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Stop trans genocide: Now is the time to fight back!

February 10, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row] On Feb. 6, hundreds of trans people and supporters flooded the Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, ahead of right-wing Gov. Kevin Stitt’s state of the state […]
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Hands off Lorena Peña

February 1, 2023 Women In Struggle – Mujeres En Lucha
The members of Women in Struggle/Mujeres en Lucha, both in Puerto Rico and in the United States, stand in solidarity with our compañera Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, president of the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF-FDIM), […]
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What we can learn from Cuba’s families code, #Women In Struggle forum

January 26, 2023 Struggle - La Lucha
On Sunday, Jan. 22, a webinar was held on “What we can learn from Cuba’s ‘code of freedom’ for families.” The people of socialist Cuba voted by a two-thirds margin for the new Code of […]
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50 years since Roe v. Wade: The struggle continues!

January 22, 2023 Melinda Butterfield
Jan. 22, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Roe v. Wade decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion. It was a hard-fought victory made possible by the militant struggles of the women’s, LGBTQ2S […]
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Open letter to LGBTQ+ activists: Learn from Cuba! End the blockade!

October 9, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
In September, Serena Brennerman, a 16-year-old white trans woman, was found drowned in Salem, Oregon. Serena’s death was ruled a suicide by the police. But her friends and community don’t believe it. She was physically […]
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New Orleans abortion rights protest blocks busy Bourbon St.

September 14, 2022 Gregory E. Williams
New Orleans, Sept. 10 — Today the Louisiana Abortion Rights Action Committee held a demonstration and march downtown. Signs and hand-outs read, “Raise the wages, lower the rent, abortion access now,” highlighting the intersection of […]
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New York clinic defenders block anti-abortion bigots

September 6, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On Sept. 3, abortion rights activists mobilized to counter a monthly protest of the Planned Parenthood Manhattan Health Center by anti-abortion forces. In August, the New York Police Department had attacked the clinic defenders, arresting […]
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Fight for abortion rights continues

August 3, 2022 Louisiana Abortion Rights Action Committee
August 1 — Yesterday, 200 people took to the streets to fight for abortion rights, childcare, healthcare, and more. The streets rang with rage against racist, sexist, anti-worker Attorney General Jeff Landry who, in service […]
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Summer of Rage: Women’s group sits in at White House

July 12, 2022 Sharon Black
Washington, D.C. – Thousands of mostly young women marched in pouring rain from 14th and I Streets to the White House July 9 as part of the “Summer of Rage” called by the Women’s March. […]
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Supreme Court coup demolishes rights: Mass resistance can stop them!

July 2, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court by 6 to 3 overturned the right to abortion established almost 50 years ago in the Roe v. Wade decision. Over half the states had abortion bans ready […]