Women's Struggle
Women: What socialism would mean for women
THE 21ST Century belongs to women. That’s what many pundits were saying in the run up to the year 2000. Much is made of the fact that there are marginally more women at work now […]
Women’s Struggle
Women's Struggle
Women: Why socialists should oppose the ban of the hijab
Will the banning of headscarves contribute to the emancipation of women? Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist media Socialistworld.net provides a unique analysis and perspective of world events. Socialistworld.net […]
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Women: International Women’s Day – Women against War and Capitalism
The day of international working women’s solidarity – 8 March – is celebrated this year just days before the first anniversary of imperialism’s attack on Iraq. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support […]
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Women: Reclaiming feminism?
QUITE A few newspaper column inches were given over to the Future Foundation study ’Talking Equality’, published by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). I’m not sure how much credence we should give to a study […]
Women's Struggle
Women: No to war, fight for women’s rights and socialism
NIGERIA IS a neo-colonial country under the shackles of imperialism and its multinational agents. Women in Nigeria are marginalised and oppressed, as are women in capitalist society generally. Women are doubly oppressed, first as workers […]
Women's Struggle
Women: Alexandra Kollantai
Alexandra Kollantai is probably the best-known woman among Russian revolutionaries, the first woman elected as a full member of the Bolshevik central committee and the first female commissar (minister) elected after the October 1917 revolution. […]
Women's Struggle
Women: Demand an end to war and exploitation
International Women’s Day, 8 March, is commemorated this year on the eve of war. Such a horrific prospect brings into sharp relief all that is rotten in today’s world. But it must not prevent us […]
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Women: No really does mean no
THE TRIAL of top snooker player Quinten Hann for rape, highlighted all the prejudices, backward attitudes and myths which still surround this issue. Special financial appeal to all readers of socialistworld.net Support building alternative socialist […]
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Women: May Day statement, 2002
March 8, International Women’s Day, this year should be celebrated to the sound of the cacerolazo – empty pans and lids being clashed noisily together. It is the sound of protest in Argentina – especially […]
Women's Struggle
Women: International Women’s Day 2002
March 8, International Women’s Day, this year should be celebrated to the sound of the cacerolazo – empty pans and lids being clashed noisily together. It is the sound of protest in Argentina – especially […]