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For #InternationalWomensDay 2021 Jill Mountford takes a look at the origins of IWD, the work of Mary McArthur and the women chainmakers of Cradley Heath: their fight against injustice, and fights against sweatshop labour today. #ChooseToChallenge sweatshop labour Tonight at 6pm Workers' Liberty Students have a meeting on it: https://facebook.com/events/761405588108413 And at 7pm Leeds Workers' Liberty are running a meeting on the story of the Grunwick strike by mainly women, Asian, migrant workers - a pivotal working-class battle in the 1970s: https://facebook.com/events/477530426614635 And you can read or buy the new edition of our Socialist Feminist paper Women's Fightback here: https://workersliberty.org/publications/womens-fightback/womens-fightback-25-winterspring-2021 Read about the socialist and labour movement origins of the International Women's Day idea: https://workersliberty.org/story/2020-03-10/socialist-history-international-womens-day See our youtube playlist on Socialist Feminism for more! #InternationalWorkingWomensDay #SocialistFeminism Reposted with thanks from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ui8JZjdWQ . Created originally for Lewisham's IWD celebrations.