feminism
August Bebel’s death and the revival of socialism in prewar Japan
Seiya Morita details how August Bebel’s death in distant Germany sparked an unlikely revival of socialism in pre-war Japan.
Iranian feminism, between war and the regime
Firoozeh Farvardin examines how to oppose the regime without supporting foreign intervention, and how to sustain networks of care, resistance and internationalism from below.
(Video) Kevin B. Anderson on ‘The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads’
Kevin B. Anderson discusses his book ‘The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads,’ which analyses the late Karl Marx on Indigenous communism, gender, and anti-colonialism.
The backlash against the backlash: Socialist feminism & left politics in a time of reaction
Diana O’Dwyer — After several years when the far right seemed to be growing almost unopposed, there is now a growing feminist backlash to the backlash.
Weaponising gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors
Julisa Tambunan, Aminah Jasho & Esme Abbott — Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally because it offers offer emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society.
Struggle outside the workplace: Women in the vanguard
Jess Spear — The impact of today’s capitalism on working-class women is vital if we want to understand where struggles against this system have emerged, will continue to do so, and why.
Late Marx on colonialism, gender and indigenous communism: An interview with Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson delves into Karl Marx’s final writings to unearth key ideas of critical importance for socialists today.
Ceasefire just first step to justice and peace: An urgent call by Indian and Pakistani feminists
Feminists from India and Pakistan call for immediate de-escalation, dialogue, and justice in the wake of renewed hostilities between the two nations.
The British Supreme Court decision on gender and sex: When law becomes the means of oppression
DK Renton unpicks the legal background to the Supreme Court decision and argues for a strategy of mass action to turn back the tide of right wing authoritarianism.