Last weekend in Leeds, a man shot two women in a self-proclaimed misogynistic terror attack. Horrors like this are becoming all the more common in Britain. They are products of a rotten, declining system, and the reactionary ideas of the ruling class.
A recent report found that one in ten women murdered in the last 15 years were killed by their son. Strikingly, most of these women were acting as carers for their adult children, filling in for services at breaking point.
RCP branches participated in International Women’s Day marches across Britain. They found a growing politicisation – particularly among young women – and a layer who are looking to fight capitalism. Here, we publish reports from Leeds and Edinburgh.
To commemorate International Working Women’s Day the Revolutionary Communist Party has been organising meetings in a number of cities and universities to reclaim the revolutionary communist heritage of this event. The only way we can ensure women’s emancipation is through revolution!
The crisis of capitalism has brought attacks on the rights of women. Capitalism has failed women through austerity and imperialist warmongering. This episode of Communist Radio is about the real heritage of International Working Women’s Day.
While the liberal establishment and right-wing bigots argue over who protects women more, working-class women are more squeezed and vulnerable than ever. Communists have no faith in both sides of the toxic culture war. Only united class struggle can fight sexism!
Last weekend, thousands gathered across Britain to express anger at the rise of sexism, fuelled by figures like Andrew Tate and Donald Trump. RCP comrades found an appetite for revolutionary ideas on how to fight women’s oppression.
The Great Miners’ Strike, 40 years ago, saw working-class women fighting alongside striking men. This experience of united struggle began to cut away at sexism, providing a glimpse of how socialism could transform relations between men and women.
With capitalism in crisis, and reactionary politicians whipping up a ferocious culture war, the daily oppression that ordinary women face is getting worse and worse. Only united class struggle and the fight for revolution can offer real emancipation.
The Russian Revolution made enormous strides forward for women. Lenin and the Bolsheviks showed the way forward in ending all oppression. It is our task, as communists, to complete the struggle they started: the socialist transformation of society.
A young girl was brutally stabbed to death this week by one of her male peers. The scourge of violence against women is clearly worsening, encouraged by reactionary demagogues like Andrew Tate. Only revolutionary class struggle can end this disease.
Across the world, women’s freedoms are under attack. On the one hand, abortion rights are being eroded. On the other, those wanting children increasingly cannot afford to do so. Only under socialism will we truly be in control of our own lives.