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For the record: Women have an excellent track record in the labour movement

Commented this elsewhere, but I think it deserves its own post. Edit: deleting irrelevant point Women have an excellent track record with labour protests. I'm already expecting some issues (read: horrible DMs) by mentioning women. But, just as the working class gives up power by political ideology, so too is it divided by gender (and, by extension, sexism). A lot of people on the left like to think misogyny is only an issue on the right. In my experience that is not the case. Leftists also have this issue. For example: there is good reason not to vote for neoliberal and corporatist democrats in the U.S. But the choice to vote 3rd party often doesn't take into account the perspectives of women. At least for me, a forced birth (in a system without guaranteed heath care, no maternity leave, very little help for working parents, and a very high childbirth…


Commented this elsewhere, but I think it deserves its own post.

Edit: deleting irrelevant point

Women have an excellent track record with labour protests.

I'm already expecting some issues (read: horrible DMs) by mentioning women. But, just as the working class gives up power by political ideology, so too is it divided by gender (and, by extension, sexism). A lot of people on the left like to think misogyny is only an issue on the right. In my experience that is not the case. Leftists also have this issue.

For example: there is good reason not to vote for neoliberal and corporatist democrats in the U.S. But the choice to vote 3rd party often doesn't take into account the perspectives of women. At least for me, a forced birth (in a system without guaranteed heath care, no maternity leave, very little help for working parents, and a very high childbirth death rate for a wealthy nation) would be far more personally, emotionally, and economically devastating than any other conservative policy. So, I will vote for democrats, rather than a third party with no chance of winning, because I might need an abortion.

It's important that women's voices be considered in this movement. And despite sometimes making less than half what men make, with far more unpaid labour, women have never been silent on this issue.

Uprising of the 20,000
https://socialistworker.co.uk/socialist-review-archive/uprising-30000/

1912 Bread and Roses Strike
https://www.history.com/news/the-strike-that-shook-america

Lowell Mill Strike
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-events/lowell-mill-women-form-union

Match Girls Strike
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Match-Girls-Strike/

London Transport Women's Strike
https://libcom.org/history/london-transport-women-workers-strike-1918

Woolworth's Sit Down Strike
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2013/12/retail-sit-down-1937-detroit-lessons-todays-low-wage-strikers

Dagenham Women's Strike
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-dagenham-womens-strike-of-1968-3528932

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