Gender & Sexuality
Antoinette Konikow: Pioneering Fighter for Women’s Rights and Socialism
Antoinette Konikow (1869-1946) was a pioneering socialist feminist, advocate for women’s reproductive autonomy, and a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, the Communist Party, and then the U.S. Trotskyist movement. Sadly, today she is little known and underappreciated, though she deserves wider recognition.
Kate Frey
March 26, 2018[VIDEO] Hilton Workers Walk the Picket Line for Women’s Rights
Left Voice walks the picket line with Hilton workers demanding a fair contract on #InternationalWomensDay. The picket further included workers of the nearby Hyatt and community supporters from the International Women's Strike CT. Power to the Hilton Workers!
Left Voice
March 19, 2018[VIDEO] New York City: International Women’s Strike
International Women's Strike, NY: a protest and rally to build a women's movement that is anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist and against all forms of oppression.
Left Voice
March 19, 2018Activists Face Jail Time for Protesting Police Brutality at Gay Pride Parade
Activists face jail time for protesting police violence at gay pride.
Left Voice
March 12, 2018Highlights from International Women’s Strike Around the World
On March 8, women organized the second International Women’s Strike in more than 150 countries. In the Spanish State alone, five million people mobilized. In Argentina, this year’s march marked one of the largest in a year of mobilizations. One of the slogans at the march was: “If our lives are worthless, try to produce […]
Left Voice
March 12, 201820 Images of International Women’s Strike Around the World
Images of mobilizations around the world on March 8.
Left Voice
March 10, 2018McFeminism: Flips “Golden Arcs” for Women’s Day, Still Exploits Women
McDonalds pretends to be on the side of women, but we know better.
Julia Wallace
March 9, 2018Hilton Workers Walk the Picket Line for Women’s Rights
Today on International Women’s Day, workers of the Stamford Hilton marched out through the front door and formed a picket line to call attention to their fight for a fair contract.
Ioan Georg
March 8, 2018Socialism, Women and Internationalism: Panel in LA
A panel focused on international women's issues took place on March 3 in LA.
Julia Wallace
March 8, 20185 Million Protest, Strike on International Women’s Day in Spanish State
5 million people in the streets of the Spanish state. There are also hundreds of work stoppages all over the country.
Left Voice
March 8, 2018