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==Outline of thelecture==
==Outline of the lecture==


*'''1. Marx and Engels'''
*'''1. Marx and Engels analysis'''
- woman's emancipation through participation in productive work<br>
- the capitalist mode of production and the future of the family<br>
- the capitalist mode of production and the future of the family<br>
- the value of the male work force<br>
- the value of the (male) work force<br>
- the value of the female work force and link with domestic work<br>
- the value of the female work force and link with domestic work<br>
- woman's emancipation through participation in productive work<br>
- reconstruction of the family in the late 19th Century <br>
- central role of women in reproduction, family life and domestic work<br>
- women workers: double exploitation and specific oppression <br>
- the labour market is 'gendered'<br>
 
*'''2. Ecofeminism'''
- role of women in ecological struggles and in peace movements<br>
- gender and nature: essentialist view or material analysis of the reproductive role of women<br>
- the exploitation of women parallels the exploitation of nature<br>
- women's liberation and the fight for ecosocialism<br>
 
*'''3. The autonomous women's movements'''<br>
- necessity of an autonomous movement, against any form of 'stageism'<br>
- the Second International,positive and negative aspects <br>
- Kollontaï and women's organisations in and after the Russion Revolution<br>
- second wave feminism : from women only groups to mass campaigns<br>
- what does it mean being a feminist-socialist today?<br>
- strategic necessity of a strong autonomous women's movement


==Reading materials==
==Reading materials==
'''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'''


==Ecofeminism==
* Marijke Colle, 2012 [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2681 A summary of an ecofeminist worldview]
* Esther Vivas, 2012 [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article2784 La Via Campesina: Food sovereignty and the Global Feminist struggle]


* Herrero Yayo, Tortosa Juan, 2011 [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article23739 What is ecofeminism?]
* Herrero Yayo, Tortosa Juan, 2011 [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article23739 What is ecofeminism?]
'''The autonomous women's movement'''
* 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 16:39, 26 November 2012

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 Russion 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

Women in the capitalist economy

Ecofeminism

The autonomous women's movement

Further reading

  • Women in China 1947 - 2007 [1]