Women's liberation and socialism

The fact that self-induced abortions are on the rise because of increasing restrictions shows why women's lives depend on access to safe, legal abortions.

The battle lines in the struggle over a women's right to choose abortion run through the Texas state Capitol building--inside and outside.

Sterilization abuses were committed against women prisoners in California until 2010, according to a shocking new exposé.

Hundreds of pregnant women have had their rights taken away by police, prosecutors and judges claiming the authority to control their bodies.

The right wing has gone to war against birth control--precisely because it's central to a woman's right to make decisions about her sexual life.

Jamie Lynn Spears' statement that she was "shocked" she could become pregnant says a lot about the ignorance about sex forced on American teenagers.

The anti-abortion right has somehow wandered into the mainstream of American politics. We need to escort them back where they belong.

Behind the horrifying facts about a gang rape in an Ohio town lies the reality that rape is widespread today--and society's institutions are responsible.

The teenage victim of a horrific rape in a Missouri town is bravely speaking out--and her words are having a national impact.

The vicious gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student sparked angry, sustained protests in India and beyond.

Abortion is harder to obtain for many women today than several decades ago, and support for the right to choose has declined.

If we're going to "spend, spend, spend" for reproductive rights, let's spend that money on the people who actually need it.

Supporters of women's rights deserve better than what Barack Obama has offered them for the last four years.

Marxists must not minimize the degree of oppression faced by women inside the working class, but rather make a serious effort on every front to combat it.

For the working class to create a socialist society, it must achieve unity in its ranks--and that means championing all struggles against oppression.

A united working-class struggle that upends the current system of exploitation and oppression can bring about true liberation.

Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.

Frederick Engels provides a materialist analysis of the rise of class society and, with it, the roots of women's oppression.

Capitalism depends on a strict division between the spheres of work, associated with men, and home, associated with women.

Equal pay for women should be treated like the urgently felt issue it is, not a talking point raised only during election seasons.

Inequality is glaring and growing worse in U.S. society--and the New York Times has a handy scapegoat to explain it all: single mothers.

Rape charges have been dropped against Dominique Strauss-Kahn--an abject and infuriating example of how the justice system really works.

Will success in the corporate world for women like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer mean success for all women?

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it's worth reflecting on how this landmark decision was won--and the lessons for today's battles.

The period before the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion provides lessons about how to shift the debate.

A German socialist leader explained the key role working-class women must play in the fight for socialism and women's liberation.

In 1909, Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai outlined the material basis for women's oppression, and how the working class can win liberation.