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A Review of Nancy Holmstrom's “From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View”

Cinzia Arruzza — 2026-04-21T09:32:12Z

Nancy Holmstrom's From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View: Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature is a collection of essays written across several decades by a philosopher whose commitment to theoretically and politically integrating Marxism and feminism has remained unfashionably steady across half a century of shifting intellectual trends.

- Reviews section / Marxism, Women, Reviews

The Gender(ed) Politics of Fascism: How Women Came to Lead the Contemporary Far-Right

Sonja Pietiläinen — 2026-04-12T11:02:12Z

During the last decade, far-right women leaders have played an essential role in contributing to the growing acceptance of fascism. Although the globally thriving far-right is anti-feminist and male-dominated, it is increasingly led by women. Marine Le Pen (National Rally), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Alice Weidel (Alternative for Germany), Giorgia Meloni (Brothers of Italy), Pia Kjærsgaard (Danish People's Party), Siv Jensen (Progress Party), Beata Szydło (Law and Justice) are only a few of the latest examples of influential far-right women leaders.

- Features / Women, Fascism

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

A Revolutionary Feminist Position on Iran: Vs. Authoritarianism, Vs. Imperialism, Vs. Zionism, and NO TO WAR!

Anonymous — 2026-03-31T18:43:36Z

A REVOLUTIONARY FEMINIST position on Iran must refuse the false and damaging binary that demands choosing between defending the Islamic Republic and endorsing US-imperialist and Zionist intervention. This is a constructed choice designed to collapse political judgment into campism. It converts solidarity into a competition of moral allegiances and leaves ordinary people, workers, women, youth, and minorities to a reality shaped simultaneously by internal repression as well as external militarized destruction.

- Feminism / Women, Iran, Far Right, Anti-imperialism

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

From Michigan to Argentina: Nurses' Struggles and International Solidarity

Collective — 2026-03-14T17:43:16Z

“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.”

- Feminism / United States (USA), Women, Argentina, Public services

The courts convict those who ordered the murder of Marielle Franco

Revista Movimiento — 2026-03-14T17:11:25Z

“This landmark ruling highlights the links between institutional politics, militias and economic interests in Rio de Janeiro.”

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Brazil, Women, Far Right, Racism and Islamophobia

Loneliness, suicide, misogyny. Capitalism

Paris Wilder — 2026-03-14T15:42:49Z

A look at some of the challenges facing socialist feminists around International Women's Day 2026.

- Feminism / Women

Defending women's rights against the far‑right

Liz Lawrence — 2026-03-08T08:05:10Z

With the far right on the rise, it is vital to defend and extend women's rights. What does the spread of nostalgia politics mean for women?

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain, Women, Far Right