For the final instalment of our series on women’s liberation, Lubna and Natasha, a Socialist Appeal and NEU activist, discuss the role that women have played in the class struggle throughout history, focussing particularly on the Russian Revolution, where the Bolsheviks were at the forefront of the fight for women’s liberation.
Sunday March 8th marked International Working Women’s Day. This day was created by Socialists and Communists to highlight the role of working women under capitalism and in overthrowing it. Communists have always been at the forefront of the struggle against women’s oppression. But what is it that we actually say on this topic? How can women’s oppression be overthrown? In this talk from Revolution Festival 2025, Manon Powrie, leading RCP member, spoke on this topic.
This Sunday, 8 March, is International Working Women’s Day. To mark this occasion, Lotta Angantyr examines the writings of so-called ‘Marxist feminist’ Silvia Federici, contrasting her ideas with the communist approach to fighting women’s oppression.
The capitalist establishment’s facade of caring about the safety of women has been shattered by the Epstein scandal. The truth is it is capitalism that breeds all of this violence, sexism, and abuse. We must organise to overthrow this toxic system!