ROSA International Socialist Feminist Conference

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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Thousands Flood Streets for Abortion Rights – What Next?

Greyson Van Arsdale is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. The evening of May 3, thousands of protesters gathered in cities across the country to protest the leaked draft decision by the Supreme Court which would strike down Roe v. Wade. The Court is set to rule early this summer, giving the movement […]

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Brutal Abortion Bills Passed – Fightback Needed to Defeat the Right!

Keely Mullen is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. In late May, the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature passed, and the governor signed, a near complete ban on abortion. This is now the most restrictive state law on abortion in the country since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973. This Alabama bill […]

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Argentina: Abortion rights bill falls but the struggle goes on

Maria Clara Ferreira is a member of Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (CWI in Brazil). The women’s movement in Argentina has a proud history of unity in action to fight to legalizing abortion. It was this struggle which led, eleven years ago, to a bill being drafted for parliament, which has now been debated more than […]

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Ireland: Historic Victory to Repeal Abortion Laws

Statement by Socialist Party (Ireland MPs) Ruth Coppinger, Paul Murphy and Mick Barry. Ireland voted by 66.4% to repeal the 8th Amendment, which had banned abortion in Ireland. This is a huge victory for a grass roots moment, in which the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) had a proud role.  The dramatic and clear-cut ‘Yes’ […]

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Abortion rights, fighting for liberation and socialism

Katia Hancke is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). The debate on abortion rights has moved on dramatically over the last five years. Just look at the discussions taking place even in as conservative an environment as the Oireachtas Committee on the 8th Amendment, dominated as it is by the anti-choice and […]

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Ireland: CWI members play key role in landmark abortion rights decision

Ruth Coppinger is a member of Irish Parliament and the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland).   In a landmark decision in Ireland, a special parliamentary committee has recommended unrestricted access to abortion up to 12 weeks – a measure that would cater for 92% of all abortions. A referendum to lift the 8th Amendment abortion […]

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Spain’s New Abortion Law a crime against the freedom, health and life of women

This article is based on a longer article by Victoria Lara of Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI in Spain). On 20 December last, the Spanish government gave the green light to a new law on abortion that is amongst the most restrictive in Europe. The Minister of Justice Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón has pushed Spain back 30 years, with […]

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