The revolutionary role of women in Cuba
“Revolution within the Revolution.” This is what Cuba calls the struggle for women’s equality. This phrase is used because even though the social system and economic conditions in Cuba were...
View ArticleRemembering Coretta Scott King
On Jan. 31, Coretta Scott King passed away at age 78. She was a leader within the Civil Rights movement, a woman who fought for economic and social justice for the Black community, the LGBT community...
View ArticleSocialist revolution and women’s liberation
This article first appeared in March 2005′s Socialism and Liberation magazine. In 1949, the story of a young woman named “Gold Flower” became known around the world as an example of the path toward...
View ArticleMother Jones: Union organizer, revolutionary agitator
“The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.” —Mother Jones West Virginia district attorney Reese Blizzard...
View ArticleThe history of IWD: Women’s power is people’s power!
March 8 marks the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The date honors the economic, political and social achievements of working-class women worldwide. The first International Women’s Day...
View ArticleClaims of ‘women’s power’ ring hollow under capitalism
The following is an adapted version of a speech given on March 5 at public forum held by the Los Angeles branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. In November 2009, the first lady of California...
View ArticleWhat is women’s oppression and is it inevitable?
Several years ago, then-president of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers, faced widespread criticism for suggesting that women are less able to succeed in math and science due to their “innate...
View ArticleCelebrating International Women’s Day
Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was a Russian communist organizer. She was exiled for conducting underground political work in 1908, but returned to Russia after the February 1917 revolution. To...
View ArticleWomen’s struggle for suffrage and beyond
This article originally appeared as the fifth chapter in Donna Goodman’s Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation, published through Liberation Media and available for purchase...
View ArticleThe root causes of the attacks on reproductive rights: A Marxist analysis
Editor’s introduction: Women’s History Month is a time to recommit ourselves to the unfinished struggle for women’s liberation, and this year it is even more crucial than ever. The conservative...
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