In recent years, working-class women and LGBTQ+ people fought for and won significant victories. In the South, the historic marriage equality referendum was passed in 2015. In 2018, young working-class women led the way in removing the constitutional ban on abortion and implementing pro-choice legislation. Working-class people were decisive in both voting for these changes and actively organising support. by ROSA - Socialist Feminist Movement & ROSA NI - Socialist Feminist Mo

By Emma Quinn Whenever there is a crisis, be it war, climate catastrophe or a pandemic, it is women, people of colour, indigenous populations; the most oppressed and exploited sections of the poor and working class who are worst affected. Lenin put it well: “Capitalist society is and always has been a horror without end”.[1] Now, when the system is in the midst of an unprecedented economic and social crisis where basic needs like healthcare, housing and decent standards of li