In line with its other actions to impose medieval and obsolete views on the society, and parallel to introducing and passing articles 35 and 23 of the so called “Family Protection Bill” in the parliament, the coup government of Iran has laid down in... more

by Annette Groth more

The celebration internationally of “Women’s Day” was established at the second International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen in 1910. It was proposed by the campaigner Clara Zetkin.

The women agreed to conduct common struggles for the... more

The first volume of The Second Sex was published in June; in May, Les Temps Modernes had printed the chapter on ‘Woman’s Sexual Initiation’ and followed it up in the June and July issues with the chapters on ‘The Lesbian’ and ‘Maternity’. In... more

Naomi Klein’s 2007 release Shock Doctrine addressed in a rather mild way the dependence of the capitalist economy on cataclysmic events for its progress. These events displace millions and cause personal hardship for an even greater number while... more