International Marxist Group Archive

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Socialist Woman Bulletin No. 1, December 1971 · p. 5 of the scan · 223 words

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: The ete teais © “of the women‘ 5 thovement ha a result of the oppression of women, the root cause of which is the whole structure of scciety - NOT merely male chauvinism, which is only a reflection of that m= ciety. The oppression of wonen ‘is:most clear in the class tprresse— ion of wmen, where the contradictions are most obvious. Therefore the Socialist Woman Group aims’ to help orgmise working and working-class women in crder to focus on the’ central place where’ women are op‘ressed = Qoubly oppressed - not just as workers, but as women; ‘not just as women, but’ as workers » We don't want eqality with oppressed men; we demand iaheviarion for everyone, wnd we recognise that this end. ean. only be achieved throuch a Socialist Revolution. Women and men can never be free undert he present, social, structure; cap -. italisn cannot, by its very nature, allow for true equality» However, t here is a need for woren to orzanise + as women - and the Socialist Woman Group is, the first step inthat) direction, ; fhe Socialist “oman Group demads eqial pay for. work of. equal value, equal educational and jot opportunities, and free 2 4-hour child-care centres under community control. .We orgmise around'the bi-monthly publication Socialist Wonan and Bit our mnenters sell this MAZAZING o

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