Global Left Midweek – Focus on Africa
Portside
Unrest spreads across the continent
Unrest spreads across the continent
Unrest spreads across the continent
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Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76
NYTimes
No stranger to blue-collar work herself, she pushed for equality in male-dominated unions and as a writer chronicled the struggles of “sisters in the brotherhoods.”
Global Left Midweek – March 22, 2023
Portside
A planet haunted by democratic upheavals
Feminism, From Abigail Adams to Beyonce
Washington Post
Feminists built the nation as surely as the railroad did.
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, a Pioneer for Women’s Rights, Dies at 82
NPR
"Pat Schroeder blazed the trail. Every woman in this house is walking in her footsteps," said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., who took over from Schroeder as Democratic chair of the bipartisan congressional caucus on women's issues.
The Eighth of March in Russia: USSR, War and Women’s Rights
LeftEast
It is important for us to rethink the usual categories, including «defense of the Motherland,» clearing them of militarism. It is worth defending the Motherland first of all from poverty, violence, war, corrupt politicians and unscrupulous capital.
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Sandra Burchi on Non Una Di Meno: ‘There Is No Longer Only One Way To Strike’
Il Manifesto Global
‘Non Una di Meno talks about striking from consumption, from housework, or even dressing a certain way when it is not really possible to refrain from work. And one can also strike from gender as such.'
Media Bits and Bytes – March 7, 2023
Portside
Is Fox News finished? ...and more burning questions from media land
Global Left Midweek – International Women’s Day 2023
Portside
The fight for women's lives and liberation is everywhere and addresses everything!
Global Left Midweek – Focus on Europe
Portside
The new head of the Party of the European Left discusses democracy as a strategic goal
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