Women
13 August 2021 · · Fourth international, Women
The 2021 International Women’s Seminar of the Fourth International
The 2021 International Women’s Seminar of the Fourth International was held on 10/11 and 17/18 July. While previous seminars were hosted in the IIRE Amsterdam, the pandemic made it unavoidab…
8 June 2021 · Women, trans liberation · 1 comment
Trans Liberation and Socialist Feminism
Socialist Resistance Editorial Board Back to basics Our understanding of the term gender is that it is separate from the term sex, the latter refers to physiological features, the former to …
17 December 2020 · · USA, Women
On supporting reproductive justice and women’s bodily autonomy
During Amy Coney-Barrett’s confirmation proceedings for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), several distressing exchanges occurred, writes Susan Pashkoff . One that stands out o…
13 December 2020 · · Britain, Women
Social Care: Zeros and Sums
We face a crisis in social care intensified by COVID-19, but, Ian Parker argues, protest movements and radical organisations are coming together to mobilise for change. The struggle for soci…
28 November 2020 · · Scotland, Women, trade unions
Bringing more women to socialism
“Imaginings of a feminist, anti-capitalist future can only happen when women are incorporated into the movement in good faith and not as tokens.” I first drafted the article republished belo…
12 September 2020 · · Economics, Women · 1 comment
Globally, the pandemic hits women
In his article, “C’est la lutte finale“, Mike Davis argues: “The current pandemic on a global scale exposes and widens the existential divides within and between societies, and reminds us th…
20 May 2020 · · Covid-19, Women
Women's labour and C-19
Sometimes a significant crisis enables us to see things that often remain hidden or ignored in our everyday lives, writes Susan Pashkoff . Not that women needed to be reminded as they have l…
8 March 2020 · · Black struggles, Britain, Trade Unions, Women · 1 comment
Fifty years of feminist organising in Britain – challenges for the future
It’s just over 50 years ago since the first women’s liberation conference in Britain took place at Ruskin on 27 February 1970 so International Women’s Day 2020 seems an appropriate time to l…
18 November 2019 · · Women
There is a new wave of Feminism! Organising for our future and the planet!
It’s been a tough couple of years both personally and politically. On a personal level, I had serious health issues which, of necessity, required me to pull back from political organising an…
8 March 2019 · · Europe, Women
The feminist strike extends across Europe
In 2016 Polish feminists went on a feminist strike to defend the decriminalization of abortion and in defense of reproductive rights; months later the Argentines stopped the country in prote…
8 March 2019 · India, Women
Women’s Oppression and Liberation
Does Karl Marx have any relevance for today’s struggles for women’s liberation, asks Soma Marik ? Do his theories of society and revolutionary transformation present us with tools that in an…
8 January 2019 · Women
“Feminism of the 99% is an anticapitalist alternative to neoliberal feminism”
The Italian feminist Cinzia Arruzza is an associate professor of philosophy at the New School of Social Research in New York and author of the book Dangerous Liaisons: Marriages and Divorces…
4 August 2018 · Chile, Latin America, Women
Fascist Attack on Women’s March in Chile
In the face of the attack by fascist groups on Chile’s feminist movement, we, the undersigned, state: On July 25, fascists violently attacked the 6 th National March for the Right to Free, L…
4 June 2018 · · Ireland, Women
Landslide Victory for Abortion Rights in Ireland
“A stunning victory” was how I described the results from the referendum on removing the constitutional ban on abortion in an Irish Times article on Monday 28th, writes Anne Conway . The vot…
30 May 2018 · · Ireland, Women
Repeal the north
The result of the referendum to repeal the constitutional ban on abortion was a huge step forward for the majority of Irish women writes Barney Cassidy . They will shortly be able, for the f…
18 May 2018 · · Ireland, Women
Repeal the 8th
Seven days from now, on May 25th, Ireland will be voting on whether to repeal the part of their constitution that denies women control over their bodies, writes Susan Moore. This means that …
8 March 2018 · Britain, Labour Party, Women, trade unions
A red thread of militancy for March 8
Sylvia Pankhurst and the East End branch of the Women's Social and Political Union were kicked out of that organisation for supporting political causes other than women's suffrage and becaus…
8 March 2018 · · Britain, Education, Trade Unions, USA, Women
Education strikes are women's strikes
"The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general" - Sara Farris Two of the most significant labour dispute…
14 December 2017 · Women
A feminism for the 21st century
In July 2017 Alison Treacher attended a women’s seminar organised by the Fourth International at the Institute for Research and Education in Amsterdam. Representatives from 28 countries disc…
22 November 2017 · · Women · 1 comment
Sexual harassment on the left
Sexual harassment of women is pervasive in society writes Andy Stowe . The allegations against Harvey Weinstein and a list of men which grows daily are indicative of a much wider problem and…
6 November 2017 · · Women, Youth
‘This is not about sex, but about power’
What is it that has happened to open up the huge debate across the media and beyond about sexism? Why has it happened now? It’s been going on for ever yet suddenly everyone is talking and wr…
21 September 2017 · Labour Party, Women
Democratise Labour Women's conference
Labour Women’s conference takes place in Brighton on Saturday September 23. But the conference will consider no resolutions and has no mechanism to impact on the main conference which will s…
8 March 2017 · Women
"Women Are At A Breaking Point"
BY ALEXANDRIA NEASON Reprinted from The Village Voice on March 7 where it appeared under the title "Women Are At A Breaking Point" : The International Women's Strike Is Tomorrow Thousands of…
8 March 2017 · Women
Women strike in Britain on International Women’s Day?
Solidarity with our sisters internationally on March 8 2017 – For action in Britain in 2018 A slightly edited version of this letter appears as the lead letter in today's Guardian, signed by…
23 January 2017 · Women
Are we witnessing a moment or a movement?
Susan Pashkoff on the possibility of a new movement arising from the mass protests that took place across the world on January 21. The article was originally written for Left Unity . Having …
17 January 2017 · USA, Women
Trump, the Republican controlled Congress and the War on Women
Below we reproduce a timely article from Susan Pashkoff written for Daily Kos on what women are likely to be facing under the Trump Presidency and how they are resisting. As the inauguration…
9 December 2016 · · Ireland, Women
Abortion in Ireland - anger hobbled by reformism
by John McAnulty On November 25, thousands of activists demonstrated in Dublin calling for the abolition of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution – a section that asserts equal rights …
25 November 2016 · Afghanisatn, Women
‘Afghan women’s struggle wont end with NATO pullout’
Orzala Ashraf Nemat is a civil society activist from Afghanistan. Under the Taliban regime, she launched underground literacy and health education programmes for women and girls. She holds a…