https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Feminist-Horizon https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Feminist-Horizon 2018-03-06T17:37:45Z text/html en Jodie Dean United States (USA) Women Sexual politics <p>As the organizers of the <a href="https://www.womenstrikeus.org/" class="spip_out" rel="external">International Women's Strike</a> (IWS) have declared, March 8, 2018 will be “a day of feminism for the 99 percent.” One year ago to the day, <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/international-womens-day-clara-zetkin-working-class-socialist" class="spip_out" rel="external">International Women's Day</a>, women and their allies around the globe participated in the first <a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/03/international-womens-strike-march-8-capitalism/" class="spip_out" rel="external">International Women's Strike</a>, which was billed as “A Day Without a Woman.” Building on the international momentum from the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/21/protests-around-world-show-solidarity-with-womens-march-on-washington" class="spip_out" rel="external">Women's March</a> earlier in 2017, strikers took to the streets and demonstrated from <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/09/world/social-issues-world/marches-messages-international-womens-day/#.WpN4LxPwZyw" class="spip_out" rel="external">Tokyo</a> to <a href="http://www.italianinsider.it/?q=node/5091" class="spip_out" rel="external">Rome</a>, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/international-womens-day-women-rally-worldwide/13/" class="spip_out" rel="external">Istanbul</a> to <a href="http://www.leftvoice.org/Largest-Mexican-Women-s-Day-of-the-21st-Century" class="spip_out" rel="external">Mexico City</a>, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/international-womens-day-women-rally-worldwide/3/" class="spip_out" rel="external">Manila</a> to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/women-s-strike-day-without-woman-events-take-place-worldwide-n730021" class="spip_out" rel="external">Los Angeles</a>. In the United States, school districts in multiple states <a href="https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/6/14831114/school-districts-closing-day-without-a-woman-strike" class="spip_out" rel="external">were shut down</a>, demonstrators filled <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-day-without-a-woman-strike-2017-3?r=US&IR=T" class="spip_out" rel="external">city centers</a> and <a href="http://www.dailycal.org/2017/03/08/berkeley-women-go-strike-international-womens-day/" class="spip_out" rel="external">university grounds</a>—even <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/women-strike-and-rally-to-mark-a-day-without-a-woman.html" class="spip_out" rel="external">some elected officials</a> in Washington, D.C., showed solidarity.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Feminism-" rel="directory">Feminism</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-United-States-USA-+" rel="tag">United States (USA)</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Women-+" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Sexual-politics-299-+" rel="tag">Sexual politics</a>