Nobody wants a traumatic experience turned into a weapon used to bludgeon them before jeering crowds, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Category: Women
COVID-19: Calendar Year 2020 Has Been Cancelled
Almost 3-in-4 essential frontline workers are women, writes Vijay Prashad. During CoronaShock they are in more danger than ever.
COVID-19: Across Globe, Domestic Violence Rises as Virus Rages
A note dropped in a grocery bag could be a lifeline for a woman trapped with an abusive partner, reports Barbara Crossette.
Saudi Women’s Rights Activists Pull Back Curtain on Crown Prince
The case of Loujain al-Hathloul and others is embarrassing for MBS, who wants Western allies to consider him a reformer, say Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold.
‘We Who Were Nothing & Have Become Everything’
Nina Agadzhanova leapt before a tramcar on March 8, 1917, grabbed the keys from the driver and declared the city of Petrograd on strike, writes Vijay Prashad in this overview of International Women’s Day celebrated on Sunday.
The Fight for Bread Became a Fight for Freedom
After being at the forefront of the recent protests, Sudanese women are being sidelined in the post-revolutionary political process, Alaa Salah told the UN Security Council.
Misogyny, Male Rage & the Words Men Use to Describe Greta Thunberg
Camilla Nelson and Meg Vertigan comment on the stereotypical labels deployed against the young climate activist.
The Missing Howls of Denunciation Over Major Sex Trafficking
Michael Brenner considers the dearth of #MeToo outrage at the foul activities of the 25-year-long Epstein-Maxwell operation.
What Italy Can Learn From its Women’s Soccer Team
Where male-dominated soccer, politics and the economy thrive in the cult of individualism, the women work in solidarity with each other, like workers of days gone by, says Attilio Moro.
Sweden Reopens 9-Year Old Rape Investigation Against Julian Assange; Seeks His Arrest and Extradition
The Swedish prosecuting authority announced at a Stockholm press conference Monday that Sweden would seek Assange’s extradition from Britain to face investigation on a nearly decade-old allegation of sexual assault.