feminism
Patriarchy and the origins of women’s oppression
March 8 in the second year of war: Experiences and visions of Ukrainian feminists
US abortion rights: Who would kill the gander that goosed a golden egg?
Video: The Kurdish women's movement — History, theory, practice
The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of one of the most exciting revolutionary experiments in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle, most recently in the fight against ISIS, Rojava embodies a radical commitment to ecology, democracy and women's liberation. But while striking images of Kurdish women in military fatigues proliferate, a true understanding of the women's movement remains elusive.
By The Feministic Initiative Group
Abortion rights in the United States: The right-wing’s Supreme Court coup
By Against The Current editorial board
Learning from history: community-run child-care centers in United States during World War II
By Marty Hart-Landsberg
Second-wave feminism: Accomplishments & lessons
By Nancy Rosenstock
“Today is the beginning of a new movement. Today is the end of millennia of oppression.”
— Kate Millett, feminist author, speaking to 50,000 in New York City, August 26, 1970.
March 19, 2021 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from Against the Current — August 26, 1970 marked the public emergence of second-wave feminism, coming 50 years after the winning of women’s suffrage.
The women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and early 1970s had a profound effect on society. It also had a profound effect on those of us who were a part of it. Working collectively for women’s liberation, reveling in the joy and sisterhood that comes from that, was a life-changing experience.
I had the good fortunate to be one of those women, as a member of Boston Female Liberation — one of the first and most widely respected radical feminist organizations of that time. I was also on the national staff of the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition (WONAAC) in 1971.
