- “International
Women’s Day 1910-2010… Women Still in the Streets for Socialism…
Rights, Equity, Justice… Stop the Assault on the Public Sector!”
Celebrating
International Women’s Day 2010
This
year marks the
100th anniversary of the founding of International Women’s Day.
It was in 1910 that German revolutionary, Clara Zetkin, brought a
proposal for an International Women’s Day to the Women’s Congress of
the Socialist International being held in Copenhagen in 1910. This proposal was inspired by women’s demands for workers’ rights and
voting rights, and by the 1909 Woman’s Day rallies organized by the
Socialist Party of America. After passage by the Women’s Congress Zetkin’s IWD proposal was adopted by the Socialist
International as a whole, and has been celebrated around the world ever
since.
The Women’s
Commission
of the Socialist Party USA urges socialist feminists within the US and
throughout the world to honor both IWD’s socialist founders and today’s
socialist feminist activists by planning actions that include a focus
on the world-wide assault on the public sector. Aspects of
this proposal include…
1) putting forward a
socialist feminist analysis and program asregards the issues involved
in this assault.
2)
rallying under the
banner “International Women’s Day 1910-2010… Women Still in the
Streets for Socialism… Rights, Equity, Justice… Stop the Assault on the
Public Sector!” as a way to honor IWD's socialist founders, and to link
their issues and activism with ours today 3) seeking the
participation of other socialist and radical labor organizations as
part of an effort to communicate, and to coordinate actions and events,
on a regular basis
The dire state of
the
public sector is an international crisis that has become especially
intense since last year’s global economic meltdown precipitated by the
heartless and calculated policies and practices of global capitalism.
Issues we could address in the context of capitalism and patriarchy
include cut-backs and layoffs; sub-minimum wages, lack of benefits, and
bad working conditions; gross governmental neglect of education,
healthcare, housing, mass transit, social services, and the
environment; domestic violence; harassment and scape-goating of
immigrants and people of color; governmental policies that restrict
abortion access, and underfund child care and other family support
services; and the union-busting tactics of privatization and
deregulation.
Together, we can build a
large and lively International Women’s Day 2010—one that brings radical
energy and a much-needed socialist feminist analysis and program to all
our events.
Today, like yesterday,
women are speaking out and fighting back against injustice and
exploitation—as workers and as community activists.
IWD
2010 Resources - SPUSA IWD
Pamphlet click
here - SPUSA IWD Pamphlet 1910-2010:
A
Century
of
Empowerment, Resistance, Celebration click here - Call For an
International Socialist Feminist Work Groupclick here - Greetings From Denmarkclick here
Some IWD Events Endorsed or supported
by SPUSA Locals Boston, MA(March 7th): 1pm Rally at Copley Square (begin to
gather starting at noon) march to the
Park Street T at 2, and end with a brief silent vigil to mourn the dead
and a final call to action before dispersing. Called by Code Pink,
endorsed by the Socialist Party
of Boston and others.
Brattleboro,
VT
(March
8th): Rally at Wells Fountain in
Downtown Brattleboro, sponsored by the Brattleboro local of the
Socialist Party USA. Info:
dorisandpeter@comcast.net
International Events
Glasgow, Scotland
(March 5th): IWW Clydeside celebrates International Womens' Day with a
screening of: 'The Forest For The Trees', the amazing story of
the
fight to clear Earth First and IWW activist Judi Bari's name after her
car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist by
the FBI.
Followed by a talk by US IWW and SPUSA member Susan Dorazio. 7:00 pm
Electron Club CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3DL
London, England
(March 13th) Inter- national Women’s Day and Mothers Day March and
Speakout
Assemble 2 pm Trafalgar Square and March to Parliament Square All
welcome
Called by Global Women’s Strike, Mothers’ Campaign of the All African
Women’s Group, and Single Mothers’ Self-Defence
Many
are
increasingly
convinced of the need and possibility for the
transformation of global society from capitalism to democratic
socialism. We hope you agree that this is what men and women
throughout the world should celebrate this coming March 8.
Get a copy of the
International Women's Day issue of The Socialist!
send $2 to SPUSA 339 Lafayette St. #303 NY, NY 10012
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for $25 pay online by clicking below
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SPUSA IWD
Pamphlet 
SPUSA IWD Pamphlet