Women and oppressed genders

Middle school students in Grants Pass, Oregon, protest anti-transgender school staff

Portland, Ore. In Grants Pass, Ore., a North Middle School assistant principal and a seventh-grade teacher started a petition calling…

April 23, 2021

Working class activists beat back anti-choice bigots

Pensacola, Fla. (Occupied Creek Muscogee land) For four and a half months, abortion rights advocates have been defending the only…

April 16, 2021

For trans people, ‘there should not be for-profit detention centers’

Jupiter Peraza made these slightly edited remarks at an April 1 webinar, “Trans Day of Visibility,” organized by the LGBTQ+…

April 6, 2021

U.S. and Afghanistan: The cynical abuse of ‘women’s rights’

This article, originally published in 2007 in Workers World’s “Lavender & Red” series, exposes an Islamophobic argument hidden under the…

April 6, 2021

The real victory in Bessemer: Renewal of working class organizing

“The workers in Bessemer never thought they’d spark a national discussion. This is their moment, but it’s not just about…

April 2, 2021

NCAA exposed for sexist practices in women’s basketball

March Madness is underway — an annual two-and-a-half week tournament that seeds 68 men’s basketball teams belonging to National Collegiate…

March 30, 2021

FIRE to Biden administration: ‘Open the borders, close the jails!’

This slightly edited statement was issued by Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE) March 29.  Go to https://fightformigrants.org/ or…

March 29, 2021

Calling out white supremacy: Labor responds to Atlanta massacre

The racist, misogynistic massacre of eight massage parlor workers — six Asian, all women — immediately prompted strong statements from…

March 22, 2021

Linked struggles: Trans liberation, women’s liberation

It’s just two and a half months into 2021, and already over 25 blatantly anti-trans bills have been introduced in…

March 19, 2021

A revolutionary man on solidarity with women

As many people reading Workers World/Mundo Obrero newspaper already know, March is Women's History Month. In a patriarchal world and…

March 19, 2021