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Jul 2022
58m 2s

USA: Abortion rights under attack

Revolutionary Communist Party
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In this podcast episode, Laura Brown and Joel Bergman discuss the reasons and impact of the repeal of Roe v. Wade and provide a Marxist perspective on how to fight back against this egregious attack on abortion rights. Originally published by Fightback, the Canadian section of the IMT (https://www.marxist.ca)and Socialist Revolution, the US section of the I ... Show More
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