Category: Women’s Rights

Karen Lewis and the class-conscious union

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As a young teacher in Chicago in the 2010s, I remember cranking up my radio to hear Karen Lewis speak. She was a badass and a beacon of hope. It’s

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140,000 Jobs Lost in December—All Women

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Working-class and oppressed women are bearing the brunt of the combined COVID and economic crises in the United States. December’s jobs numbers produced shocking headlines throughout the mainstream media.

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Historic hearings on Hyde Amendment renew optimism for its repeal

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The Hyde Amendment, an infamous and far-reaching restriction on access to abortion, has prevented Medicaid recipients and working-class people from accessing abortion services for the last four decades.

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A struggle like no other Violence against women in capitalist society

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Violence against women is an ever prevalent and underlying norm in our society. It can be broken down into many facets. From second-rate treatment in the workplace to domestic, economic

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The U.S. “justice system:” Sanctuaries of sexual abuse

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Editor’s note: This is a longer version of an article originally published in Breaking the Chains magazine “From Capitalist Cages to Socialist Liberation.” In December 2019, 14 women, both former and current

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Officers that murdered Breonna Taylor not held accountable

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Breonna Taylor was murdered by Louisville, KY police while asleep in her home in March of this year. Today, the three officers responsible for her death--Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and

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