Women of the Earth: Landless Women

MST Photo: MST in Minas Gerais Coluna Aromas de Março extols the importance of women in Popular Agrarian Reform in the struggle for a more egalitarian country All over the world we are experiencing a crisis of the capitalist production model, which expresses its contradictions in different aspects, among them: political, economic, social, and environmental….

Women in Power in Nicaragua: “We’re Not Fighting for Space Anymore”

Becca Renk Women make up 50% of the members of the National Assembly. Here Assembly Deputy Flor Avellán (with microphone) speaks in a hearing. Photo: Becca Renk “Women are not fighting for space anymore,” declares Nicaraguan National Assembly Deputy Flor Avellán. “Now we have that space and we are empowered every day.” In recent years,…

An Army of Women is Building Venezuela’s Housing Revolution

Andreína Chávez Alava The women from Caracas’ Antímano Parish have trained themselves to build homes for their families as part of Venezuela’s Great Housing Mission, created by Hugo Chávez in 2011. (Andreína Chávez Alava / Venezuelanalysis) In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them….

Brazil: Landless Women Denounce Repression at the National Day of Struggle

MST MST in Pará On Wednesday, there were several incidents of repression against women by the police and private security forces In mobilization all over the country, the National Day of Struggle of Landless Women gathered in 22 states and the Federal District, with marches, occupations of lands and public agencies and a series of…

The Sky is Torn Down: How the “Liberation” of the Soviet Union Ended the Liberation of Soviet Women

Evan Reif Night Witches:The female pilots who struck fear into Nazi troops Not long ago, the women of Eastern Europe were free to live their lives to their full potential. They broke boundaries in science, started new trends in art, and even explored the stars as cosmonauts. In the so-called repressive dictatorship of the USSR,…

Nicaragua is Run by Women with a Revolutionary Feminism

As the Sandinista Revolution is finally able to make its platform a reality, Nicaragua has made significant achievements in healthcare, education, housing, renewable energy and food sovereignty, to name a few. One achievement that is starting to get more attention is the gain in equality for women. The Global Gender Gap Report for 2022 ranked…

Lidia Patty Mullisaca: Taking Down a Fascist

Cindy Forster Over two years ago, Lidia Patty Mullisaca of the indigenous Kallawaya nation, in rural La Paz, formally accused the leaders of Bolivia’s 2019 coup for terrorism. This lawsuit led to the recent arrest of far-right leader Fernando Camacho. No one coached her. Her decisions hold a mirror to the thinking of Bolivia’s masses….

Women in Nicaragua: Power and Protagonism

Erica Caines “Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires: All my life I’ve been studying revolution. I’ve Been looking for it, pushing at the possibilities and waiting for that moment when there’s no more room for rhetoric, for research or for reason: when there’s only…

Everywhere Kazdağlari: Gold Extractivism in Turkey and Resistance

Bilge Emine Arslan “Aranyani: The forest as the feminine principle. The Goddess of the forest. The primary source of life and fertility. Forest as a community has been viewed as a model for societal and civilizational evolution.” —Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India, 1988 Her Yer Kazdağlari (Everywhere Kazdağlari) Forest defense…

Women, Resistance and Power in South Africa

Roberto Sirvent and Koni Benson Roberto Sirvent interviews Koni Benson about her new book Crossroads: I Live Where I Like, that draws on decades of research, to tell a sidelined story of the creation of the city of Cape Town, and the role of movements led by African women who were central in campaigning for public…

Esther Cooper Jackson – Presente!

TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON James and Esther with their daughters Kathryn (left) and Harriet (right), circa 1960s. Family collection. Esther Jackson, 105: Life reflected the 20th century struggle for equality Esther Cooper Jackson was part of an “astonishingly excellent cohort of Black women of an earlier generation, including Claudia Jones; Shirley Graham; Louise Patterson; and Dorothy…

Yacila Bondo: Colombia’s Reality Today

We spoke to Yacila Bondo, of Coordinación Étnica Nacional de Paz – CENPAZ and the collective Uhuru Significa Libertad, during a trip to Venezuela. Yacila reacts to U.S. media portrayals of Colombia as a democracy and says the revolutionary strength of Venezuelans serves as an example for the region. Interviewed by Danny Shaw and Camila…

Women and the Sandinista Revolution: Interview with National Assembly Deputy Irma Dávila

Kawsachun News Nicaragua continues to lead by example in its commitment to equal rights among women and men and far outpaces the rest of the world with its exceptional achievements in realizing high levels of women’s participation in government. According to the ILO, the country places first in the world for having the highest number…

Why is the Nicaraguan Government Demonized by Both Liberals and Conservatives When Nicaragua Has Seen Great Progress Under the Sandinistas?

Stansfield Smith Women Have Made Particularly Significant Gains Under the Second Sandinista Government Since 2006 Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls sole responsibility to care…

Is March 8 an Apolitical Event?

Ollantay Itzamná Poster. 8M2022. MQC “We are feminists, without a party, without a state, without a husband…”, is one of the constant slogans colorfully painted by our women comrades, who shout loudly every March 8th, in different cities around the world, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. It is important to remember the assassinated…

Groundings with the African and Colonized World: International Women’s Day

Black Alliance for Peace Statement on International Women’s Day 2022 As the world’s eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women’s Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because…

Women Take on the Empire: The Revolutionary Women of Palestine

Sumedha Chatterjee This women’s day let us remember the contribution of women who have been fighting the settler colonial Israeli regime. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! Seldom has a gun wielding female soldier not been sexualized in pop culture or otherwise. Instagram is filled with accounts dedicated to conventionally attractive…

The Gains of Nicaraguan Women During the Second Sandinista Government

Stansfield Smith Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the bondage poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls sole responsibility to care for their children and other family members, especially when sick; they maintain…