To trade unionists and the working class! International Women's Day!

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Celebrate International Women's Day and continue to fight for the total liberation of all oppressed peoples across the world!

Get your teeth into some of these local events...

Tuesday 7pm March 8
Women and Socialism - International Women's Day public meeting, backroom of Wetherspoons, Havelock Road, Hastings
More info Many people today believe that sexism and the oppression of women is a thing of the past - but a cursory look at the statistics reveals a different story. The wage gap between men and women in full-time work is around 20 percent. This figure rises to a median gap of 10,000 pounds a year if we include part-time work. Just 1 in 14 rape cases result in a conviction. Although great strides forward have been made in the struggle for women's liberation, clearly sexism still pervades the society we live in. But can it be beaten? Has sexism always existed?
Is it true that there are significant genetic differences between men and women? Are the struggles for the emancipation of the working class and the liberation of women separate, or intimately linked? To coincide with international women's day, Hastings Socialist Party will be holding a discussion on these issues and their relevance for today. Find out more here...

Wednesday 7pm March 9
International Womens Day gig at The Green Door Store
(http://www.thegreendoorstore.co.uk/)
Volunteers from Brighton Womens Centre have worked tirelessly to create a spectacular showcase of some of the best up & coming female musicians. Find out more here...
Doors will open at 7pm, music starts at 7.30pm. Tickets £3 concession (unwaged/students) £6 waged - all proceeds to I.W.D and Brighton Women's Centre (http://www.womenscentre.org.uk/) .

Saturday 10am-4pm March 12
International Women's Day Centenary Celebration at Laburnum Centre Bognor Regis
Hosted by the Sussex International Women's Day Group, a non-profit organisation run by volunteers. They organise a one day event for women to meet, celebrate, learn, and have fun together.

International Women's Day! 100 years

To celebrate 100 years of this important date in the calendar of the labour movement a number of events are being held to remember the struggle those before us have fought and to continue the fight for the complete emancipation of all peoples from the chains of oppression.

Here are two events worth attending:

TUC celebration of International Women's Day 2010

7-10pm, Monday 8 March

TUC Congress Centre, 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1

A night of comedy, music, poetry, politics and campaigning.

International Women's Day is held annually on 8 March on which, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women, celebrate achievements and express solidarity with women around the world.

International Women's Day was borne from the struggles that women fought against oppression and for better working conditions and the right to vote in the early 1900s. Read more here.

The TUC celebrates International Women's Day every year, both at TUC Women's Conference and at Congress House. This year the TUC are hosting a huge celebration, with a night of comedy, music, poetry, politics, campaigning and a showcase of the TUC international development work that is empowering women to improve their rights in developing countries.

The TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady will open the event with author Bonnie Greer and we are also delighted that Maria Eagle MP and international trade unionist speakers are able to address the event. The evening will compered by the brilliantly funny Lorraine Bowen.

The night will feature the soulful vocals of Zena Edwards plus the hip-hop and spoken word duo Poetic Pilgrimage and comedy from Josie Long described by The Guardian as "a figurehead for a new way of doing things in alternative comedy." We start the night with a superb visual celebration of women worldwide from photographer Jess Hurd. Click here for tickets and more information...

Public meeting: Feminism today

6-9.30pm Wednesday 10 March

Falmer House, Room 126 at the University of Sussex

This is a joint meeting of Brighton and Sussex Socialist Students to celebrate 100 years of International Women's Day. These days it seems International Women's Day has become little more than a glossy promotional event for "women friendly" businesses or at best a vague "celebration" of women's achievements. Yet its roots 100 years ago are in the socialist movement of the early 20th century and it quickly became a focal point for the early struggles of working class women internationally for better working conditions, for the right to vote and against the oppression they faced as women. All welcome. Click here for more infomation...

Working women of the world, unite!