Women and oppressed genders

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

International Women’s Day: Women workers rising

Calls for a Women’s Strike ignited International Women’s Day in the U.S. on March 8. Organizers were following up on…

March 14, 2017

Anna Julia Haywood Cooper Vital to Pan-African movement

African-American women from the late 19th century to the early 20th century played a pivotal role in the internationalization of…

March 12, 2017

Lynne Stewart: ¡Presente!

With deep sorrow we report that the courageous people’s attorney, Lynne Stewart, died on March 7. She spent more than…

March 9, 2017

March 8: Women strike!

An International Women’s Strike has been called for March 8, International Women’s Day, by women in more than 50 countries.…

March 8, 2017