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¿Qué es el socialismo? Socialismo y liberación de las mujeres
Este es el tercero de los cuatro ensayos sobre el tema: ¿Qué es el socialismo? “El socialismo y una filosofía de la revolución” por Gerry Emmett, se puede encontrar en https://newsandletters.org/socialism-socialism-philosophy/ y “Socialismo, trabajo y la dimensión negra” de Bob … Continue reading
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Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, Alexandra Kollontai, Alison M. Jaggar, All Russian Congress of Women, Arab spring, feminism, Feminist Politics and Human Nature, law of value, Louise Michel, Marx's Capital, Marxism and Feminism, Marxist-Humanism, Paris Commune, Rosa Luxemburg Women's Liberation and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution, Russian Revolution of 1917, Silvia Federici, Socialism, state-capitalist, Terry Moon, Vladimir Lenin, women's liberation, Zhenotdel
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Women Bearing the Brunt of Reaction Lead the Resistance
Here is a presentation given by Terry Moon for International Women’s Day/Women’s History Month. Women Bearing the Brunt of Reaction Lead the Resistance Talk for the Chicago Local of News and Letters Committees –Terry Moon March 27, 2019 Part … Continue reading
#MeToo, Women’s Marches, International Women’s Day: Where do we go from here?
A presentation given by Terry Moon to the Chicago Local of News and Letters Committees on March 19, 2018 Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, feminism, Terry Moon, women's liberation, women's march
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From Trump’s trashing of women to #MeToo: Which way forward for women’s liberation?
Longtime women’s liberationist Terry Moon on: In a time of vicious attacks against women and women’s movements, resistance is fierce, from the Jan. 21 Women’s March to #MeToo. How to fight against the narrowing of this passionate movement for a more human world, including making that fight explicit to those engaged in it? Continue reading
Özgecan Aslan: Sexual assault and murder in Turkey spark widespread outrage, demonstrations
Preview of article on women’s oppression and freedom struggles worldwide for March-April issue. Comment now so that your thoughts can be taken into account in the finished article. Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Ahmet Suphi Altindöke, AKP, Ankara, Özgecan Aslan, Berlin, Cyprus, feminism, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Germany, Hamburg, India, Istanbul, Justice and Development Party, Jyoti Singh Pandey, Mersin, patriarchy, Rape, rape culture, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive rights, sexism, sexual assault, students, Taksim Square, Taliban, Terry Moon, Turkey, Violence against women, women's liberation, youth, İzmir
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In memoriam: Freedom fighter Alisar Iram
From the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: World in View column The work of Syrian poet Alisar Iram, who died in July, made a vital contribution to my understanding of the meaning of Syria’s Revolution, seeing it as she did against … Continue reading
The Left Agenda at the Maidan and After
Report on “The Left and the Maidan” conference in Kiev, April 2014. Continue reading
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Tagged Alexey Arunyan, Alexey Simvolokov, Anastasia Baburova, Bogdan Biletskyi, coal miners, Crimea, feminism, Hospital Watch, Irina Kogut, Kiev, Kirill Buketov, labor, Maidan, Nina Khodorivska, Nina Potarskaya, Stanislav Markelov, students, Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Chemeris, women's liberation, workers, youth, Yurii Samoilov, Zakhar Popovich
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Readers’ Views, May-June 2014
From the May-June 2014 issue of News & Letters: Readers’ Views LABOR AND IMMIGRATION On April 8, about 100 people, the majority young Latinas/os, gathered in front of Los Angeles City Hall to protest the deportation of immigrants. Obama’s administration … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion rights, Arab spring, criminal injustice system, disability rights, Egypt, feminism, immigrant labor, Iranian Revolution of 1979, labor, Middle East revolutions, patriarchy, Pelican Bay hunger strikers, people with disabilities, prison industrial complex, prisoners, racism, Russia, sexism, Tahrir Square, Ukraine, undocumented workers, women's liberation, workers
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Equal Pay Day rally
Report on a rally in Chicago for Equal Pay Day. Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Equal Pay Act, Equal Pay Day, feminism, Minimum wage, Pat Quinn, poverty, sexism, women's liberation
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Women Worldwide, May-June 2014
Women’s Memorial March in Canada, and Save Wiyabi Project; premiere of docudrama film “¡PODER!” on girls in Concepcion Chiquirichapa, Guatemala; Tatyana Fazlalizadeh’s “Stop Telling Me to Smile” project. Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, ¡PODER!, Canada, Concepcion Chiquirichapa, domestic violence, Elba Velasquez, Emelin Cabrera, feminism, Georgia State University, Guatemala, Indigenous women, Laura M. Madison, Lauren Chief Elk, Let Girls Lead, Lisa Russell, Maya, Municipal Office of Childhood and Adolescence, patriarchy, Rape, Save Wiyabi Project, sexism, sexual harassment, Stop Telling Me to Smile, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Vancouver, women's liberation, Women's Memorial March
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