Women and oppressed genders

On March 8 worldwide, women resist all forms of oppression

Struggle. Solidarity. Capitalist governments omit those words in their glossy, superficial receptions on International Women’s Day, March 8. However, those…

March 17, 2015

Rasmea Odeh’s International Working Women’s Day message

Excerpts from a statement issued on March 8, four days before Odeh’s conviction in Detroit.   I’m so grateful for…

March 17, 2015

U.S. ranks as world’s worst in jailing women

Women are the fastest growing prison population in the U.S. due primarily to harsh sentencing for nonviolent crimes and drug…

March 12, 2015

On International Women’s Day, marches, rallies target police violence and low wages

Ever since the first International Women’s Day was observed in 1911, women all over the world have been commemorating IWD…

March 11, 2015

What women are fighting for

International Women’s Day is a good time to examine some crucial struggles for women, including pay equity and livable wages.…

March 7, 2015

Women fight oppression in Bangladesh

As I walked through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, I became aware of so much suffering, especially for women.…

March 6, 2015

Two years after factory collapse, Bangladeshi workers address students

Lexington, Ky. -- Mahinur Begum went to work on the morning of April 24, 2013, even though she knew she…

March 6, 2015

Actions planned for International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, March 8, became an official working-class holiday 105 years ago. Revolutionary women were inspired by a march…

March 3, 2015

Black Women’s Lives Matter

The following article, slightly edited, is reprinted here courtesy of Red Flag, the publication of the militant youth group FIST…

February 28, 2015

Indiana woman criminalized after miscarriage

An outrageous miscarriage of justice occurred Feb. 3 in Indiana based on a real miscarriage. Purvi Patel, a 33-year-old, unmarried…

February 19, 2015