women

Content about women, gender, feminism and women's struggles.

Lucy Parsons.

Lucy Parsons.

Barcelona women protest at the cost of essentials, 1918

Female consciousness and collective action in Barcelona - Temma Kaplan

Article on women's protests in Spain between 1910 and 1918, which had many similarities to those…

Women - further reading guide

libcom's guide to further reading on women, feminism, sexism and patriarchy.

Filipina workers in Romania, 2008

An account of some struggles of migrant workers from the Philippines in Romania in 2008.

1949-2007: Women workers in China

Wildcat analyse the situation, role and struggles of women in China from the Cultural Revolution until today.

Happy cleaner: a recruitment photo

Gender, migration and domestic labor

Prol-Position on the proletarianisation of domestic labour and housework, and the role of migrant workers and gender.

Occupied Plessey plant

Fighting plant closure: Women in the Plessey occupation, 1982 - Patricia Findlay

A history of the occupation of the Plessey capacitor plant in 1982 after its closure was announced…

Ting Ling (also spelled Ding Ling)

Thoughts on 8 March (Women’s Day) - Ting Ling

A discussion of Women's Day - written in 1942 in Yenan, China, where the Red Army had settled in cave dwellings at the end of their Long March…

Angie (Anita Dobson) from Eastender

Make Your Own Tea: Women's Realm and Other Recipes and Patterns

Article from issue 73 of Class War looking at the reasons why so few women joined Class War (and…

Women in the Spanish revolution - Liz Wills

Liz Willis writes on the conditions and role of women in and around the Spanish Civil War and revolution of 1936-1939. Originally published by…

Ridge, Lola: anarchist and poet

A brief biography of Lola Ridge, New Zealand anarchist and poet by Mark Derby.

Burnsall strike 1992 - European Counter Network

Report on a 1992 strike at a metal finishing company following a worker suffering miscarriage, after management refused her light duties.

The women are marching - European Counter Network

Report on a demonstration in London on International Day to End Violence Against Women, 1992.