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Comrade Marcel
17th February 2004, 04:35
Greetings,

You are invited by Young Left to class 4 of our Liberation School study groups series 'Introduction to Marxism'.

Sun. Feb. 22, 2004
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

21 Sussex Ave. (Sussex Clubhouse U of T)
4th Floor, Room #415

Please come even if you do not have time to study the readings.

YLiberation School Presents:
INTRODUCTION TO MARXISM

Class 4:
Women in the Struggle

* Is sexism embedded in capitalism?
* Should feminism be revolutionary or reformist?
* How does sexual liberation fit in to women's liberation?
* Is there sexism within the resistance movement?

Readings:

Main:

1.) Alexandra Kollontai, 'Women's Day' February 1913, http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/w...orks/womday.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/works/womday.htm)
2.) Safiya Bukhari-Alston, ON THE QUESTION OF SEXISM WITHIN THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, http://www.anarco-nyc.net/anarchistpanther...erwriting6.html (http://www.anarco-nyc.net/anarchistpanther/otherwriting6.html)
3.) Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Suffrage and Class Struggle, http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/.../1912/05/12.htm (http://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1912/05/12.htm)
4.) Sheila Jeffreys, How Orgasm Politics Has Hijacked the Women's Movement, http://mosaic.echonyc.com/~onissues/s96orgasm.html

Reference:

1.) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Women's Liberation Movement - http://marxists.org/glossary/events/w/o.ht...womens-movement (http://marxists.org/glossary/events/w/o.htm#womens-movement)
2.) Encyclopedia of Marxism: Feminism http://marxists.org/glossary/terms/f/e.htm#feminism

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