By Sue Denham Capitalism, it was once observed, is horror without end. Capitalism is based on the systematic exploitation of the many by the few and that exploitation, which is enforced ultimately with violence, leads to poverty, insecurity, and desperation among the many while it creates opulence and wealth unimaginable in any other era for the few. The capitalist system isn't just … [Read more...]
NIKE DO YOU SEE US NOW?
Support women Nike sportswear workers from 25 garment worker unions in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Bangladesh, coordinated by Asia Floor Wage Alliance and Global Labor Justice. The message they are sending could not be clearer: *Pay us what you owe us. *Treat us with respect. *And if you're going to be running advertisements promoting the image of "strong women", … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day- Ladies, “civility”
from Richard Mellor's Blog Brothers, sisters, comrades, I have to apologise for not getting something on the blog about International Women's Day. But better late than never as they say. So I went and retrieved a previous posting and if anyone wants to read more on this that Facts For Working People has published simply do a search at the top of the page. Search women or … [Read more...]
Women’s Day 2025: Voices of Resistance Across Pakistan and Jammu Kashmir
by By Revolutionary Students Front - Published in Asian Marxist Review On March 8, 2025, various cities across Pakistan and its held areas witnessed vibrant discussions and gatherings in commemoration of International Working Women’s Day. Organized by the Revolutionary Students Front (RSF), Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign (PTUDC), Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF), and … [Read more...]
Bread and Roses – A Celebration of International Women’s Day
See the recording HERE. We are living through an era of almost unprecedented crisis, in terms of repression, genocide and war. And both as workers in struggle and as custodians of family welfare, women face especially intense hardship. International Women’s Day – a day founded by and for working-class women – falls on March 8th every year. The Workers’ International Network joined forces … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint – The Feminist Movement and the Struggle for a Free Palestine
The following article is a transcript of a speech comrade Eleni Mitsou made at a feminist solidarity public meeting for the Palestinian people. The public meeting, which took place in Athens on January 19, 2024 was organized by 4 feminist organisations under the title “There is no free country without free women“. Today’s event takes place after 105 days of war of extreme brutality. In the … [Read more...]
Domestic Defiance: On Pakistan’s First Trade Union Federation for Home-Based Workers
A conversation with Zehra Khan on the founding of Pakistan’s first trade union for home-based women workers. In 2005, Zehra Khan, then a graduate student at the University of Karachi, began a research project with a fellow student on home-based workers in Pakistan’s textile and garments industry. They discovered that most of these workers were women, who contributed significantly to the country’s … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint Bulletin – The political identity of the far-right or the far-right and identity politics
After more than 10 years of since the start of the economic crisis of ’07-’09 and precisely because of the inability of the bourgeois technocrats to find viable answers to the spiral of economic turbulence, traditional political representation is also in deep crisis. Center-left and center-right parties and government are crumbling, leaving the door open to new parties that emerge. At the same … [Read more...]
MIGRATION AND THE FAR RIGHT
MIGRATION AND THE FAR RIGHT - YouTube A WIN Zoom Discussion June 2023. Huge numbers of migrants are being driven from their homes by wars, civil wars, state repression, climate emergency and other manifestations of capitalist decay. This year alone, over a quarter of a million desperate migrants have sought refuge in Europe, including 26,800 who reached Italy by sea in its first three months – … [Read more...]
The Life of Eleanor Marx
Celebrating International Women's Day…March 2023 Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was the daughter of Karl Marx, a linguist, translator, founding member of the Socialist International and of the General and Municipal Workers' Union, and a fighter for women's rights. Felicity Dowling and Lesley Mahmood will spoke about her life and legacy today. Celebrating International Women's Day 2023 - … [Read more...]