The International Women's Strike is part of a transnational feminist wave, and women around the globe are fighting against reactionary political forces and standing up for the most oppressed and exploited.
Three recent moments of the revitalized women's movement can be understood as windows into three levels of analysis and action: individual, social, and political.
Cecilia Palmeiro on the Ni Una Menos Campaign in Argentina and how the idea of a women's strike spread into an international phenomena.
Nisha Kapoor considers the significance of the womens strike in the context of rising Islamophobia and the increased securitisation of muslim women lives, calling for an end to Prevent and the criminalisation of Muslim, refugee, migrant and black women.
To commemorate International Women's Day and the second International Women's Strike, we present a reading list of our favorite books of feminist theory and activism to inspire our ongoing fight for collective liberation.
Despite the way trans and cis women seem to be pitted against each other in the media, Joni Alizah Cohen argues that the demands of both groups are two sides of the same feminist coin, urging cis and trans women to strike together on 8th March!
"The struggle for gender justice has always been and remains today crucial for the struggle for labour and social justice in general" - Sara Farris
In the week of International Women's day and the Women's Strike Sophie Lewis asks us to fight for more than just the right to safe work but also the right to be lazy!
"Say it loud: we can affirm our non-desire to work even if we don't work hard. Even when it comes to making babies who will die if we stop working."
Tithi Bhattacharya reports back from the West Virginia teachers' strike.
At its heart, a politics in feminine ensures that social reproduction is our collective responsibility.
To build a movement that addresses the deep, structural forms of oppression faced by women, it is essential to build a feminism that is anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, and on the side of all oppressed people.
Sarah Jaffe speaks with Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya about the International Women's Strike.