India

IWA calls for international actions on March 8th, International

The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) is a global alliance of grassroots-based women’s organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to…

March 1, 2013

100 million join general strike in India

The working and oppressed classes of India showed their strength and determination on Feb. 20-21 with a general strike that…

February 25, 2013

All-India union statement on general strike

The following abridged press statement of the All-India Committee of the All-India United Trade Union Center was issued by Comrade…

February 25, 2013

Indian women’s conference unites politics, protest & culture

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India — Just a month after the horrific gang rape of a young woman in Delhi, India, sparked militant…

February 12, 2013

‘Capitalism has not liberated women’

The following talk was presented by LeiLani Dowell, a WW managing editor, at the 3rd All India Women’s Conference that…

February 7, 2013

U.S. perpetuates rape culture

The following remarks were written by Elena, a youth-oriented organizer and a member of the Durham, N.C., branch of Workers…

February 7, 2013

India conference: ‘Stop atrocities against women’

Some 2,000 women from across India converged in Kerala for the third All-India Women’s Conference from Jan. 29 to 31.…

February 6, 2013

WWP organizers to attend women’s conference in India

At the end of January, the 3rd All India Women’s Conference will take place in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Organized by…

January 24, 2013

Rape, there and here

The brutal gang rape and beating of a young woman student on Dec. 16 in Delhi, India, sparked massive demonstrations…

January 9, 2013

Horrific rape sparks mass protests in India

An outraged mass movement has brought hundreds of thousands, mainly women, into the streets of India to protest rape and…

January 2, 2013