#Metoo Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

United States: High school students walkout against sexual violence

By Ginger Jentzen Thousands of students from dozens of high schools across the country have staged walkouts against sexual assault and harassment since returning to in-person classes. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, reported incidents

Dec 17, 2021

Socialist Feminism

Unfinished Business: For a Socialist Feminist Struggle to End Gender Violence

By Emma Quinn On 15 October a popular social media post in Ireland captured the prevalence of gender violence. The image showed nine headlines appearing across the mainstream media on that day including the sexual abuse of a child, intimate partner violence,

Nov 16, 2019

25 November: Socialist feminist struggle against gender violence!

“We are not silent. We are not scared. We are not obeying.” — Istanbul, Turkey — chants from protest against gender violence International Women’s Day 2019 in defiance of a state ban on the demonstration and police use of tear gas “My

Oct 30, 2019

Interview: Women’s football 2019- Equal pay, #Metoo & Megan Rapinoe

Keishia Taylor interviewed Suzanne Wrack, Women’s Football Writer for The Guardian and Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England and Wales) member, on her way to Lisbon – the first time The Guardian had sent someone to cover an international women’s friendly!

Oct 17, 2019

News & Analysis

Bring #MeToo into the workplace

By Harper Cleves The #MeToo movement has gained traction globally since October 2017 following the allegations made by prominent Hollywood actors against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. In the wake of these accusations, actor Alyssa Milano posted a tweet calling on fellow survivors

Nov 1, 2018

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

What’s fuelling the global revolt against misogyny & sexism?

Young people are entering the stage of struggle. This new wave of activists hold ideas of equality and liberation from oppression as central to their world-view. These young people have a passionate opposition to racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia. In fact any

May 5, 2018

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Misogyny, sexism & capitalism in the dock

The outcome of the Belfast rape trial saw an explosion of spontaneous demonstrations in every major city in Ireland bringing to the surface opposition to the culture of sexism and victim blaming in the legal system and society generally. It comes against

Apr 11, 2018

News & Analysis

Victim blaming & entrenched misogyny in the legal system

By Eleanor Crossey Malone The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described violence against women as a “global health problem of epidemic proportions.” Research carried out by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights found that 26% of women in Ireland had experienced sexual

Mar 12, 2018

News & Analysis

Why sex education needs to be overhauled

By Grace Gageby The #MeToo movement has gained traction internationally against a backdrop of a growing revolt against sexual violence and macho culture. From the women’s marches against Trump, the Ni Una Menos movement throughout Latin America, and the ubiquitous nature of

Mar 10, 2018

International Women’s Day 2018: The fight for abortion rights in Ireland

The following statement was written by Socialist Party member and ROSA activist Laura Fitzgerald for the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International to mark International Women’s Day 2018. International Women’s Day 2018 will be dominated by the issue of abortion

Mar 5, 2018

#Metoo

United States: High school students walkout against sexual violence

Unfinished Business: For a Socialist Feminist Struggle to End Gender Violence

25 November: Socialist feminist struggle against gender violence!

Interview: Women’s football 2019- Equal pay, #Metoo & Megan Rapinoe

Bring #MeToo into the workplace

What’s fuelling the global revolt against misogyny & sexism?

Misogyny, sexism & capitalism in the dock

Victim blaming & entrenched misogyny in the legal system

International Women’s Day 2018: The fight for abortion rights in Ireland

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden