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I Was in an Underground Abortion Network Before Roe v. Wade
In the 1960s and ’70s, a Chicago group known as “Jane” helped tens of thousands of women get abortions
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Chicago activists denounce crisis pregnancy centers, demand abortion rights
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A feminist municipalist manifesto
Building such projects in towns and cities is easier than trying to tackle the monster of pre-existing state institutions (parties, parliaments, bureaucracies) or believing that those institutions will magically embrace feminist purposes
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Political decisions must include women’s voices to be sustainable
The situation now facing women human rights defenders is far worse, as are the prospects for women’s full, not token, participation in shaping and building peace
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Interview on life in the struggle for women's liberation, her path to socialist feminism – and why she believes the debates of the 1970s continue to hold such resonance today
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Why are Northern Ireland’s women being silenced over Brexit?
Brexit is a disruptive force in women’s lives, yet patriarchy means their opinions are often discounted or ignored
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Fearless communes: An interview with two Chilean mayors
Fearless communes are rewriting their Constitution by feminizing politics and proliferating radically democratic spaces
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Abortion Rights Activists Fight Back With Mutual Aid and Direct Action in 2022
Activists from around the country are not losing hope. Instead, they are strategizing about how to turn the tide
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Mexican women’s solidarity defies Texas abortion law
Despite the risks and illegality of their activism, these women view it as their duty to help women access their human right to abortion
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Constitutional Issues that Underlay the Roe vs. Wade Decision
The push to abolish abortions stems from a moral judgement that pre-born babies are human beings with a right to life. The first amendment of the Constitution prohibits establishment of religion
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Sudanese women are back on the frontlines of resistance
As October’s military coup in Sudan threatens to roll back the gains made in the 2019 revolution, women are fighting once again the authoritarian regime, remaining one of the core revolutionary forces on the ground
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Yes, There Were 10 Good Things About 2021
It was, indeed, a disastrous year, but we do have some reasons to cheer
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bell hooks’s Trailblazing Critique of “Imperialist White Supremacist Heteropatriarchy”
Working in the tradition of intersectionality and Black radical feminism, hooks’s critiques of “imperialist white supremacist heteropatriarchy” called attention to the interlocking systems of oppression in hopes of eradicating them
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The new, young and radical feminist movement, at the forefront of resistance in Greece
The event is significant, almost historic, in a conservative and disoriented Greek society, which is always seeking a left worthy of its name
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The feminist icon, who has died aged 69, leaves behind a rich, powerful legacy
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bell hooks, author and activist, dies aged 69
While her contributions to feminism are widely appreciated, bell hooks also published groundbreaking work on film, the visual arts, education, and a host of other subjects. She helped shape the modern U.S. cultural landscape
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How the fight for abortion rights began
Let’s make this current fight for abortion and a woman’s right to bodily autonomy be the opening shot in the war to root out every last vestige of capitalism
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What it’s like to live in a country with a near total ban on abortion
As the US teeters on the brink of outlawing abortion, an expert from Poland explains the practical and emotional consequences of such a ban
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The Maxwell trial will not hold the powerful men complicit in the rape and abuse of countless girls by the Epstein ring accountable or challenge the oppressive systems which fuel the scourge of male violence.
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Bernie Sanders Demands End of Filibuster to Codify Abortion Rights
"We must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country. And if there aren't 60 votes to do it, and there are not, we must reform the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes."
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For the First Time, Supreme Court Is Poised to Retract a Fundamental Right
While Chief Justice John Roberts may not be prepared to squarely overturn Roe and Casey, he signaled his readiness to uphold the Mississippi law, gutting the right of women to choose abortion
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Justice Sotomayor Exposed the Bullshit of Mississippi’s Attack on Abortion Rights
“The right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body, has been clearly set since Casey and never challenged”
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A Timeline of US Abortion Rights Since Roe v Wade
When the all-male supreme court ruled to protect abortion rights in 1973, activists didn’t foresee the fight that lay ahead
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Women human rights defenders remain steadfast in perilous times
Our work is challenging. We face killings, arrests and attacks every day. But we persist, because we are more needed than ever
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A Feminist Blueprint for Saving Democracy in the U.S.—and Beyond
Feminists know that building transnational solidarity is often crucial when trying to counter domestic oppression
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There’s No Such Thing As Legitimate Rape, Because There’s No Such Thing As Rape
For weeks on end, we heard about no pregnancy rape, bad weather rape, no rape in marriage, forced rape, gray rape—sex that falls between consent and denial—and date rape.
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Saudi’s Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul’s immediate and unconditional release
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Millions of Women in Mexico Join “Day Without Us” Strike to Protest Gender-Based Violence
“In Mexico it’s like we’re in a state of war; we’re in a humanitarian crisis because of the quantity of women that have disappeared or been killed”
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On 8 March 2018 women across the world are going on strike. This is a call to action for women in the UK to join the strike. We will refuse to work. We will be on the streets. We will shut things down and disrupt business as usual
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In Baltimore and around the world the second anniversary of the Women's March on Washington prompted calls for unity in resisting the policies of the Trump Administration
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Feminist Frequency – XOXO Festival
Talk at XOXO, an arts and technology festival in Portland, Oregon celebrating independent artists using the Internet to make a living doing what they love
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The Santa Barbara Massacre & Viral Response to Misogynist Violence
"Violence doesn’t have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender"
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In International Women's Week, the Guardian asks 'who are the heroines of literature?'...
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Dr.Vandana Shiva, India’s preeminent environmentalist, eco feminist, author, and winner...
Blogs
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Down with (‘Occupy’) Materialism, Up with Diversity and Holism
Cross posted from Future Economy Blog. It’s barely secret that...
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Violent Crackdown in Morocco Fails to Halt Movement
After posting this optimistic report, we received disturbing news of...
Books
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Palestinian Women: Narrative Histories and Gendered Memory
About the Book Palestinian Women is the first book to...
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Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present
This critical historical analysis of U.S. social welfare policy argues...
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Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United States in the Twentieth Century
As its title suggests, Sheila Rowbotham’s A Century of Women:...
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For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts’ Advice to Women
This dense, well-argued classic underscores the need to take expert...
