"The case for socialist feminism": a dayschool on class, capitalism and women's liberation
10.30am-5pm, Saturday 21 April 2007, University of East London Docklands Campus
Immediately next to Cyprus DLR or ten minutes walk from Stratford tube and rail
Waged £5, unwaged £2.50, including a pack of materials on socialist feminist ideas. There will be a creche provided.
Discussions will include:
- Socialism and feminism - an unhappy marriage? What is the relationship between class, gender and other oppressions?
- The women's movement of the 1970s and 80s: what we can learn
- Does "wages for housework" make any sense? A debate between Selma James (Global Women's Strike) and Workers' Liberty
- The case of Iran: feminist attitudes to religious oppression, feminist attitudes to war and imperialism, with an Iranian socialist speaker
- How can we fight for sexual freedom while opposing objectification, exploitation and oppression?
- How can we get the labour movement to fight for women's rights?
For more information ring Sofie on 07815 490 837 or email
cathyn56@hotmail.com
Followed by a fundraising social for the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq, 6pm-late, the Ivy House, 8-10 Southampton Row, Holborn (very near Holborn tube).
10.30am-5pm, Saturday 21 April 2007, University of East London Docklands Campus
Immediately next to Cyprus DLR or ten minutes walk from Stratford tube and rail
Waged £5, unwaged £2.50, including a pack of materials on socialist feminist ideas. There will be a creche provided.
Discussions will include:
- Socialism and feminism - an unhappy marriage? What is the relationship between class, gender and other oppressions?
- The women's movement of the 1970s and 80s: what we can learn
- Does "wages for housework" make any sense? A debate between Selma James (Global Women's Strike) and Workers' Liberty
- The case of Iran: feminist attitudes to religious oppression, feminist attitudes to war and imperialism, with an Iranian socialist speaker
- How can we fight for sexual freedom while opposing objectification, exploitation and oppression?
- How can we get the labour movement to fight for women's rights?
For more information ring Sofie on 07815 490 837 or email
cathyn56@hotmail.com Followed by a fundraising social for the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq, 6pm-late, the Ivy House, 8-10 Southampton Row, Holborn (very near Holborn tube).
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