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In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women — Arlene Eisen

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Written by Arlene Eisen

ISBN 979-8-2954-8480-3

470 pages
Publication Date: 23 January 2026

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Connecting the frontlines of history with the urgent struggles of today, Arlene Eisen’s memoir/social history charts a personal and collective radical journey of the 1960s through the early 1980s. 

In The Worldwide Family of Militant Women is a riveting account of these turbulent decades—from the mountains of Peru and the jungles of Vietnam to the revolutionary projects of Cuba, China, the USSR, and back to struggles inside the US.

Eisen demonstrates how she, and thousands of other women, had the opportunity to learn in a time of historic upheaval when revolutionary movements were on the rise in every continent. They joined those struggles both as rank and file and as leaders, in their own organizations and in national organizations; for their own survival and liberation as well as for the liberation of their nations.

As the US once again wages genocidal war against poorer nations, Eisen’s hard‑won lessons resonate loudly. Her story is a call to action for a new generation, outraged by imperial impunity and searching for a path of meaningful resistance. For anyone compelled to challenge the same intolerable war machine, this book offers indispensable wisdom, profound hope, and the proof that we do not fight alone.

Join the worldwide family of militant women!


Buy Softcover Direct (20% off)

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For international or multiple title direct orders, info on the best way to buy from us, please check SUPPORT or email inquiries@iskrabooks.org.

Written by Arlene Eisen

ISBN 979-8-2954-8480-3

470 pages
Publication Date: 23 January 2026

—

Connecting the frontlines of history with the urgent struggles of today, Arlene Eisen’s memoir/social history charts a personal and collective radical journey of the 1960s through the early 1980s. 

In The Worldwide Family of Militant Women is a riveting account of these turbulent decades—from the mountains of Peru and the jungles of Vietnam to the revolutionary projects of Cuba, China, the USSR, and back to struggles inside the US.

Eisen demonstrates how she, and thousands of other women, had the opportunity to learn in a time of historic upheaval when revolutionary movements were on the rise in every continent. They joined those struggles both as rank and file and as leaders, in their own organizations and in national organizations; for their own survival and liberation as well as for the liberation of their nations.

As the US once again wages genocidal war against poorer nations, Eisen’s hard‑won lessons resonate loudly. Her story is a call to action for a new generation, outraged by imperial impunity and searching for a path of meaningful resistance. For anyone compelled to challenge the same intolerable war machine, this book offers indispensable wisdom, profound hope, and the proof that we do not fight alone.

Join the worldwide family of militant women!

Media Appearances

9 February 2026. “Arlene Eisen memoir on Militant Women and Adrienne Torf on June Jordan show.” KPFA Radio.

6 February 2026. “In The Worldwide Family of Women.” Black Agenda Report.

26 January 2026. “Rootwork: In The Worldwide Family of Women.” Black Liberation Media.

Reviews

Read a review of In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women by Denise Sullivan for Bay City News.

Blurbs

“In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women is in the company of political memoirs like The Wall Between, Assata, and Outlaw Woman in not only teaching us how to fight, but inspiring us to do so. Organizers and activists, students and workers, each have something to learn from Arlene Eisen’s ideological development, internationalist perspective, steadfast commitment to building the women’s liberation and anti-war movements, and fightback against a capitalist racist patriarchal society. This is the political education and radical motivation we sorely need as the choice between socialism and barbarism becomes more acute.”

-Charisse Burden-Stelly, author of Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States

“Arlene Eisen’s earlier work, Women of Viet Nam, remains, so many years later, one of my favorite books depicting the ways women’s resistance affects the outcome of a struggle for justice. It is both a history and an analysis of how promoting women’s full leadership and participation can determine the success of an entire social system...” (continued inside)

-Laura Whitehorn, former US-held political prisoner, co-founder of Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP Campaign), editor of The War Before by Safiya Bukhari

“Do yourself a favor, get a copy of In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women. The historical lessons conveyed in this work are as relevant to movement-building today as they were in the 1960s and ‘70s... Arlene imparted many of these lessons to me, and many others, in our joint work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. And then again, in even more depth, in developing Operation Ghetto Storm…” (continued inside)

-Kali Akuno, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Cooperation Jackson, co-editor of Jackson Rising Redux