Women and oppressed genders

Link between domestic violence and mass murder

After Devin P. Kelley murdered 26 people and wounded 20 others in a Texas church on Nov. 5,  the media…

January 8, 2018

Congolese women fight ‘invisible hands’ of exploitation

Marie-Claude Manga, social worker, pastor and fighter for the rights of oppressed women, brought the story of the plight of…

December 18, 2017

Working-class women’s liberation

This talk was given on Nov. 18 at the 2017 Workers World Party national conference in Newark, N.J. I first…

December 1, 2017

700,000 women farm workers say: ‘Us too’

Organizers of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas spoke movingly to a crowd of thousands of participants at the #Me Too Survivors…

November 28, 2017

#MeToo and the bosses

There are times when a few words speak volumes. “Me too” succinctly expresses the pain of millions of women and…

November 15, 2017

Abortion access now!

The state of Texas is holding hostage a 17-year-old unaccompanied immigrant minor who wants an abortion. Held in a federally…

October 18, 2017

Women’s rights and health care: Battlegrounds in the class struggle

While the very rich may be experiencing an “era of good feeling,” the multinational working class is facing attacks at…

October 14, 2017

East Harlem residents say, ‘Remove the racist Sims’ statue!’

The struggle is growing for the removal of racist Dr. James Marion Sims’ statue from New York City’s Central Park.…

August 31, 2017

Black women’s work and reparations

July 31, 2017, was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day — the day this year that the average total wages a…

August 8, 2017

Trump’s misogyny, a pillar of capitalism

President Donald J. Trump did it again. He lambasted a female news reporter with a crude, bullying tweet on June…

July 8, 2017