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The impact of colonization and international cooperation on the feminist movement in Palestine

Leila Serra Badran — 2026-05-29T13:26:05Z

“Feminism is not a Western invention: authenticity versus tradition, imported feminisms versus local feminisms.”

What is emancipatory about 21st century feminism?

Justa Montero — 2026-05-29T13:25:50Z

Feminism is pluralistic, with significant political and ideological differences, sometimes even antagonistic ones. Therefore, in this text I will always refer to the feminism that, with a global perspective, addresses the full range of conflicts generated by the system, which it considers its responsibility, and which expresses its desire to change everything through struggles that look toward an emancipatory horizon for everyone.
What is emancipatory about feminism, what hopes can it (…)

- Feminism / Women, Features

Searching for international solidarity

Alex de Jong — 2026-05-01T07:17:21Z

Deeper Grounds, Darker Shadows is the remarkable memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary who traveled across four different continents to find support for the struggle in his home-country. A book filled with stories of subterfuge and encounters with outlaws and dictators, it sheds new light on the history of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the limitations of its revolutionary strategy.

- Reviews section / Philippines, Japan, Reviews, Features

“In Algeria, what is fundamental is the state”

Masis Kürkçügil, Mohammed Harbi — 2026-05-01T07:16:21Z

In this previously unpublished interview conducted in June 2012, shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, historian and former FLN leader Mohammed Harbi traces Algeria's political trajectory from colonial formation to post-independence bureaucratic rule.

- Features / Fourth International, Algeria, Historical events and figures, Features

Against defeatism disguised as radicalism

2026-05-01T07:15:48Z

“Solidarity is not a slogan. It is a material stance. It means choosing a side when no perfect options exist. And today, choosing means standing with those who resist, with those who do not surrender, with those who try to defend their lives and their freedom even within a terrible context.”

- Features / Ukraine, Features

Daniel Bensaïd and permanent revolution, old and new questions

Pierre Rousset — 2026-04-24T09:39:53Z

Expanded and revised version of the contribution presented at the Bensaïd Seminar organised in Amsterdam by the Fourth International on 3, 14 and 15 January 2012, at the premises of the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)

- Daniel Bensaïd archive / Marxism, Fourth International, Daniel Bensaid, Features

Popular Feminism: The Radical Force Capable of Defeating the Far Right in Brazil

Women of Centelhas — 2026-04-01T12:20:09Z

This year, 2026, marks the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Aracruz Celulose by women from the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST), Via Campesina and the World March of Women – a milestone in the radicalisation of women's struggles in our country and across Latin America.

- Feminism / Brazil, Ecology and the Environment, Women, Features

Transgender socialism

Echo Fortune — 2026-03-27T13:52:24Z

There remains a world to win for transgender people, but what kind of socialism is capable of winning it? Echo Fortune gives her answer.

- Sexual politics / LGBT, Sexual politics, Features

Non-natalism

Leslie Root — 2026-03-27T13:51:44Z

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.

- Feminism / United States (USA), Women, Features

Weaponising Gender: How gender became the perfect scapegoat for far-right and authoritarian actors

Aminah Jasho, Esme Abbott, Julisa Tambunan — 2026-03-27T13:16:33Z

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.

- Sexual politics / Women, Far Right, Sexual politics, Features