SINCE the emergence in 2017 of the #MeToo movement, a real groundswell globally has taken hold which opposes violence against women, gender inequality and the stifling patriarchy fuelling capitalist domination and exploitation.
This transformative struggle is an essential dimension of the fight for emancipation and it is part of the long history of the workers’ and people’s movements.
In France, it is rooted in the peasant and pre-industrial revolts from the time of the Renaissance and successive centuries when the old regime was being eroded. They were times when women were not just participants in the movement but also the leaders of various uprisings. The same is true of the Paris Commune.