women’s rights
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A socialist perspective on ending women’s oppression
The vital question for us today is: How can the liberation of women and of all working people take place…
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Socialist Women’s Conference in NYC builds activists, leaders, class struggle
Nearly 100 people, mostly women, attended the first Socialist Women’s Conference sponsored by the New York City branch of the…
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Abortion rights under attack in Utah, South Dakota
State legislatures in Utah and South Dakota are each considering anti-abortion legislation. In South Dakota, voters recently defeated an anti-abortion…
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Assata Shakur: a woman warrior
Alina Serrano is a student at City College of the City University of New York. In December 2006, a gain…
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Workers need paid family leave
The writer is a statewide delegate and co-chair of the Women’s Rights and Concerns Committee of United University Professions (UUP),…
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GABRIELA Network: Philippines must assert jurisdiction after rape verdict
Below is a Dec. 3 statement by the U.S.-Philippine women's group GABRIELA Network demanding that the U.S. soldier recently found…
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South Dakota voters reject anti-woman abortion ban
The writer is an activist in South Dakota. On Nov. 7, South Dakota voters overturned a state law that had…
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G.I. war resister Suzanne Swift to be court-martialed
The U.S. Army recently decided to try G.I. war resister Suzanne Swift in a special military court-martial. She was charged…
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Working-class women denied right to breastfeed
Almost as soon as they are born, babies need to eat. You don’t need to be an expert on nutrition…
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Ten years after the 1996 ‘welfare reform’ act
August 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act—more commonly, but…
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