Every year on 8th March, International Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world. This year, it has particular significance because it is also the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which was sparked by a mass movement of women workers exactly 100 years ago, beginning a revolution that made spectacular gains for women.

In her campaign to receive the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Hillary Clinton has tried to portray herself as a defender of women’s rights. Many young women and men in the U.S., however, can see right through the smoke and mirrors, and recognise Clinton as a member of the increasingly hated establishment.

8th March marks International Women’s Day, originally founded over a century ago by socialists to remember the struggles of working class women. Today, we are still a long way from achieving equality between the sexes in the workplace; and with the onset of the crisis in 2008 things have only gotten worse.