Women

Why is the Nicaraguan Government Demonized by both Liberals and Conservatives When Nicaragua Has Seen Great Progress Under the Sandinistas?

April 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Nicaragua, Socialism

by Stansfield Smith, published on Covert Action Magazine, March 28, 2022 Women Have Made Particularly Significant Gains Under the Second Sandinista Government Since 2006 Women, particularly those in the Third World, often find themselves with limited ability to participate in community organizations and political life because of the poverty and their traditional sex role imposes on them. On them falls[…]

The struggle for reproductive justice is a struggle against capitalism: A 10-point fightback program

January 23, 2022 UNAC Editor Reproductive Sovereignty, Women

Workers World Party Statement, January 20, 2021 The Women and Oppressed Gender Caucus of Workers World Party issued the following statement and program on the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Email the caucus at As a result of a hard-fought mass movement, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade on Jan.[…]

Saudi Arabia: Terror at Home, Terror Abroad

July 22, 2019 UNAC Editor Oppression of Women, Saudi Arabia

by Azza Rojbi, published by Fire This Time Movement, July Issue It’s an honor to be with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, a friend of mine, a man who has really done things in the last five years in terms of opening up Saudi Arabia. And I think especially what you’ve done for women. -U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP in[…]

A Manifesto of the New Global Feminism

May 25, 2019 UNAC Editor The War at Home, Women

Photo: May 2019, Women march in Manilla by Christine Marie, published on Socialist Action, May 19, 2019 Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser, “Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto” (London and New York: Verso, 2019), 85 pp. Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser have a mission. They are collaborating to bring the lessons of a new global feminist[…]

Women’s March on the Pentagon: Women Speak Out!

October 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Ending War, Featured, Protest

by Netra Halperin, from Consortium News, October 23, 2018 Consortium News videographer Netra Halperin has produced a full video report of Sunday’s Women’s March on America’s center for planning and executing war. About 1,500 women and allied men marched on the Pentagon on Sunday to demand an end to perpetual war and the funding of education, health care and other[…]

The New Era of War and Occupation

October 19, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars

Image: Afghan woman and children, from the village of Dudarek, wait for a humanitarian aid hand out, angled towards women in the area, to begin, in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jennifer Cohen/Released) Editor’s note: October 7 is the 17th anniversary of the beginning of the US war on Afghanistan. 17 Years of War[…]

Cuban women: A revolution within the Revolution (Photos)

March 28, 2018 UNAC Editor Revolution, Women

Photo from Slideshow “Two Revolutions Entwined, Cuban Women” by Alye Chaisson by Danae González Del Toro and Nuria Barbosa León , originally published in Granma, March 9, 2018 It is almost impossible to talk about future projects in Cuba or the work done over all these years to construct a socialist society, without mentioning the role of women in decision making[…]