International Women's Day: Roots in Radical History, Labor and Reproductive Rights

This clip is from the March 8, 2023 broadcast.

March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. "Democracy Now!" starts the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. This segment's guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She's also co-founder and chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus in the American Public Health Association, which links social justice and public health. International Women's Day has always been a struggle for "the conditions in which people can thrive," says Krieger.