Today, March 8th, is International Women's Day. Socialist Party activists were instrumental in founding IWD almost a century ago, and it has a special place in our proudly feminist party.

Below is some history of IWD, The Women's Commission call for IWD 2007, and some events going on locally and internationally.

Remember, Celebrate, and Struggle on!

From the SP USA Women's Commission: March 8th is our day.

It's our opportunity to come together to speak out for a world where democratic socialist feminist values and programs enable people to live lives in ways they never will be able to under capitalism and patriarchy. That's the truth. That’s our power.
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IWD pamphlet (pdf): download here [1]

A History of International Women's Day (8 March) [2]

2007 SPUSA Endorsed International Women's Day Local Events throughout the month of March

March 8th: Join the Northern New Jersey Socialist Party in a vigil to defend free, safe and legal reproductive health services in New Jersey.
Time/Location: 5:30 PM on Engle St,. near the Metropolitan Medical Clinic
Information: 201-803-7574 or info@njsocialistparty.org
Sponsored by: Northern NJ Socialist Party and others tba soon.

Free Screening and Discussion: "Engendering Colonialism" [3]
March 25th: The Socialist Party of New York City invites you to join them for a free screening of "Engendering Colonialism: The Effect of 100 Years of U.S. Colonialism on Women in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and The Philippines" Discussion to follow.
Time/Location: 339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC (buzzer #11)
Sponsored by the Socialist Party of New York City, GABRIELA Network USA, and the ProLibertad Freedom Campaign, in observance of International Women's Day.

STOP THE (WOMEN) KILLINGS!: GABRIELA Network NYNJ IWD Event [4]

THURSDAY, 8 MARCH 2007 6:30 PM -8:30 PM
GABNet NATIONAL OFFICE
4 WEST 43RD ST. 2ND FLOOR
(btwn. 5th & 6th Ave.)
RSVP at nynj@gabnet.org

NYC Activist Calendar for March 7th-8th-9th [5]

Thursday, 8 March 2007 is International Women's Day and we're delighted to take this opportunity to announce the launch of LabourStart's special coverage of women workers:

Today you can read about --

* UK: Unions have warned that local councils may have to cut jobs as they struggle to meet a deadline to bring in equal pay -- including back pay for many thousands of women.

* Australia: According to a new report issued this week by the Brussels-based International Trade Union Confederation, thanks to the Howard government's labour laws, not only is Australia at the bottom of the OECD countries in terms of workers' rights, but women workers are hardest hit. Since the introduction of anti-union legislation, women's wages have actually fallen by some two percent.

* Turkey: Thousands of women marched -- supported by, among others, the petroleum workers union -- demanding peace and equality. Among them were women workers from Novamed, a company that was the target of a recent LabourStart online campaign.

* Israel: According to a government report issued this week, women's salaries remain half that of men's.

* Canada: Seventy women workers who have been on strike at the First Ontario Credit Union since 20 October have gotten an extraordinary gesture of solidarity from fellow union members. To mark International Women's Day, unions in the area will be withdrawing $800,000 from the credit union on Thursday.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. Our new page at http://www.labourstart.org/iwd will report on women worker's issues -- including struggles for equality -- throughout the year. Please spread the word.

And make sure you've sent off a message in support of those women workers at First Ontario [7].

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