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Women’s struggle and class struggle

To mark the hundreth anniversary of International Women's Day this week, we are publishing an article which forms the centre pages of this month's edition of Socialist Appeal. The author is a contributor to a recent book on women's rights and class struggle published by the Danish Marxists around 'Socialistick Standpunk'.

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette and class fighter

The life of Sylvia Pankhurst is rich in experience for all activists in the labour movement. The names of the Pankhurst family are synonymous with the struggle to win the vote for women, but what distinguished Sylvia Pankhurst's approach from that of her mother Emmeline and her sister Christabel were class issues.

On International Working Women’s Day – Fight Back Against Women’s Oppression

The present economic crisis, through its sheer scale and reach, is bringing about a wholesale change in the consciousness of working people the world over. It is the poor, the oppressed, and the workers who shoulder this weight in order to hold up the privileges of the rich. There is no portion of the working class that has so greatly and extensively borne this affliction than working women.

From the rice fields to the modern day call centers - Marxism vs. Feminism. Part two.

Following on from our publication of Part One of this article to commemorate March 8, International Working Women’s Day, we are publishing Part Two, which starts with the role of women in the Italian resistance movement and then goes on to analyse the Italian feminist movement from the Second World War up until today.

From the rice fields to the modern day call centers - Marxism vs. Feminism. Part one.

Tomorrow, March 8, is International Working Women’s Day, and to mark this important event we are publishing this article. It was first printed in issue Number 5 of ‘In difesa del marxismo’, the theoretical magazine of the Italian Marxist journal FalceMartello. Although originally written for an Italian audience we believe it is of interest to labour movement activists and youth around the world.

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