Women’s bodies are a battlefield: climate destruction, the refugee crisis and reproductive justice
A Radical Women statement written for the virtual Walk For Justice for Refugees in Melbourne, Australia, on April 5.
COVID-19: Capitalist Crisis & Socialist Solutions by Dr. Susan Williams
Marxist scholar and retired New York City public hospital doctor Susan Williams analyzes the coronavirus emergency and the economic meltdown, offering concrete proposals to address both crises.
Coronavirus and capitalism: gasoline added to a burning fire
To defend workers and the oppressed facing the pandemic, the Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment calls for solidarity and the coordination of struggles.
We must stop private profiteers fleecing taxpayers
Massive transfers of public wealth always go one way — into the hands of the rich.
Right-wing attacks on Australian Family Court are part of a broader agenda
The newly-constituted Andrews-Hanson enquiry is a massive step backwards and will undoubtedly entrench existing problems.
Modi government’s assault on India’s Muslims and workers ignites massive women-led resistance
The recent mobilisation of workers and communities gets its dynamism from the grassroots.
From horror to hope – Together we can beat COVID-19 and the climate crisis!
It’s crucial to understand why catastrophes are causing such devastation — and to focus on solutions.
Arctic Sami people assert territorial control
After more than a decade slugging it out through the legal system, the Sami people have secured exclusive rights to determine who could hunt and fish in part of their ancestral territory.
Deportations prevented, but dispossession sidestepped by High Court of Australia
The February ruling by the High Court is another partial victory handed out by the State. A red-faced, embarrassed recognition of the racist undergarments of the colony, exposed once again.
Sovereignty on trial — The tale of two court cases
In this issue, the Freedom Socialist Organiser brings you two pieces about important but partial wins in the courts for Indigenous people — one in the High Court of Australia and other in the Swedish Supreme Court. Both set precedents.
Time for a fightback: Victoria’s bail regime creates a sexist and racist catastrophe
Both the human and the economic cost of imprisonment is spiralling out of control.
Labor Weather Report, April 2020
A glance at how some workers and their unions are faring in the class struggle.
Union-busting culture at Boeing: Lives and livelihoods sacrificed to the bottom line
Over the last decade, Boeing has ramped up its war on unions, and this is directly connected to its two deadly crashes.
Behind the migrant crisis in Mexico and Guatemala
Forcing desperate migrants to wait outside the U.S. is creating humanitarian disaster in Mexico and Guatemala, out of sight of the U.S. public.
Right-wing feminists and their anti-trans agenda
With picket signs that say “My feminism is inclusive,” activists in Seattle out-organized WoLF, a so-called feminist group that denounces trans women as imposters and trans men as traitors.
Lebanon: An Arab Spring resurgence
Lebanon’s five-month uprising against corrupt government, banks and, notably, religious sectarianism is a beacon of hope to other rebellions in the region.
The General Strike: vital tool of workers’ power
This classic tactic unites broad sections of the working class and asserts workers’ power and ability as few other actions can.
Women’s free labor
A stunning graphic: 42% of women are outside of the paid work force. Every day, women provide 12.5 billion hours of free work, an annual monetary value of $10.8 trillion.
