We first posted this in 2009. Also see our section on Women and Marxism. What is now known as International Women's Day was initially called International Working Women's Day and was a key date in the communist calendar. Unfortunately over the years the connection between this day, on which we mark the fight for women's liberation, ...
On International Women's Day (March 8th), women were at the forefront of the fight against the Islamic regime, writes Tina Becker On International Women’s Day, around 100 people gathered outside the Iranian embassy in London to protest against the repression of women in Iran. Organised by the March 8 Women’s Organisation (Iran-Afghanistan), they heard a range ...
Internationalism must be a principle which we make concrete, writes Dave Isaacson The level of repression against radical activists and voices of opposition to the Islamic Republic in Iran has increased in the recent weeks. Activists from the students’, women’s and workers’ movements, as well as those from national and religious minorities, have all suffered violent ...