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The revolutionary history of International Women’s day ?

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International Women's Day (IWD) has its roots in the early 20th century, marked by various events and movements that aimed to advocate for women's rights and address gender inequality. Here's a brief overview of its revolutionary history: Early 20th Century Labor Movements: The first National Woman's Day was observed in the United States on February 28, 1909, organized by the Socialist Party of America in remembrance of the 1908 strike of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, where women protested against poor working conditions. Clara Zetkin's Proposal: In 1910, during the Second International Conference of Working Women held in Copenhagen,…

The Chilean Road to socialism: 50 YEARS AFTER ALLENDE’S DEFEAT

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by René Rojas Sep 29, 2023 Amandla 89, International FIFTY YEARS AGO, CHILE’S ROAD TO socialism suffered a devastating defeat. On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military, spurred by elites, condoned by middle-class sectors and backed by Washington, toppled Salvador Allende’s Unidad Popular (Popular Unity, UP). This was a vibrant coalition government helmed by the Communist Party (CP) and Socialist Party (SP). The coup, which progressives are commemorating the world over, smashed workers’ organisations, popular movements, and democratic institutions. It murdered thousands and sent far more to torture centres, concentration camps, and exile. It ushered in a seventeen-year dictatorship and…

Intellectual Property, Knowledge Monopoly, and the Rent Economy

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By Prabir Purkayastha (Posted Sep 16, 2023) Originally published: NewsClick.in on September 9, 2023 (more by NewsClick.in) The twentieth century saw the emergence of public funded universities and technical institutions, while technology development was concentrated in the R&D laboratories of large corporations. The age of the lone inventor—Edison, Siemens, Westinghouse, Graham Bell—had ended with the nineteenth century.1 The twentieth century was more about industry-based R&D laboratories, where corporations gathered together leading scientists and technologists to create the technologies of the future. In this phase, capital was still expanding production. Even though finance capital was already dominant over productive capital, the…