Gender & Sexuality
The Left Book Club Presents: Bread and Roses, by Andrea D’Atri
The Left Book Club presents Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism, by Andrea D'Atri. Join an online event with Andrea D’Atri, Camille Barbagallo and Alessandra Mezzadri as they discuss perspectives to dismantle capitalist patriarchy and develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind. March 10th, 7pm BST / 2pm EST.
Left Voice
March 7, 2022Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is Another Attack on Queer Youth and All Educators
Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill would make it illegal to discuss gender and sexuality in K–12 schools. We need a unified, national movement against these right-wing attacks.
Sybil Davis
February 14, 2022Sorry Biden, but Better than Trump Is Not Good Enough for Queer People
Biden's first year in office has been defined by broken promises and a lack of any meaningful action to protect or expand the rights of LGBTQ+ people at home or abroad.
Olivia Wood
February 7, 2022Ireland and Argentina Won Abortion Rights through Struggle. Protecting Our Rights Here Won’t Be Any Different
Abortion rights are under threat in the United States. As the abortion movements in Ireland and Argentina have shown, the right to free, safe, and legal abortions can only be won through combative action and mass mobilization in the streets.
Emma Lee
December 11, 2021A TERF-Far Right Alliance Has Launched a New Transphobic Onslaught
In view of the increasing number of reactionary articles in the press and other public statements of that ilk, this article proposes a short guide to survival in transphobic territory — with a focus on Britain, the United States, and France.
Julian Vile
December 7, 2021“Abortion Pills Forever” Misses the Point
As nine unelected judges are poised to effectively overturn Roe v. Wade, some feminists' rallying cry is "abortion pills forever." But that slogan isn’t a call to fight, it’s a call to surrender.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
December 6, 2021The IMF Is a Weapon Against Women — They Have the Power to Fight Against It
The International Monetary Fund, based in Washington, has a very particular gender perspective. The adjustment plans it negotiates with the governments of debtor countries fall on the backs of working people, and it is women from the poorest households who are most affected. These effects are universal across the globe. This article uses Argentina to make the case.
Andrea D'Atri
November 30, 2021A Patriarchal Stereotype Sustains the Capitalist System: The “Inferior, Submissive Woman”
Gender violence is the direct result of the capitalist system’s patriarchal structure, which serves the exploitation and oppression upon which the system thrives.
Scilla Di Pietro
November 29, 2021Healthcare Workers Must Join the Fight for Trans Liberation
Healthcare workers must join the fight against attacks on the trans community. In the process, we must fight to destroy the capitalist system that oppresses us all.
Mike Pappas
November 20, 2021We Must Build a Mass Movement for Trans Rights
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans rights are under attack across the United States and the world. We need to build a mass movement to protect and defend trans rights.
Sybil Davis
November 20, 2021