3/13 Women's Day Event

The Bay Area Socialist Party Local and the California Peace and Freedom Party invite
you to a celebration of International Women's Day this Saturday March 13 from 7-9pm
at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609.

Featured Speaker: Marsha Feinland, running for U.S. Senate

This is a potluck event, so please bring some yummy food to share. Donations will be
accepted to fund the library.

For more information please contact Tina at radicaldissenter [at] aol.com

IWD: Past, Present and Future

International Women's Day's past is a tribute to the socialist women who founded it
during the first decade of the 20th Century. They remain powerful models for us in
their willingness to confront numerous dangers in order to help achieve for all
women such basic civil rights as suffrage, such basic economic rights as a living
wage and decent working conditions, and such basic human rights as control of one's
body. Its past is a tribute, as well, to the Russian women whose courageous
protests on International Women's Day in 1917 led to the downfall of the czar and
soon afterwards Russia's decision to withdraw from World War I.

Its present is testimony to the continuity between the struggles then and now. Sad
but true, in the nearly 100 years since the founding of International Women's Day
women throughout the world continue to fight for economic, social, political, and
interpersonal justice and equality. We
still suffer the most from war, military occupation, and the
deterioration-- or just plain lack-- of basic health and social services, and
educational and employment opportunities. But like the radical women of the last
century, we persevere, and take every opportunity to present
our vision of peace, our demand for justice, our strength as women, and our history
as activists.

Its future is our potential to replace patriarchal global capitalism with a
different kind of society. One that is truly democratic and egalitarian. One that
is loving, cooperative, creative, compassionate, joyful, and non-violent. One that
finally brings to an end the gross
inequities and dire circumstances currently facing most members of our world community.

Susan Dorozio
Chair of the Women's Comission of the Socialist Party