Feminism for the 99%? Social reproduction and the socialist revolution
Urte March reviews Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Aruzza, et al
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Domestic violence is the biggest killer of women
The United Nations has reported that domestic violence is the biggest killer of women across the world. The report looks at data from 2017, during which time 87,000 women were murdered and 58% of them by their partner or a family member.
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The women’s strike in Switzerland – a historic day!
On June 14, in Switzerland, around half a million people took part in the women’s strike. In all major cities, but also in parts of the country that are not well organised politically or in trades unions, women, especially those who work in the care sector or education, were on strike. In many places, strikes and actions began in the morning and spread throughout the day. According to the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions, some 100,000 people took part in the strike on the morning of 14 June.
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100 years after some women won the vote – we still have a world to win
ON 6 FEBRUARY 1918, the Representation of the People Act extended the franchise to some women over 30 and all
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For a working class women's movement
Working class women across the country are confronting austerity and winning local battles. Bringing these class fighters together to forge
Intersectionality – not the basis for the liberation struggle
The methodology of ‘intersectionality’ is currently gaining increased support on the left in the UK. Joy Macready argues why it
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Review: Beyond the Fragments?
Joy Macready reviews ‘Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism (2013)’
How Bolshevik women fought for liberation
In celebration of International Women’s Day and as part of an ongoing debate about the principles of women’s organisation and
Marxism and Feminism
Revolutionary communists start from the view that working class women are the central agency in the struggle against their own
Why we still need international women’s day
International women’s day needs to be put back on the map as a rallying point for women’s liberation around the
A new women’s movement to fight the ‘new sexism’
We need a new women’s movement based on both gender and class politics, argues Jo Cassidy
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Obituary: Betty Friedan (1921-2006)
Betty Friedan, who died last month, was a key figure in the modern women’s movement. Her book, The Feminine Mystique,
Obituary: Andrea Dworkin, wrong target
Andrea Dworkin died last month. Dworkin was seen by most as an intransigent, man-hating radical feminist. She wrote extensively about
Votes for Women: socialists and feminists in the suffrage movement
Workers Power 279 October 2003 One hundred years ago this month the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded.
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Sylvia Pankhurst and the east end suffragettes
Sylvia Pankhurst developed a very different view from her mother and older sister of how the vote for women could