Women's Liberation
US Republicans lead the assault on healthcare with new repeal bill
Donald Trump’s US government is pushing through healthcare attacks, but mobilising on the streets can beat them back, reports Alistair Farrow
How protests beat back the Benyon Bill in 1977 and defended abortion rights
Forty years ago this month some 10,000 people marched in London to defend abortion rights. The demonstration, organised by the National Abortion Campaign (NAC), opposed a bill brought by Tory MP William Benyon.
Rape victims denied benefits
The Tories want to deny benefits to some rape victims. Their nasty attack snatches money from vulnerable women and children.
Is the media sexist because ordinary people are?
Sexist drivel: After a meeting between Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Tory prime minister Theresa May all the odious Daily Mail newspaper columnist Sarah Vine could talk about was their legs—for several paragraphs.
Divorce this sexist system
Two court rulings have trapped a woman in a “desperately unhappy” marriage after refusing to let her divorce her husband.
Anti-sexist action fuels the fight back against Trump
Activists tell Socialist Worker how International Women’s Day became a focus for the movement in the US with massive numbers of women taking to the streets
Thousands march in Ireland demanding an end to deadly anti-abortion law
14 March 2017Thousands took to the streets in Ireland on International Women's Day to demand a repeal of the 8th Amendment which makes abortion illegal in Ireland
Big protests in Ireland, the US and across the world mark International Women's Day
14 March 2017Protests for abortion rights and against sexist governments took place across the world to mark International Women’s Day
Defend women's right to choose
07 March 2017The Daily Mail newspaper launched an attack on abortion rights this week. Its front page on Monday raged against Marie Stopes charity doctors for approving abortions “for women they have never even met”.
Hidden Figures offers a high hope that the sky is the limit
28 February 2017Against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, three women in the US space programme defy bigotry in this beautiful film, writes?Saba Shiraz
Attacks on abortion in the US meet resistance
14 February 2017Activists are fighting Donald Trump’s new attacks on abortion rights, writes Eleanor Claxton-Mayer
How do we beat Trump?
31 January 2017After huge protests against Donald Trump, activists from across the United States told Socialist Worker about how they’re organising to bring down the monster in the White House
Resistance fills streets of London as 100,000 join Women's March
24 January 2017Around 100,000 people joined the Women’s March in London last Saturday, rejecting Donald Trump and the bigotry he represents and thrives on.
Millions worldwide reject Trump’s sexist bigotry
24 January 2017Over 5 million people globally marched for women’s rights and against Donald Trump last Saturday, according to the official Women’s March organisers.
Women’s Marches showed we can resist the right and fight for a radically different world
24 January 2017The Women’s Marches last Saturday were a brilliant boost to everyone struggling for a better world.
Weekend of protests against Donald Trump hits London
22 January 2017Video report from protests organised by Stand Up To Racism and Women's March on London at Donald Trump's inauguration as US president.
Eyewitness report from the Women's March in Washington
21 January 2017The streets of Washington DC were rammed full today, Saturday, in an inspiring show of strength against US president Donald Trump.
100,000 join Women's March in London
21 January 2017Tens of thousands of people joined the Women's March from the US embassy in Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square in London today, Saturday. They were rejecting Donald Trump and the bigotry he represents and thrives on.
Anti-choice bigots launch new attack on abortion rights after Trump's election
13 December 2016We are already feeling the effect of Donald Trump’s election in the US. The war on women’s rights has started.
‘Red Ellen’ Wilkinson - How a radical campaigner was limited by Labour
01 November 2016A new biography of MP and campaigner Ellen Wilkinson documents her fight for radical change—and how a commitment to parliament scuppered it, writes Nick Clark
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- As election day draws closer, shrinking poll gap reveals a radical path to Labour victory
- Blame the system that creates terrorism
- Thousands join Birmingham Pride
- ‘School cuts are an election issue’ as parents, pupils and teachers protest
- Tory cuts gave the NHS one of its worst ever winters—and there’s more to come
- Activists urge SNP to ban the frackers
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