Women and oppressed genders

SIGN THE PETITION SHUT DOWN FORT HOOD NOW! JUSTICE FOR  PFC. VANESSA GUILLÉN!

Petition issued by F.I.R.E. (Fight for Im/Migrants & Refugees Everywhere) and the IAC (International Action Center). fightformigrants.org/. iacenter.org/. SIGN THE…

July 17, 2020

Boston #SayHerName
Black women lead BLM march

Over a thousand people took to the streets July Fourth to center Black women’s role in the ongoing Black Lives…

July 14, 2020

Supreme Court rules for religious right, against health care

After signing three progressive decisions in June, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts revealed his true conservative stripes July 8.…

July 13, 2020

SCOTUS decides 5-4 win for abortion rights

On June 29, the Supreme Court issued a much anticipated decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, the first reproductive…

July 8, 2020

Supreme Court rulings: Mass fightback and solidarity win concessions

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given on a June 25 Workers World Party webinar on “LGBTQ2S+…

June 26, 2020

Juneteenth
Racist cops, statues under siege

On Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 —  also known as Freedom Day, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told…

June 23, 2020

Coast to coast, marchers declare: ‘Black trans lives matter!’

“Say his name! Tony McDade!” These words rang out on June 20 as hundreds of Clevelanders, members of the LGBTQ2S+…

June 23, 2020

Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’

“My husband won’t let me leave the house” has become an all-too-familiar cry for help since the mandatory lockdown was…

June 10, 2020

Police terror, COVID-19 are women’s issues

These slightly edited remarks were given by Monica Moorehead at a June 7 International Women’s Alliance webinar: “Building our militant…

June 10, 2020

Black Lives Matter solidarity: No Pride without justice!

Fifty-one years ago cops assaulted and arrested LGBTQ2+ people — mostly Black and Latinx people — at the Stonewall Bar…

June 9, 2020