Revolutionary Women

Revolutionary women: Ludmila Stul

Thu, 27/05/2010 - 09:43

Our series on the lives and struggles of great revolutionary women continues with Marija Cubalevska’s look at the life of Russian underground militant Ludmila Stal Read more...

Revolutionary women: Helen Keller

Wed, 31/03/2010 - 20:03

"Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!" Here we look at the life of Helen Keller as part of our series on revolutionary women in history Read more...

The origins of International Women’s Day

Joy Macready Wed, 31/03/2010 - 19:33

Born at a time of great social turbulence and crisis, when the imperialist nations were gearing up for world war, International Women's Day comes from a tradition of radicalism and revolutionary spirit. Joy Macready looks at its origins Read more...

Revolutionary women: Yevgenia Bosch

Katja Teran Mon, 08/02/2010 - 22:51

This site, along with www.workerspower.com begins a new series on revolutionary women to highlight their often forgotten role in the communist movement. Katja Teran starts the first in the series on Yevgenia Bosch Read more...

Women fight back!

Mon, 01/05/2006 - 22:00

Women fighting back against globalisation, war and social oppression - what kind of women's movement do we need? Read more...

Votes for Women: socialists and feminists in the suffrage movement

Kirstie Paton and Stuart King Fri, 31/10/2003 - 20:08

In 1903 the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded. The WSPU became the militant wing of a mass movement of women fighting for the vote. Within this organisation many of the direct action tactics used today were first developed. Kirstie Paton and Stuart King explain the origins of the movement and the divergence of the two wings of the WSPU: the socialists and the feminists. Read more...

Women's emancipation: The communist tradition

Sun, 04/10/1992 - 23:00

To achieve women’s liberation we have to ﬁght for socialism. The two things are inseparable. Read more...