Women and oppressed genders

Mumia speaks on Mona, Pam and Monica: Harriet’s granddaughters

Transcribed from the March 22 taped message from Mumia Abu-Jamal “from inside Prison Nation,” recorded by Noel Hanrahan of prisonradio.org.…

March 27, 2017

‘Love was in the air’ – A tribute to Warrior Sisters of the Revolution

International Working Women’s Month was celebrated Philadelphia style on March 24 with a special event honoring three Black women activist…

March 27, 2017

Ida Gibbs Hunt and the Pan-African Movement

The Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1919 saw participation by African-American women, including Addie Waites Hunton and Ida Gibbs Hunt,…

March 27, 2017

Cuban women meet in New York City

The International Working Women’s Coalition hosted a reception and political discussion with two Cuban women revolutionaries at the Solidarity Center…

March 27, 2017

Women resist global oppression

The New York City branch of Workers World Party held a special forum on March 18 in honor of International…

March 25, 2017

Women’s hockey team threatens boycott over unequal pay

March 20 — As everyone knows, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, both sat and kneeled in protest…

March 25, 2017

Addie Waites Hunton: Pan-African leader

Addie Waites Hunton was a central figure in the development of the Pan-African movement. She was born in 1866 in…

March 25, 2017

International Women’s Day sees global actions

Following the successful demonstrations on Jan. 21 — when 5 million women and their supporters in the U.S. and 40…

March 25, 2017

Detroit WWP hosts women’s speakout

International Women’s Day was commemorated in Detroit on March 11 at a women’s speakout for justice and liberation, hosted by…

March 23, 2017

Ida B. Wells: Anti-lynching crusader

The many references by African-American women intellectuals and activists to educational achievement, economic self-reliance, sobriety and religious adherence suggest that…

March 15, 2017