Category: Gender & Sexuality

International Women’s Day 2013

Workers Solidarity Alliance 2013 International Women’s Day Statement On March 8, 1908, thousands of women left their jobs in the sweatshops of New York City’s Lower East Side and took to the streets to demand their rights as women and as workers. In 1917, their sisters in Russia followed suit, and helped to bring about [...]

Interview with Irish Anarchist Pro-Choice Activist Aileen O’Carroll

Could you just say something about your immediate reaction as you learnedly about Savita’s death? We first heard the rumors that a woman had died a few days before the story broke. We hoped it was a hoax, but we knew that it could also be true. It was only a matter of time before [...]

QUEER LIBERATION IS CLASS STRUGGLE! GENERAL STRIKE MAY 1ST

The text below is adapted from a gorgeous flier created by WSA – Southern California. This post is part of a series that ideas & action will publish in the run up to May Day 2012. Queers have always had to fight for our rights, our dignity, our survival. It’s time to step up; it’s [...]

Interview with Turkish anarchists

Anarşi Kolektifi Ankara (Anarchy Collective Ankara) is a synthesist organization of anarchists  that has been active in the Turkish capital for several years. The Workers Solidarity Alliance decided to conduct a short interview with our Turkish comrades so that we can enhance the global connections of solidarity, learn about their struggles, and apply what we [...]