Heather Rawling, CWI Women around the world will be marking International Women’s Day in a variety of ways. Protest demonstrations can be expected in many countries against the oppression that women face, not least in Iran, where anti-government movements have...

As a new generation of women in the anti-war and anti-capitalist movements celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March), Chrisitine Thomas looks back at the life and ideas of the Russian revolutionary, Alexandra Kollontai, a pioneer of the struggle for socialism...

Feminism for the 99% - A manifestoby Cinzia Aruzzo, Tithi Battacharya, Nancy Fraser ‘Feminism for the 99%’- A manifesto to change the world? What force is needed to end the discrimination and division rooted in the capitalist system? Can the global women’s movements...

Women against French headscarf ban and discrimination against the Muslim community Will the banning of headscarves contribute to the emancipation of women? French President Jacques Chirac’s plans to ban all “ostentatious” religious symbols, including Muslim...

The conclusions drawn by the influential feminist, Natasha Walter, in her latest book, Living Dolls, may surprise readers of her earlier material. In an honest reappraisal of her position, Walter now accepts that sexism and discrimination against women are ever more...

Christine Thomas, author of the book ’It doesn’t have to be like this – Women and the Struggle for Socialism’ discussing about why such a book was necessary. What made you decide to write the book? Over the last ten years or so a lot of books have been written saying...

Christine Thomas’ book outlines how inequalities and discrimination against women have not disappeared and women’s struggles must be bound up with wider class struggle to be successful. Read the exclusive interview with the author here. Introduction At the turn of the...