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BBC Proms takes a step towards equal gender representation
Thomas Gibbs takes on some of the arguments being made against the decision by BBC Proms to hire as many women as men as composers for the festival
Time's up Theresa - Counterfire Freesheet March 2018
Brexit, Corbyn and the Labour right, gender pay gap, commodification of universities and more...
As a trans woman, this is the unity I want to see
In the trans debate we need less heat and more light, argues Kristina Jayne Harrison
Sylvia - theatre review
A sold-out annex theatre was treated to Jacqueline Mulhallen’s moving, informative and funny performance,
Sylvia
, the radical Suffragette leader
'If women stop, the world stops': a view from the mass women’s strike in Spain
After huge strikes and protests in Spain, the message on the ground is to stay in the streets
Sylvia Pankhurst and the working class suffragettes
Jacqueline Mulhallen reflects on the radicals who helped reshape global democracy
The gender pay gap is a disgrace
While new legislation aimed at addressing this ongoing inequality is welcome, only collective action can end it, argues Steph Pike
For International Women’s Day my hero is Ahed Tamimi
International Women's Day is not just about the struggles of the past. It is about the recognition of women fighting now
The War? The Suffragettes? How did women win the right to vote?
On the centenary of women winning the right to vote, Katherine Connelly explores how they fought for their rights and resisted war
Behind every ‘successful’ woman there’s another woman doing the work - weekly briefing
Feminism is a double-edged sword for those fighting for women’s liberation, argues Lindsey German
The return of idealism: identity and the politics of oppression
The pervasion of identity politics limits our ability to truly liberate ourselves from oppression, argues Elaine Graham-Leigh
Statue commemorating working class Suffragette Alice Hawkins unveiled
Marking a hundred years of some women winning the right to vote, a statue of Suffragette Alice Hawkins was erected in Leicester. Jacqueline Mulhallen reports
Marxism, Social Reproduction and Women’s Liberation with Lindsey German and Kate Connelly - video
At an important Counterfire discussion, Lindsey German and Kate Connelly speak on women's oppression and how gender roles are played out within the structure of capitalism
Sex, power, and money: parliament and politics - weekly briefing
How far will this challenge to male privilege be allowed to go, asks Lindsey German
We carried the Revolution on our shoulders - book extract
In this second book extract of
The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917
, Judy Cox describes the involvement and militancy of women during the October Revolution and the Civil War.
The Women's Revolution - book extract
In this first of two extracts of
The Women's Revolution: Russia 1905-1917
, Judy Cox describes how the unnamed, uncredited women of Russia were at the forefront of the February Revolution in 1917
Marxism and Women's Liberation
Judy Cox welcomes
Marxism and Women’s Liberation
as a timely and valuable discussion of the causes and consequences of women’s oppression
Get your rosaries off my ovaries: thousands march in Dublin for #Strike4Repeal
A new generation of female activists is refuelling Ireland’s reproductive struggles, observes Kara Bryan
Strike 4 Repeal: International Women's Day in Ireland
On International Women's Day, thousands of women in Ireland went on strike and took to the streets reports Amy O'Donoghue
International Women's Day and revolution
100 years on from the Russian Revolution, we publish Alexandra Kollontai writing on the history of International Women's Day
Standing up to Trump
Campaigners from across the country gathered together to discuss and plan for
Stand up to Trump
, a coalition with a plan to take on the US president
Socialists and mass protest: thoughts on the Women's Marches
How should socialists orient to mass protests?
Not my pussy: protest trumps pessimism
The weekend’s magnificent demonstrations are a cue to reinvigorate left politics as a whole, suggests Ellen Graubart
Women's March: this is what democracy looks like - photos
5 million people. 670 protests. 75 countries. The Women's March was the biggest global protest event since the 2003 protests against the Iraq War.
London marches with the world for women
Protests took place across the world, celebrating and defending women, as well as opposing misogynist Trump. Sophie De Val reports from London
Marxism and Women's Liberation
Buy online: A cutting edge guide to the way class and women's oppression intersect, and how emancipation must be linked to system change
Ched Evans rape case: back to women on trial?
The issue of rape cannot be separated from a society that commodifies women and sexuality, and demeans both men and women, argues Judy Cox
Burkini ban: the Islamophobia that lies beneath the beach secularism
Is France's left doing enough to challenge the new wave of state Islamophobia, asks John Mullen
Burkini ban: taking the anger back to the French state
Friday night’s central London emergency protest shows how Islamophobia must be countered, reports Katherine Connelly
Don't thank the EU for equal pay
The principle of equal pay was won through struggle, writes Lindsey German
Farage: sex, lies and Islamophobia
Nigel Farage's latest outburst is part of a growing sexualisation of racism, argues Lindsey German
Always in the front line
Women workers have been at the forefront of every new wave of struggle
Women's liberation: we think it's time
The anti-austerity movement is an opportunity to force women's liberation onto the political agenda says Yasmin Dahnoun
What is it with some feminist Labour MPs?
Jess Phillips and her colleagues are stooping to new lows by misusing feminism to attack Jeremy Corbyn argues Lindsey German
Sexual assault allegations exacerbate German racism
Sexism and racism have to be challenged without bowing to the far right, who are using sexual assaults to attack refugees, argues Kaveh Yazdani
The tampon tax is misogynist: what we can do to stop it
The tampon tax is alienating and unnecessary, but we are doing something about it, writes Laura Coryton
Suffragette: on the side of the rebels
Suffragette
is a compelling and moving portrayal of the courage of ordinary women who dared to challenge the power of the British state
Jeremy Corbyn and women: a matter of policy not posts
Media responses have pointed to the lack of women in the new shadow cabinet, but the policy response to austerity will have more impact on women's lives in the UK
Jeremy Corbyn, feminism and the Labour leadership
If the women candidates are unlikely to be successful in the Labour leadership election race it's down to politics not patriarchy argues Lindsey German
Exquisite and hard hitting: 'Working from Home' by Julie McCalden
Sue Tate reviews
Working from Home
by Julie McCalden at The Museum of
Bath at Work
Marxism and Feminism
Marxism and Feminism
explores the connections between capitalism and women’s oppression through a range of serious and perceptive arguments, finds Lindsey German
Womens Liberation, class and Feminism: Lindsey German & Katherine Connelly | Dangerous Times
From the session '
Women’s liberation, class and feminism today
' at Dangerous Times Festival 2015
Everyday sexism and capitalism
With the feminist movement on the rise, Elaine Graham-Leigh appraises contrasting approaches to challenging sexism and the place of women in today’s system
The fire last time: when ghetto riots rocked America
Alastair Stephens looks at how riots changed American history and represented a historic challenge to the ruling order
Work, Sex and Power
The entire human history of exploitation and oppression is vividly summarised in Willie Thompson’s
Work, Sex, Power
, finds Mike Quille
A Feminist Manifesto for the 21st Century
Five years ago Counterfire was launched as an organisation on International Women's Day 2010, with the publication of
A Feminist Manifesto for the 21st Century
. It remains a timely analysis of the challenges that face us in the struggle for women's liberation
Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle Within the Israeli Prison System
Former detainee Nahlo Abdo's meticulous study reveals the hidden voices of Palestinian female political prisoners. Review by Ellen Graubart
Montreal Massacre, feminism and hate crimes against women
Those who accuse feminists of 'hijacking' the memory of the Montreal Massacre, in which 14 women were killed, couldn't be more wrong, argues Canadian writer and broadcaster Toula Drimonis
Witches and bitches: Hollywood's horrible misogyny
Completing the Horror Cuts trilogy, Jack Brindelli explores the political implications of possession and witch films, and examines just how deep Hollywood's fear of empowered women goes
Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Towards a Unitary Theory
Lindsey German welcomes a new edition of a classic of Marxist Women’s Liberation theory, which opens up rich debates over the nature and origins of women’s oppression
Yes to women's equality - Scottish Independence: A Feminist Response
Lindsey German reviews '
Scottish Independence: A Feminist Response
' by Cat Boyd and Jenny Morrison
Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire
The importance and coherence of Sylvia Pankhurst’s lifelong activism is revealed by Katherine Connelly’s grasp of her political commitments, making this book an important new account her life
Sylvia Pankhurst: Militancy and Mass Mobilisation
Pankhurst’s commitment to working class politics offered a more fruitful strategy for the women’s suffrage movement, compared to the middle class strategy of the leaders of the WSPU
Art and Conflict: Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire
As a young artist at the turn of the 20
th
century, Sylvia Pankhurst battled discrimination in the institutional art world, while also developing strong political commitments
Sylvia Pankhurst: War and Imperialism
Sylvia Pankhurst’s activism during the First World War demonstrated her unwavering commitment to anti-imperialism - a thread running through all her activity for the rest of her life
Introduction to Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire
In this extract from her book, Katherine Connelly explains the context and continuities of Sylvia’s many political engagements - too often ignored in standard accounts of her life
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women: resisting war, asserting our liberation
The introduction from Lindsey German's book
How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women
looks at how and why the anti-war movement became a vehicle for women’s political action
The Suffragettes, Black Friday and two types of window smashing
'The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics', declared suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst
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