Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by FEDERMAN Adam
An alliance is born between anti-gay, anti-abortion American groups and the Russian Orthodox Church.
This past June, the Russian Parliament passed an anti-gay law that came as a surprise to much of the rest of the world. The statute, an amendment to the country’s Code of Administrative (…)
, by EZQUERRA Sandra
On 20 December, the Spanish Popular Party government (right wing) made public the draft of the “Law for the protection of the life of the unborn and the rights of the pregnant woman.” As the feminist movement and a broad spectrum of the left has been explaining since then the new law, if (…)
, by Izquierda Anticapitalista
A draft law aims to suppress abortion rights in Spain! Since the draft law was announced by the Spanish government there have been widespread protests in the Spanish state and elsewhere, including pickets outside Spanish Embassies and consulates, such as that in Paris on Friday 27 December on (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers, NAMAZIE Maryam, Petition / Sign-on Letter, SOW Fatou
Universities UK: Rescind endorsement of sex segregation at UK Universities
Why this is important
Universities UK (UUK) has issued guidance on external speakers saying that the segregation of the sexes at universities is not discriminatory as long as “both men and women are being treated (…)
, by GALLOT Fanny
This paper was presented at the Historical Materialism Conference in London, 10 November 2013, in the panel on “A comparative analysis of socialist/class struggle feminism in France and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s”.
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Introduction
This contribution is based on a part of (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
This paper was presented at the Historical Materialism Conference in London, 10 November 2013, in the panel on “A comparative analysis of socialist/class struggle feminism in France and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s”.
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The idea for this paper arose after I attended (…)
, by VIVAS Esther
The governing Popular Party (PP) is on a crusade – not only against fundamental rights such as health, education, housing, work, but also against sexual and reproductive freedoms. The PP wants to impose a model of society, not only at the service of capital, but sexist and homophobic to boot. It (…)
, by HEINEN Jacqueline
This article was first published in International Marxist Review Vol 2, No 2 in Spring 1987. It is republished here as part of our [International Viewpoint] effort to build an archive of contributions from within the Fourth International on questions of feminism.
Any analysis of the position (…)
, by CONWAY Terry
It is usual that for International Women’s Day on March 8, this and other websites commemorate the role that women played in the Russian revolution — in celebration of which International Women’s Day became a regular event. On other occasions we have looked at the role that women are playing in (…)
, by TRAT Josette
This paper was presented at the Historical Materialism Conference in London, 10 November 2013, in the panel on “A comparative analysis of socialist/class struggle feminism in France and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s”.
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Although it is ignored by the mainstream media, (…)
, by VIVAS Esther
Send women back to the home. This is apparently what the present policies for a way out of the crisis are trying to do. These policies have a clear ideological orientation, both economically and socially.
To the extent that they are cutting basic public services, such as health and education, (…)
, by POLLAK Sorcha
The first clinic offering abortions on the island of Ireland opened its doors in the Northern Irish city of Belfast on Oct. 18, but the 400 pro-life protesters gathered outside were determined that no abortion procedures would happen there that day. Buses full of antiabortion demonstrators stood (…)
, by EZQUERRA Sandra
As a protest space created by men and women, 15-M has repeated the mistake of its predecessors, fearing that feminism would divide the movement, instead of strengthening it. 15-M has not developed tools for recognising the patriarchal logic to be found at its heart, and transforming them from a (…)
, by HJORT Linn
Women involved were threatened with rape and murder on at least one blog, received numerous threatening e-mails, and had their full names and addresses posted on the internet. An American anti-feminist newspaper followed suit and offered 1000 US dollars to anyone who would reveal the identities (…)
, by MITRALIA / MITRALIAS Sonia
Interview with Sonia Mitralias, a founding member of the Initiative of Greek Women against the Debt and the Austerity Measures, as well as of the Greek Committee against the Debt.
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The Initiative of Greek Women Against the Debt and the Austerity Measures made its (…)
, by PATEL Pragna
The various social contracts that are emerging between the State and the dominant religious right minority leaderships in the UK trade on nothing less than the human rights of minority women, says Pragna Patel.
There is more than one form of freedom, explains Aunt Lydia, a prominent character (…)
, by PATEL Pragna
The lack of accuracy in understanding honour based abuse in the UK has critical implications, not only for social policy and strategies developed to protect women, but also in fostering equality and anti-racism.
‘Honour killings’ in the UK are back in the spot light with the high profile case (…)
The debt, Trojan horse for an unprecedented social war against the peoples of Europe, is not neutral from the point of view of gender. The austerity measures imposed in its name are gender-determined, both in their characteristics and their effects. Everywhere, they are hitting workers, (…)
, by CHRISAFIS Angelique
Allegations of rape against ex-IMF chief fuel debate on macho culture among male establishment figures in country
Among a group of women shouting “We’re all chambermaids!”, one softly-spoken 43-year-old was glad to see feminists taking to Paris streets in the wake of the Dominique (…)
, by POLLITT Katha
The French political class is aghast at the treatment being meted out in New York to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund and likely Socialist Party candidate for the French presidency, who is charged with attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment of a housekeeper in (…)
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