Women and Socialism

There is an ongoing debate in the Women's Movement over the causes of women's oppression and therefore the sort of society that is needed to achieve equality. This article argues that women are oppressed because of the type of economic system we live under, and therefore that women's liberation is not possible until we have destroyed capitalism. This does not mean that we abandon the women's struggle until we have achieved socialism, but rather that we must keep our overall strategy in mind as we work out the immediate tactics of the Women's Movement.