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March 8 is International Working Women’s Day!

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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, ...

Women’s day protest at Iranian embassy

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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 ...