women
Articles about women and women's struggles against patriarchy and capital.
Dealing with street harassment guide
A guide for women with advice on how to effectively deal with sexual harrassment in public.
Harassment is: Any number of acts or comments which make you feel physically or sexually unsafe or uncomfortable. They can be made by people you have known for years or by perfect strangers.
Basic Advice
If you are the victim of harassment, take the following steps:
Be safe
Nicaragua to ban abortion
The Nicaraguan government is threatening a complete ban on abortion, including in the case of rape and if the mother's life is threatened.
Nicaragua's parliament is moving toward a complete ban on abortions, with a proposed reform bill currently being discussed by the judicial commission. The proposed change to the law stems from a controversial case in 2003, when the Public Prosecutor ruled than an abortion carried out on a 9 year old girl was legal, as it was carried out to save the mother's life.
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
A short biography of legendary anarchist Emma Goldman, "one of the most dangerous women in America" according to J. Edgar Hoover.
Emma Goldman was born in 1869 in a Jewish ghetto in Russia where her family ran a small inn. When she was 13 the family moved to St Petersburg. It was just after the assassination of Alexander II and so was a time of political repression. The Jewish community suffered a wave of pogroms.
Mannin, Ethel - Albert Meltzer
Anarchist Albert Meltzer writes about British author and anarchist Ethel Edith Mannin.
Ask who is the writer who has contributed most in the English language to the spread of libertarian ideas and you will get some peculiar answers, probably one of them some obscure Canadian professor whom nobody reads except as prescribed in the university curriculum (ed: he probably means George Woodcock, who it would appear Meltzer doesn’t think too highly of!).
Andrea, Virgilia d’, 1890-1932
A short biography of Italian anarchist, anti-fascist, teacher and poet Virgilia d'Andrea.
Virgilia d’Andrea
Born Sulmona-Abruzzi, Italy, 11 February 1890, died New York, 20 March 1932
Mett, Ida, 1901-1973
A short biography Ida Mett, Russian anarchist and author of The Kronstadt Commune about the uprising against the new Bolshevik dictatorship following the Russian Revolution.
Ida Mett
Born Ida Gilman, July 1901 - Smorgon’, Russia, died 27 June 1973 - Paris, France
Michel, Louise, 1830-1905
A short biography of French anarchist, Paris Communard, and national hero at the time, Louise Michel.
Louise Michel was born on 29th May 1830. She was raised by her mother and paternal grandparents. Her love and understanding of everything downtrodden, human and animal alike, developed from her empathy with her childhood world. Her compassion and sensitivity to suffering grew, as she grew. This, along with her instinct to rebel against social inequalities, led her along the revolutionary path.
Ortega, Margarita, ?-1914
A short biography of Mexican anarchist school teacher and sharpshooter Margarita Ortega, who was executed in 1914.
Margarita Ortega
Born date and location unknown, died 1914 - Mexicali, Mexico
Peron, Eva "Evita", 1919-1952
A critical look at the life and political actions of Eva "Evita" Peron, widely regarded as a hero of the poor and downtrodden.
Turned into a Latin American saint, worshipped by thousands of Argentinians, the subject of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical and more recently a film starring Madonna, "Evita" has been the subject of much attention over the years.
1986: Victoria nurses' strike
The history of the second state-wide strike of nurses in Victoria, Australia against cuts and over wages, conditions and staff/patient ratios, which won its demands, with the solidarity of other workers.
Nurses are often seen as the archetypal ‘handmaidens’ of men. Yet if there was ever an experience that demolished this image, it was the Victorian nurses’ strike of 1986, in which a predominantly female workforce took on and defeated the State Labour government.
