workforce have been at the forefront of labour organization, fighting against inequality and gender oppression. Before even gaining the right to vote, they strove for the liberation of all working-class people from capitalism. Dangerous conditions and desperate poverty have pushed women to initiate numerous historic strikes in the textile, garment […]
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Build a Socialist Feminist Fightback Against Misogyny and Abuse The exposure of the Epstein files is like peeling back a bloody bandage to expose a wound that is somehow even more gaping and pus-ridden than you could have imagined. The infection here is a heinous ring of abuse, sex trafficking, mutual complicity, and personal favors […]
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Gender-based violence continues to be a scourge in Canada. On the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, Socialist Alternative Canada’s Socialist Feminist Working Group organized a powerful meeting against gender violence and oppression. About thirty people participated in the meeting, both in-person and connecting through Zoom from cities across Canada, including watch parties in Vancouver, […]
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“We need [to] bludgeon cunts like you in the streets,” an anonymous account posts under an activist’s tweet about strikes. “Someone needs to cave your fucking head in.” These threats are examples of the misogyny and violence that women face daily. Ending digital violence is the theme of this year’s UN Day on Eliminating Violence […]
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We Need a Socialist Feminist Defence Against Gender-Based Violence The idea that capitalism brings ever-increasing progress toward equality has been swept away like the mirage that it always was. On 23 November, ISA’s Socialist Feminist Commission met, with members from Canada, Brazil, England, Wales and Scotland, Germany, Quebec, Sweden, and the United States attending. We […]
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NB: this article was written before judge Maria Carroccia acquitted five former junior hockey players of sexual assault on July 24. The film, television, music, and sports industries can catapult individuals into the limelight, exploiting talent and warping individuals into commodities, on which to make a profit. With newfound stardom and the wealth and prestige […]
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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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November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. It is 35 years since the École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal on December 6, 1989, when fourteen women engineering students were murdered, and another ten women and four men were injured. Violence against women continues to be scourge of society. December 6, […]
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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 […]
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