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==Outline of the lecture== | |||
'''1. Marx and Engels analysis''' | '''1. Marx and Engels analysis''' | ||
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* necessity of an autonomous movement, against any form of 'stageism' | * necessity of an autonomous movement, against any form of 'stageism' | ||
* the Second International,positive and negative aspects | * the Second International,positive and negative aspects | ||
* Kollontaï and women's organisations in and after the | * Kollontaï and women's organisations in and after the Russian Revolution | ||
* second wave feminism : from women only groups to mass campaigns | * second wave feminism : from women only groups to mass campaigns | ||
* what does it mean being a feminist-socialist today? | * what does it mean being a feminist-socialist today? | ||
* strategic necessity of a strong autonomous women's movement | * strategic necessity of a strong autonomous women's movement | ||
==Reading materials== | |||
PDF [http://4edu.info/images/b/b3/5-EN-Cover_merged.pdf] | |||
'''Women in the capitalist economy''' | |||
* Marx, Engels, 1847, Communist Manifesto [[Abolition of the family!]] | |||
* Marx Capital,volume 1 [[The Employment of Women and Children]] | |||
* Stephanie Treillet, 2004 [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article95 Women's oppression in globalization] | |||
'''Ecofeminism''' | |||
* Marijke Colle, 2012 [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2681 A summary of an ecofeminist worldview] | |||
* Herrero Yayo, Tortosa Juan, 2011 [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article23739 What is ecofeminism?] | |||
'''The autonomous women's movement''' | |||
* Edward Aveling and Eleanor Marx, 1886, [[The Women Question]] | |||
* 11th Congress of the Fourth International, 1979 [[Our methods of struggle - On the autonomous women's movement]] | |||
* World March of Women, 2011 [http://cadtm.org/Governments-owe-a-debt-toward Governments owe a debt towards women, not towards banks] | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* 13th World Congress F.I., 1991 [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article3984 Positive Action - Women in our parties] | |||
* Women in China 1947 - 2007 [http://libcom.org/history/1949-2007-women-workers-china] |
Latest revision as of 11:56, 17 December 2013
Outline of the lecture
1. Marx and Engels analysis
- woman's emancipation through participation in productive work
- the capitalist mode of production and the future of the family
- the value of the (male) work force
- the value of the female work force and link with domestic work
- reconstruction of the family in the late 19th Century
- central role of women in reproduction, family life and domestic work
- women workers: double exploitation and specific oppression
- the labour market is 'gendered'
2. Ecofeminism
- role of women in ecological struggles and in peace movements
- gender and nature: essentialist view or material analysis of the reproductive role of women
- the exploitation of women parallels the exploitation of nature
- women's liberation and the fight for ecosocialism
3. The autonomous women's movements
- necessity of an autonomous movement, against any form of 'stageism'
- the Second International,positive and negative aspects
- Kollontaï and women's organisations in and after the Russian Revolution
- second wave feminism : from women only groups to mass campaigns
- what does it mean being a feminist-socialist today?
- strategic necessity of a strong autonomous women's movement
Reading materials
PDF [1]
Women in the capitalist economy
- Marx, Engels, 1847, Communist Manifesto Abolition of the family!
- Marx Capital,volume 1 The Employment of Women and Children
- Stephanie Treillet, 2004 Women's oppression in globalization
Ecofeminism
- Marijke Colle, 2012 A summary of an ecofeminist worldview
- Herrero Yayo, Tortosa Juan, 2011 What is ecofeminism?
The autonomous women's movement
- Edward Aveling and Eleanor Marx, 1886, The Women Question
- 11th Congress of the Fourth International, 1979 Our methods of struggle - On the autonomous women's movement
- World March of Women, 2011 Governments owe a debt towards women, not towards banks
Further reading
- 13th World Congress F.I., 1991 Positive Action - Women in our parties
- Women in China 1947 - 2007 [2]