Marxism and Women''s Liberation

The Second Wave of the fight for womens liberation, which erupted in the late 1960s, put womens equality on the political agenda. Nearly 50 years later much has been achieved, but inequality survives and the lives of too many women and men are blighted by an economic regime that fails to provide basic necessities, let alone the hope of liberation.This essential introduction to womens liberation discusses the origins of sexism, the intersection of race and womens oppression and the history of womens struggles. It probes the movements strengths and weaknesses and tries to learn lessons from the past that can help in todays struggle for real freedom. See more