women
Varieties of working-class women: ‘Wanted,’ ‘Bitter Daisies’ and ‘Mare of Easttown’
June 1, 2021In large parts of the world, anywhere between 50 and 70% of women are now actively engaged in the workplace. Most earn less than men, and many perform the essential service and caring jobs that keep...
Read more
Iranian Communists condemn regime’s brutal sentence against woman protesting police violence
May 28, 2021Narges Mohammadi’s “crime” was to campaign for justice for the hundreds of innocent protesters killed in cold blood by the regime’s security forces.
Read more
The pandemic economy hit women workers hardest, but they’re fighting back
May 26, 2021Brought together by People’s World, the International Labor Communications Association, and the People Before Profits Education Fund, leaders of national organizations joined activists from labor struggles to confront the COVID economy at a May Day town...
Read more
Women are fighters, women are workers, women are family leaders
May 10, 2021In Senegal women lead in fishing industry as they tackle coronavirus pandemic.
Read more
‘9 to 5’: Documentary provides organizing lessons for working women today
May 10, 2021The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender norms were challenged by the feminist movement. It was the 1970s in the United States.
Read more