BY Freedom Road Socialist Organization | United States | 3/07/10
March 8, 2010 will mark 100 years of International Women’s Day. Around the world people will celebrate the contributions of women in the movements to end inequality and exploitation, to insist on the complete liberation of women and to look forward to the day when oppression of all kinds has become a thing of the past.
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/07/10
50 people gathered here March 7, to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event, organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), included speeches, a showing of the film The Eyes of the Rainbow - a documentary about Assata Shakur - and brief toasts from trade union, anti-war, student and welfare rights organizers.
BY Kati Ketz | Columbus, OH | 5/18/09
Sixty protesters chanted, “Shut it down! No rapists paid to come to town!” at Ohio State University (OSU), May 11.
BY Freedom Road Socialist Organization | United States | 2/01/09
On March 8, millions of people across the globe will celebrate International Women’s Day. Protests, events and declarations will recognize the contributions of women as leaders of progressive movements past and present and advance our demands for change in the future.
BY Stephanie Weiner | Chicago, IL | 12/08/08
Women inside the Republic Windows plant raise their fists, Dec. 5. The occupation of this Chicago factory by mainly Latino workers is inspiring people around the world
BY Lillian Obando | Colombia | 11/18/08
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following essay from the Colombian trade unionist and political prisoner, Liliany Obando. The introduction was prepared by the Colombia Action Network.
BY Union of Palestinian Women's Committees | Palestine | 10/13/08
With pride and honor, the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees announces the demise of its president, the irreplaceable progressive activist, our Comrade Maha Nassar (Um Wadee'), who has passed away today, Friday Oct. 10th 2008, at the age of 54 years.
BY Kati Ketz | Charleston, WV | 12/02/07
Hundreds of people rallied and marched here at West Virginia’s capitol building, Nov. 3, to demand justice for Megan Williams and an end to hate crimes in the United States.
BY Staff | Philippines | 12/14/05
November 25 marks the day that commemorates the lives of the Mirabal sisters, the "Unforgettable Butterflies," for valiantly fighting the tyrannical regime of General Trujillo in the Dominican Republic before they were summarily killed by the dictator’s henchmen in 1960.
BY Staff | United States | 7/05/05
On July 5, writers for Fight Back! interviewed Dolores Huerta.
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