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30 September 2020
South Africa: Working class unity to stop violence against women
Marxist Workers Party and [email protected] members marched through eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa, on 23 September calling for working-class unity to stop violence against women.
26 February 2020
A jury in New York City found Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault on 24 February. More trials are ahead for the multimillionaire film producer.
20 November 2019
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
What policies are needed to end domestic violence?
18 September 2019
Violence against women in South Africa
The rape and murder of a Cape Town student was the spark that lit a new wave of protests demanding an end to violence against women
6 March 2019
A socialist programme to end women's oppression
In the era of austerity and capitalist crisis, women are struggling against their oppression - marching, striking, getting organised.
6 March 2019
International Women's Day 2019: End oppression with fight for socialism
On Friday 8 March, women and many men across the globe are striking, marching, protesting and celebrating International Women's Day in unprecedented numbers.
28 November 2018
Reclaim the Night marches condemn violence against women
Led by drumming-band Bangshees, Newcastle's Reclaim the Night demo attracted lots of attention and support particularly from young working-class women who stopped to take videos.
22 November 2018
In defence of socialist feminism
As the age of austerity arising from the great crash of 2007-2008 enters its second decade, a new movement of women struggling against their oppression is taking shape
21 November 2018
Over one million students strike against sexism and for inclusive sex education
The general student strike called by the Students Union and Libres y Combativas (free and combative) was a powerful success.
17 October 2018
Libres y Combativas: striking for women's rights in the Spanish state
On 8 March 2018 - International Women's Day - an unprecedented strike against sexism and women's oppression took place across the Spanish state. Libres y Combativas played a central role. Now, the campaign is building for a new student strike on 14 November. The Socialist spoke to Ana Garcia, an activist in Libres y Combativas
2 May 2018
Spain: 'We don't want to be brave, we want to be free!'
Protests rocked Spain on 26 April and for a further two days following the sentencing of 'La Manada' - five men accused of raping an 18-year-old woman during the Pamplona bull-running festival in 2016.
14 March 2018
Spain: millions on streets against sexism and capitalist oppression
The 8 March feminist strike in the Spanish state was unprecedented. Never has there been such a deep and massive mobilisation against the oppression of working class women
22 November 2017
Nottingham 'Reclaim the Night' march highlights cuts
A spirited and determined 'Reclaim the Night' march, organised by and for women, wound its way through the Saturday night revelry of Nottingham city centre
20 September 2017
Refreshing, anticapitalist - but little pointing a way forward
Non-fiction - Bitch Doctrine: Laurie Penny's latest work is clearly anticapitalist, but reflects the defeatism of much of the left in Britain and the US today
31 May 2017
Women and austerity - scrap the 'rape clause'
In Yorkshire, Socialist Party members have been organising with others under the banner of 'Women's Lives Matter'
18 January 2017
We can stop Trump's sexist agenda in its tracks
The election of Donald Trump is a call to action for women. His glorification of sexual assault is an insult to the courageous struggles over the last years to combat violence against women
14 September 2016
Benefit cap could shut 67% of women's refuges
The new Tory benefit cap could force two thirds of refuges to close, leaving women fleeing violence with nowhere to go.
2 March 2016
International Women's Day 2016: Should women support Hillary Clinton?
Confusion, soul-searching and outright horror. These words could accurately describe the response of the establishment press and political figures, world over, to the growing support for Bernie Sanders
2 December 2015
Women: fight for equality, fight for socialism
It's hard to believe that in the 1990s, articles were appearing asking: "Is the future female?" and "Are we witnessing a genderquake?" Women are still a long way from being liberated.
3 June 2015
End violence against women: On 20 May, Jaffna in Sri Lanka came to a standstill, with shops being shut and black flags raised in memory of Vidya Sivaloganathan, the 17-year-old A-level student brutally gang raped and murdered
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