Subjects Archives: Feminism

Modotti has been an important figure in feminist and women’s studies because of her genius as an artist, her independent life and her unwillingness to subordinate herself to men (including Weston).

Grassroots organizer Manuela Sánchez emphasized the need to collectivize care work in communal spaces.

The debate over transgender identity and ideology would make a great lesson in covering controversial social issues, an important part of the job of journalism instructors. Such teaching wouldn’t be advocacy, except perhaps advocacy for the clear thinking necessary for good journalism.

“Because the destruction of this nation is because of them, not the ordinary Indonesian people”, they said. “Long live the people, long live women, long live workers!”, they added.

A feminist activist reflects on legislative advances, ongoing challenges, and the state of sexual and reproductive rights in Venezuela.

Louise Bryant’s name is nearly forgotten in American history books, effaced by any number of historians for a wide variety of reasons.

A young activist talks about maroon resistance has deep roots in Venezuela, and it resonates with the country’s current communal project.

A new book tells the story of revolutionary feminist economist Nora Castañeda, who attempted to empower women through an innovative state bank.

In a recent video recapping his primary victory in Queens, Zohran Mamdani did something almost radical for today’s political landscape: he cut through the usual Beltway euphemisms and mapped out the varied, living elements of the coalition that won. Most postmortems stay tangled in polite code. We get anxious talk of “electability,” “swing voters,” whether […]

Women are conditioned to accept sexism, but they are also able to rebel against it in the right circumstances.

Catholic hospitals have denied lifesaving care to pregnant patients since long before Dobbs—and their presence is expanding.

Janine Jackson interviewed Pregnancy Justice’s Karen Thompson about criminalizing pregnancy for the April 25, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

Marx’s theory of being is fundamental to his wider approach to history and politics, explains John Rees.

Recent research shows that the national average rate of maternal deaths is now 32.6 per 100,000 live births, with much higher rates seen for Indigenous mothers with 106.3 deaths, and Black mothers with 76.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, respectively.

The meeting defined priorities such as developing a feminist economy and expanding political participation in Communard Union territories.

Despite being among the most impacted by economic war, women continue to foster a sense of solidarity, care, and hope in humanity.

Karl Marx wrote, “Prostitution is only a specific example of the general prostitution of the laborer.”

The Trump administration’s volatility on foreign policy reveals internal divisions within Trumpism. But when threats and populism lose their momentum, the anti-communist hawks may get their way.

What is truly more urgent is the fact that a dangerous media class is taking advantage of this media vacuum, at the expense of regular people.

In the month of International Working Women’s Day, we explore how debt-austerity regimes and climate change impact women farmworkers across the Global South.