We first posted this in 2009. Also see our section on Women and Marxism. What is now known as International Women's Day was initially called International Working Women's Day and was a key date in the communist calendar. Unfortunately over the years the connection between this day, on which we mark the fight for women's liberation, ...
Can women ever liberate themselves under capitalism? This public forum will see Mary Partington (Feminist Fightback and LRC, personal capacity), Finn Mackay from the London Feminist Network, and a member of Communist Students speak on the causes of women's oppression and how it can be abolished. All welcome- tell your friends! Wednesday 24th February 7:30pm, Room G52 School of ...
James Turley calls for troops out of Afghanistan now On August 20, the population of Afghanistan (or some of it, at any rate) went to the polls to elect their president. Hamid Karzai, the incumbent, remains the favourite, as the votes are counted. The mood in much of the western media, at the outset, was cautiously optimistic. ...
By Nick Jones The emancipation of women has long been of importance and controversy for Marxists. It is necessary to critically examine those attempts on the left to champion an ‘anti-capitalist feminism’ as the solution to this form of oppression, as expressed most recently by the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty’s front organisation, Feminist Fightback. It is crucial ...
Chris Strafford reports a Hopi success in Manchester: Hands Off the People of Iran held a successful meeting in Manchester on June 24, titled ‘Can imperialism liberate women?’ The meeting discussed how imperialism cynically claims to support the rights of women and others to legitimate its own actions, including its military adventures. The meeting was opened by ...
by Nick Jones Professor of Gender and Labour History, Sociology at the University of Manchester, Sheila Rowbotham spoke to a crowded gathering of attendees of '1968 And All That' on the topic of 'The personal and the political in 1968' discussing the way events in 1968 shaped her work and philosophy. The central focus of Sheila's ...
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