International Women's Day
Working class women and the struggle for women’s equality
International Women's Day owes its existence to working-class and socialist women. The experience of women steelworkers shows the role unions can play in the fight for equality.
Ina Wood, Oklahoma Communist behind the ‘Union Maid’ song
“Isn’t it about time you wrote a union song for women?” Wood asked Seeger and Guthrie. Although tired from traveling, they sat down to write the new folk anthem.
The origins of International Women’s Day
IWD was founded to highlight the struggle of working women against their oppression and double exploitation. Today we celebrate its socialist feminist origins.
For male comrades on International Women’s Day
It is in the interests of the whole working class to fight for women's equality. Men must be active in this struggle, and share in types of work often left...
Marxist IQ: In celebration of International Women’s Day
The struggle for women's equality continues. Test your knowledge of this history here.