This year marks the 100^th anniversary of the First World War and the media is dedicating much time and attention to it. However, one aspect which so far has not received sufficient consideration is the role played by women during those dramatic and bloody years. To continue our celebration of International Women’s Day – 8th March – Ana Muñoz analyses the important role of women workers in WWI.

The apologists of capitalism use 8th March, International Women’s Day, as a time to give their annual vague reminder about the need to ‘address’ gender inequality worldwide. Jo Pickard, President of the Sussex Marxist Society, asks: regardless of the number of power-dressing female CEOs gracing the boardrooms of capitalism, what tangible gains have actually been felt by working women internationally?

Women’s oppression is one of many forms of oppression that is created out of a society based upon the exploitation of the many for the profits of the few. We continue to see this women’s oppression today, but how do we struggle against it? We publish here an article from Amy Dean and Claire Martin of the Glasgow Marxists who ask: what are the origins of women’s oppression and how do we fight it?