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Marxism

Theoretical articles, notes and events from the perspective of working-class self-emancipation.

Women in the Present

Submitted by Janine on 04 September 2014 at 14:04

The second section of the Workers' Liberty pamphlet 'Comrades and Sisters' looks at women's situation today.

Domestic work, (badly-)paid work, the vast gulf between working-class and ruling-class women. Women in communities, and women in the welfare state. Religious fundamentalism, the state, New Labour and family values.

How can Marxism explain women's oppression?

Housework is Horrid