International Women's Day: why the world had to change
March 8, 2020 8:10 PM   Subscribe

 
I've been reading China Mieville October, in which he says the February (Julian, March for Gregorian calendar), 1917, uprising in St.Petersburg/Petrograd was, in part, due to International Women's Day:
As the meetings ended, women poured from the factories onto the streets, shouting for bread.
They were joined by others, men and women, now shouting not only for bread, but for revolution.

Happy Bread and Roses Day!
posted by CCBC at 8:37 PM on March 8, 2020 [2 favorites]


At least in Chile , yesterday's million-woman march in Santiago was strongly correlated with the left-wing uprising against the current right-wing government and its minions.
posted by signal at 5:46 AM on March 9, 2020 [3 favorites]


In most of the US this year, International Women's Day was only 23 hours long.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 2:32 PM on March 9, 2020


Women's march in Mexico City (SLTwitter)
posted by Omon Ra at 2:58 PM on March 9, 2020


Last night, at a club where I play regularly, a group of older women with European accents specifically asked me to play a set for International Women's Day. I can't say that I had a huge trove of appropriate sheet music, but my efforts were appreciated. I dedicated the music to my mother, my wife, my daughter, and the table of International Women.
posted by kozad at 8:38 PM on March 9, 2020


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