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  1. The new evidence on women's oppression

    The new evidence on women's oppression The dispossession of women — A Marxist examination of ... new evidence on the origins of women's oppression By Pat Bewer Resistance Books, 2000 44 pp., ... social roles are built on, but go beyond, the natural differences between men and women. Thus, gender ...

  2. Putting the international into International Women's Day

    people's struggles in many other countries. From calls for war reparations for East Timor to demanding that ... which aims for much more than making lives of relatively privileged women in the First World more ... comfortable, and which doesn't simply celebrate the achievements of the women who've made it. This is ...

  3. Women of the world unite!

    action. On February 28, 1907, women socialists in the United States organised huge demonstrations and ... liberation of women". In Petrograd, on March 8, 1917, women defied the law and came boldly onto the ... Women of the world unite! Since its beginnings, IWD has been a day of unity, solidarity and ...

  4. Real choices require fundamental change

    However, the trend has been steadily moving upwards since the end of World War II. On present indicators, ... By Karen Fletcher (Brisbane) Imagine a world where women have won liberation and participate fully ... rewarded; where women and girls stride purposefully and speak with confidence; and where sexism and misogyny ...

  5. Looking Out: Reparations for injustice

    game-plan is to deny women and people of colour socioeconomic equality, we can depend on the world's ... slavery' schemes. Women claim to need affirmative action." — Mona Charen The words above were written ... gets. Blacks in the US have Thomas. Women have Charen. As a syndicated newspaper columnist, Charen ...

  6. Castro condemns US for Elian tragedy

    about the death of men, women and children. Our country places no limits on families who want to ... were women and children on board. In the end, if our coast guards fail to persuade people to turn back, ... Castro condemns US for Elian tragedy On December 23, Cuban president Fidel Castro gave a speech to ...