LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY !!

THE CRY FOR JUSTICE ………. Continues. 

AIPAEA SALUTES THE INDOMITABLE COURAGE OF ALL THOSE WOMEN WORKERS & EMPLOYEES FOR CONTINUING THE FIGHT AGAINST THE INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION….

AIPAEA CELEBRATES THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!!

Bread and Roses !!

As we go marching, marching, in the beauty of the day, A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, For the people hear us singing: Bread and Roses! Bread and Roses! As we go marching, marching, we battle too for men, For they are women's children and we mother them again. Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes; Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. As we go marching, marching, unnumbered women dead Go crying through our singing their ancient call for bread. Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew. Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too. As we go marching, marching, we bring the greater days, The rising of the women means the rising of the race. No more the drudge and idler, ten that toil where one reposes, But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and roses, bread and roses. Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes; Hearts starve as well as bodies; bread and roses, bread and roses. This poem was by James Oppenheim. It is commonly associated with a textile strike by women workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA during January – March 1912, popularly known as the Bread and Roses Strike. Bread and Roses signifies ---- demand for both fair wages and dignified conditions.