Pronatalism—the ideology that birth rates are too low and must be raised by implementing policies that get people to have children—has been having a cultural moment in the United States.
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Latest update : 25 October.
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USA
Non-natalism
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Gender
Weaponising Gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors
27 March, by , ,Anti-gender mobilisation has become a defining feature of far-right movements since around 2015; and is now a tactic widely adopted by authoritarian governments across the political spectrum. From overturning abortion rights in the United States (US) to rescinding protection against domestic violence in Türkiye, institutions that defend women’s rights are being systematically dismantled. These patterns align with a global decline in democracy, with over 75% of the world’s population now living under restricted freedom. The correlation is not coincidental. As democratic institutions weaken, attacks on gender-based rights accelerate the decline and provide a roadmap for it.
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USA-Argentina
From Michigan to Argentina: Nurses’ Struggles and International Solidarity
14 March, by“It’s the workers of the hospital that know best how to run it. Of course, there are different ideas but we have the experience of working together. That’s where the health team comes together to figure out how best to care for the patient and involve the family in a discussion.”
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Feminism and masculinism
Loneliness, suicide, misogyny. Capitalism
14 March, byA look at some of the challenges facing socialist feminists around International Women’s Day 2026.
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Ukraine
Call for 8 March demonstration in Kyiv 2026
7 March, byThis call was published by Sotsialnyi Rukh on their Facebook page.
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Ukraine solidarity
Last Year’s International Women’s Day, Ukraine
7 March, byLAST YEAR I celebrated International Women’s Day in Lviv in Western Ukraine. It was the first women’s march since the end of COVID and the beginning of the Russian reinvasion in 2022.
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International Women’s Day
8th March and Revolutionary Socialism
7 March, by“Without organising women workers in hosieries, in jute mills, among hawkers, fighting for their rights, 8th March loses its significance. Today, when neoliberalism and Hindutva-fascism is sharpening assaults, women’s rights must also be placed within the context of fighting that.”
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France
France: 1995 - the feminist conquest of the social movement
7 March, by“At a time when we would like to see “surging” mobilizations in the face of an exponential rise of the far right, we take a closer look at what the feminist mobilizations of the autumn of 1995 can teach us about the possibilities of unity today.”
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Russia
In Search of Russia’s Lost Opposition
12 February, byThe Russian state has forced many antiwar leftists into exile, cutting them off from ordinary Russians. But activists are well aware that change in Russia must come from within, mobilizing ordinary people around their own interests.
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Russia
Why Russia’s ruling class is obsessed with the West
12 February, byVladimir Putin and his ruling elite are obsessed with the West “which is simultaneously seen as both the main adversary and the only potential partner”, […] that obsession has “its roots in the reactionary legacy of the Russian Empire”.
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