A poem by Sunshine Lombré

Poem read by the author, Sunshine Lombré, at an abortion rights demonstration in Evanston, Illinois.

Women WorldWide: Gisele Pelicot ignites a movement

The trial of Dominique Pelicot, who arranged for 82 men to rape his wife, Gisele Pelicot, over 200 times began in September. Gisele successfully fought for the judges to open the trial to the public, igniting a new wave of a women's movement fighting mysogyny and sexual violence worldwide.

The importance of Palestinian history

Dr. Alice Rothchild, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist, received the National Arab-American Museum annual book award for 'Old Enough to Know', in which recent immigrant Palestinian children who have been bullied in school, learn the history of Palestine through their grandmother’s stories.

Queer Notes: November 2024

Takes up: Draft law for civil partnerships in Poland; Gay men and Trans people attacked in Ivory Coast; Trans woman Jin Xing's adaptation of the play 'Sunrise' blocked in China; and Lesbian writer Sylvia Townsend Warner honored with a statue in Dorchester, England.

Israeli soccer fans out of control

On Nov. 7, Israeli soccer fans were attacked in the streets of Amsterdam, bringing harsh memories to the Jewish community. However, news coverage barely touched on the Israelis' provocations that led up to the attacks.

Handicap This! : November 2024

View of the struggle and rights of people living with disabilities: an art series depicting youth with disabilities in Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal; a seminar for women with disabilities in Tanzania; Disability Pride in the U.S. and Canada; a protest in Brussels against segregation in residential care homes.

Woman as Reason: A battle we must win

The fundamentalist, sexist, anti-gay convictions of J.D. Vance, Josh Hawley and Harrison Butker reveal that their movement not only wants to end abortion but control what women think, what we feel, in fact who we are.

‘Historic Sellout’: LALIT Communique on UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement

The Mauritian organization LALIT expresses its opposition to the UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement, which formally recognizes the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago but authorizes continued operation of the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia for the next 99 years!

The philosophic moment of Marxist-Humanism as concept vs. experience

As we embark on a series of discussions on dialectics of organization and philosophy, we present the first half of an important document from Dunayevskaya's work toward a book tentatively titled, “Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: 'The party' and forms of organization born out of spontaneity.”

Resistance grows to library book bans

Far-right campaigns aim to ban sex and LGBTQ+ themed books from children’s and teen’s sections in public and school libraries. Nevertheless, resistance finds multiple paths to defend the freedom to read.

World in View: Ayotzinapa: 10 years without justice

Ten years after a brutal attack by the police and organized crime resulted in the forced disappearance of 43 students from a Rural Teachers' College in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. What cannot be forgotten is the living social forces that can transform Mexico root and branch--first of all, the parents of the students, who continue searching for their sons.

Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises?

Please join News and Letters Committees on Zoom in a series of six discussions on: Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises? Accelerating global warming is now the lived experience of the world’s populations. At the same time, a second Trump presidency would exacerbate all existing crises, including [=>]

Editorial: Stop Trump’s grab for total power

Trump's intention to rule indefinitely must be blocked. His plans would worsen living and working conditions. The new bureaucracy of MAGA loyalists would be used to crush resistance. Resorting to the electoral system is a necessary defense, but it cannot be separated from joining and building movements whose challenge to the system goes beyond electoral politics.

Women World Wide: September 2024

Takes up: the documentary 'Old Lesbians'; the Taliban's law granting authority to arrest anyone violating its 35 articles, which especially oppress women; 19 Afghan women arriving in Scotland to complete their medical degrees; and the National Assembly in The Gambia voting for female genital mutilation to remain illegal.

A poem by Sunshine Lombré

Poem read by the author, Sunshine Lombré, at an abortion rights demonstration in Evanston, Illinois.

Women WorldWide: Gisele Pelicot ignites a movement

The trial of Dominique Pelicot, who arranged for 82 men to rape his wife, Gisele Pelicot, over 200 times began in September. Gisele successfully fought for the judges to open the trial to the public, igniting a new wave of a women's movement fighting mysogyny and sexual violence worldwide.

The importance of Palestinian history

Dr. Alice Rothchild, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist, received the National Arab-American Museum annual book award for 'Old Enough to Know', in which recent immigrant Palestinian children who have been bullied in school, learn the history of Palestine through their grandmother’s stories.

Queer Notes: November 2024

Takes up: Draft law for civil partnerships in Poland; Gay men and Trans people attacked in Ivory Coast; Trans woman Jin Xing's adaptation of the play 'Sunrise' blocked in China; and Lesbian writer Sylvia Townsend Warner honored with a statue in Dorchester, England.

Israeli soccer fans out of control

On Nov. 7, Israeli soccer fans were attacked in the streets of Amsterdam, bringing harsh memories to the Jewish community. However, news coverage barely touched on the Israelis' provocations that led up to the attacks.

Handicap This! : November 2024

View of the struggle and rights of people living with disabilities: an art series depicting youth with disabilities in Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal; a seminar for women with disabilities in Tanzania; Disability Pride in the U.S. and Canada; a protest in Brussels against segregation in residential care homes.

Woman as Reason: A battle we must win

The fundamentalist, sexist, anti-gay convictions of J.D. Vance, Josh Hawley and Harrison Butker reveal that their movement not only wants to end abortion but control what women think, what we feel, in fact who we are.

‘Historic Sellout’: LALIT Communique on UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement

The Mauritian organization LALIT expresses its opposition to the UK-Mauritius Chagos Agreement, which formally recognizes the sovereignty of Mauritius over the Chagos Archipelago but authorizes continued operation of the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia for the next 99 years!

The philosophic moment of Marxist-Humanism as concept vs. experience

As we embark on a series of discussions on dialectics of organization and philosophy, we present the first half of an important document from Dunayevskaya's work toward a book tentatively titled, “Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: 'The party' and forms of organization born out of spontaneity.”

Resistance grows to library book bans

Far-right campaigns aim to ban sex and LGBTQ+ themed books from children’s and teen’s sections in public and school libraries. Nevertheless, resistance finds multiple paths to defend the freedom to read.

World in View: Ayotzinapa: 10 years without justice

Ten years after a brutal attack by the police and organized crime resulted in the forced disappearance of 43 students from a Rural Teachers' College in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. What cannot be forgotten is the living social forces that can transform Mexico root and branch--first of all, the parents of the students, who continue searching for their sons.

Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises?

Please join News and Letters Committees on Zoom in a series of six discussions on: Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy: How to Begin Anew in Our Age of Crises? Accelerating global warming is now the lived experience of the world’s populations. At the same time, a second Trump presidency would exacerbate all existing crises, including [=>]

Editorial: Stop Trump’s grab for total power

Trump's intention to rule indefinitely must be blocked. His plans would worsen living and working conditions. The new bureaucracy of MAGA loyalists would be used to crush resistance. Resorting to the electoral system is a necessary defense, but it cannot be separated from joining and building movements whose challenge to the system goes beyond electoral politics.

Women World Wide: September 2024

Takes up: the documentary 'Old Lesbians'; the Taliban's law granting authority to arrest anyone violating its 35 articles, which especially oppress women; 19 Afghan women arriving in Scotland to complete their medical degrees; and the National Assembly in The Gambia voting for female genital mutilation to remain illegal.