Compiled by Carol Hanisch Anyone who pays attention to the news knows that the U.S. has a drug problem and it’s not just coming from street dealers. There have been a spate of articles about Big Pharma and its…
Capitalism, Identity Politics, Labor, Racism, Theory, Women's Liberation / Feminism, work
Feminist Consciousness: Race and Class
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By Amanda Martins, from Brazil Among the most controversial topics in feminism are the race and class questions, which have motivated many women to develop new theories that encompass multiple realities taking into account region, race, economy and sexuality. Meanwhile…
Capitalism, Consciousness Raising, Housework, Labor, Reproduction, Theory, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Birth Strike: A Review
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Birth Strike, The Hidden Fight Over Women’s Work by Jenny Brown Reviewed by Colette Price When a woman gives birth, she goes into labor, it’s work, usually hard work. At the end she delivers the product, a baby. It’s…
Capitalism, Identity Politics, Labor, Male Backlash, Theory, Women's Liberation / Feminism, work
The Left Colludes with Capitalism on “Gender Identity”
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As feminists who have been critical of the concept of “gender identity” for many years, we have been exasperated and concerned that groups and individuals on the Left, who claim to be materialists, have embraced this ideology with little or…
Consciousness Raising, History, Women's Liberation / Feminism
Into the 2018 Women’s Liberation Freedom Trash Can
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In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Liberation Protest of the Miss America Pageant on September 7, 1968, we invited women to throw what is oppressing them in 2018 into the Freedom Trash Can. The 1968 protest was about…
Consciousness Raising, History, Housework, Taking Action, Women's Liberation / Feminism
An Invitation to Commemorate the 1968 Miss America Protest
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50 years ago Women’s Liberation protested the Miss America Pageant and threw “items of female torture” into a Freedom Trash Can What do YOU want to toss into the 2018 Freedom Trash Can? On September 7, 1968, more than…