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賳賯丿 丕賱丨乇賰丞 丕賱賳爻賵丕賳賷丞
'The history of women's struggles is so broad and rich that I have found t difficult to select. I have chosen to deal with the struggles as they reach their peaks. On a mountain peak one gets a much clearer general view...'
Ranging from 1640 from the present day, this book looks at the long struggle for women's liberation- and particularly the different movements which have soight to achieve women's liberation iver the past 100 years, for these have explained women's opretion in very different ways and have persued strategies quite opposed to one another.
Under capitalism, argues Tony Cliff, the production of necessities of life is a social process while, reproduction- the rearing of children- is a private process, taking place largely in the enclosed family. The oppression of women is rooted in this dichotomy.
But oppression in itself does not lead to a struggle for liberation. The oppression of wome, by dividing them and imprisoning them in the four walls of the home, leads most often to powerlessness and submission. Only women, as workers, have collective power in their workplaces and unions, do they gain confidence to fight. For this reason Tony Cliff looks particularly at the struggles of the working class women.
'Our argument is that women's liberation cannot be achieved without victory of socialism and that socialism is impossible without women's liberation.'
Ranging from 1640 from the present day, this book looks at the long struggle for women's liberation- and particularly the different movements which have soight to achieve women's liberation iver the past 100 years, for these have explained women's opretion in very different ways and have persued strategies quite opposed to one another.
Under capitalism, argues Tony Cliff, the production of necessities of life is a social process while, reproduction- the rearing of children- is a private process, taking place largely in the enclosed family. The oppression of women is rooted in this dichotomy.
But oppression in itself does not lead to a struggle for liberation. The oppression of wome, by dividing them and imprisoning them in the four walls of the home, leads most often to powerlessness and submission. Only women, as workers, have collective power in their workplaces and unions, do they gain confidence to fight. For this reason Tony Cliff looks particularly at the struggles of the working class women.
'Our argument is that women's liberation cannot be achieved without victory of socialism and that socialism is impossible without women's liberation.'
384 pages, Unknown Binding
First published April 20, 1984
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Tony Cliff
66听books62听followersBorn in Palestine to Zionist parents in 1917, Ygael Gluckstein became a Trotskyist during the 1930s and played a leading role in the attempt to forge a movement uniting Arab and Jewish workers. At the end of of the Second World war, seeing that the victory of the Zionists was more and more inevitable, he moved to Britain and adopted the pseudonym Tony Cliff.
In the late 1940s he developed the theory that Russia wasn鈥檛 a workers鈥� state but a form of bureaucratic state capitalism, a theory which has characterised the tendency with which he was associated for the remaining five decades of his life. Although he broke from 鈥渙rthodox Trotskyism鈥� after being bureaucratically excluded from the Fourth International in 1950, he always considered himself to be a Trotskyist although he was also open to other influences within the Marxist tradition.
In the late 1940s he developed the theory that Russia wasn鈥檛 a workers鈥� state but a form of bureaucratic state capitalism, a theory which has characterised the tendency with which he was associated for the remaining five decades of his life. Although he broke from 鈥渙rthodox Trotskyism鈥� after being bureaucratically excluded from the Fourth International in 1950, he always considered himself to be a Trotskyist although he was also open to other influences within the Marxist tradition.
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April 10, 2022
讴鬲丕亘 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘蹖 丿乇 禺氐賵氐 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賲亘丕乇夭丕鬲 夭賳丕賳 賵 亘乇禺蹖 毓賱賱 賳丕讴丕賲蹖 賴丕蹖 夭賳丕賳 亘賵丿
July 31, 2023
I didn鈥檛 find Tony Cliff yo be someone who has a deep understanding or empathy with Feminism and women鈥檚 struggles.
He is mostly pre-occupied with forcing the idea that feminism should鈥檝e aligned itself with socialism and whenever feminists have failed, it鈥檚 because they were distant from socialistic purposes. In fact, he considers feminism to be a failure up to now and, sadly, fails to appreciate the achievements of several feminist movements.
The last two/three chapters of the book are almost inconsistent with the rest of the book and its historic approach.
In general, I bought this book thinking I would learn a lot, but I mostly realized what a great obstacle socialists must have been in decades of feminist struggles.
賵 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖貨 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賳卮乇 芦丕賮讴丕乇 噩丿蹖丿禄 趩胤賵乇 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 賲噩丕夭 丿賵賳爻鬲賴 讴賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘賴 芦鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻蹖丕爻蹖 夭賳丕賳禄 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 亘丿賴. 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賵囟賵丨 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲亘丕乇夭丕鬲 夭賳丕賳 丿乇 丿賵 爻賴 賯乇賳 丕禺蹖乇 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丌賱賲丕賳貙 賮乇丕賳爻賴貙 丕賳诏賱蹖爻 賵 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 丿乇 趩丕乇趩賵亘 賵 丿乇 賯蹖丕爻 亘丕 賲亘丕乇夭丕鬲 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 賴爻鬲. 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖诏蹖賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻蹖丕爻蹖 夭賳丕賳貙 蹖毓賳蹖 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 賲賵囟賵毓 讴鬲丕亘 丨丕囟乇. 卮賲丕 賲蹖丕蹖賳 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇丿賴 趩賴丕乇貙 倬賳噩 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲胤丕賱毓丕鬲 夭賳丕賳 乇賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲蹖讴賳蹖丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕蹖丿 亘丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賳 蹖讴 毓賳賵丕賳 丿賴賳鈥屬矩壁┵� 賮乇賵卮 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 讴賳蹖丿. 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 讴賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 賴賲 毓丕乇蹖 丕夭 睾賱胤 賴丕蹖 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮蹖 賲鬲毓丿丿 賳亘賵丿.
He is mostly pre-occupied with forcing the idea that feminism should鈥檝e aligned itself with socialism and whenever feminists have failed, it鈥檚 because they were distant from socialistic purposes. In fact, he considers feminism to be a failure up to now and, sadly, fails to appreciate the achievements of several feminist movements.
The last two/three chapters of the book are almost inconsistent with the rest of the book and its historic approach.
In general, I bought this book thinking I would learn a lot, but I mostly realized what a great obstacle socialists must have been in decades of feminist struggles.
賵 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖貨 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 賳卮乇 芦丕賮讴丕乇 噩丿蹖丿禄 趩胤賵乇 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 賲噩丕夭 丿賵賳爻鬲賴 讴賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘賴 芦鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻蹖丕爻蹖 夭賳丕賳禄 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 亘丿賴. 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賵囟賵丨 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲亘丕乇夭丕鬲 夭賳丕賳 丿乇 丿賵 爻賴 賯乇賳 丕禺蹖乇 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丌賱賲丕賳貙 賮乇丕賳爻賴貙 丕賳诏賱蹖爻 賵 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 丿乇 趩丕乇趩賵亘 賵 丿乇 賯蹖丕爻 亘丕 賲亘丕乇夭丕鬲 胤亘賯丕鬲蹖 賴爻鬲. 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖诏蹖賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 爻蹖丕爻蹖 夭賳丕賳貙 蹖毓賳蹖 賲賵囟賵毓蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 賲賵囟賵毓 讴鬲丕亘 丨丕囟乇. 卮賲丕 賲蹖丕蹖賳 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇丿賴 趩賴丕乇貙 倬賳噩 丿乇亘丕乇賴 賲胤丕賱毓丕鬲 夭賳丕賳 乇賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲蹖讴賳蹖丿 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕蹖丿 亘丕 诏匕丕卮鬲賳 蹖讴 毓賳賵丕賳 丿賴賳鈥屬矩壁┵� 賮乇賵卮 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 讴賳蹖丿. 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 讴賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 賴賲 毓丕乇蹖 丕夭 睾賱胤 賴丕蹖 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮蹖 賲鬲毓丿丿 賳亘賵丿.
May 12, 2025
丕卮鬲乇賷鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱孬賯鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱丕爻鬲丕匕丞 丕賱乇丕丨賱丞 丕乇賵賶 氐丕賱丨 丕賳賴丕 賱賳 鬲鬲乇噩賲 賰鬲丕亘 賲賱賵卮 賯賷賲丞 丕亘丿丕貙
賵賮毓賱丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賯賷賲貙 亘丨孬 賲賮氐賱 賮賷 丕賵囟丕毓 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賵亘丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕賱丕乇賯丕賲 賰賲丕賳 賮賷 丕賴賲 丿賵賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丨丿賷孬貙 丕賳噩賱鬲乇丕 賵乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 賵丕賲乇賷賰丕 賵胤亘毓丕 賮乇賳爻丕貙
賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賳賴 賲爻鬲賮賷囟貙 亘賷鬲賰賱賲 亘丕賱賵賯丕卅毓 賵丕賱鬲胤賵乇丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕孬乇賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇兀丞 毓賲賵賲丕貙
賱賰賳 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 賴賵 丕賳 胤亘賯丞 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賵丕賱賳亘賷賱丞 賱丕賷賲賰賳 丕亘丿丕 丕賳 鬲鬲賵丕氐賱 賲毓 胤亘賯丞 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱毓丕賲賱丕鬲 賱丕賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 丨賯丕賸 亘丕丨鬲賷丕噩丕鬲賴賲貙
賰賲丕賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賱賷爻 賴賵 毓丿賵 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賰賲丕 鬲賯毓 丿丕卅賲丕 丕賱丨乇賰丕鬲 丕賱賳爻賵賷丞貙
賵丕賳賲丕 丕賱毓丿賵 丕賱丕賵賱 賴賵 賳馗丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲噩丨賮 丕賱匕賷 賷囟乇 亘賲乇賰夭 丕賱乇噩賱 賵丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲毓丕賸貙
賲卮 毓賵夭賷賳 賴賳丕 賳丨賱賱 丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 毓賳 丕賱丕爻乇丞 賵丕賱夭賵丕噩貙 賱賰賳 丨賷丕丞 亘賱丕 夭賵丕噩 亘乇賵丕亘胤 丕爻乇賷丞 鬲爻賲賲賴丕 丿丕卅賲丕 丕賱賳馗賲 丕賱乇兀爻 賲丕賱賷丞 賴賵 丕賱賲賳卮賵丿貙 賲賳 丕噩賱 毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賲鬲賵丕夭賳丞 賵氐丨賷丞貙
丕賷囟丕 賵賯毓 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賲胤丕賱亘賷賳 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷賷賳 賮賷 鬲賴賲賷卮 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵賵氐賱 亘賴賲 丨丿 丕賱鬲賯賱賷賱 賲賳賴丕 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 毓賱賷賴丕貙
丕禺乇 伲 賮氐賵賱 毓馗賲丞 毓賱卮丕賳 亘毓丿賵丕 毓賳 爻乇丿 丕賱鬲胤賵乇丕鬲 賵亘丿丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷賴賲 賷賰賱賲賳丕 毓賳 乇丕賷賴 亘毓丿 丕賱亘丨孬貙
丕賷 賲丨亘 丕賵 賲鬲禺氐氐 賮賷 丕賱卮兀賳 丕賱賳爻賵賷 丕賵 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷賯乇兀賴貙
賵賷爻賱丕賲 賱賵 賳爻賵賷丕鬲 亘賱丿賳丕 賷賯乇兀賵賴 亘丿賱 賯毓丿鬲賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賵乇卮 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓丕鬲 賲賳 丕噩賱 鬲孬賯賷賮 睾賷乇賴賲 賲賳 丕賱亘賵乇噩賵丕夭賷丕鬲 賵鬲乇賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賴卮賴丕 毓噩賱丞 丕賱乇兀爻 賲丕賱賷丞 鬲賵賱毓 .
賵賮毓賱丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賯賷賲貙 亘丨孬 賲賮氐賱 賮賷 丕賵囟丕毓 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賵亘丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵丕賱丕乇賯丕賲 賰賲丕賳 賮賷 丕賴賲 丿賵賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丨丿賷孬貙 丕賳噩賱鬲乇丕 賵乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 賵丕賲乇賷賰丕 賵胤亘毓丕 賮乇賳爻丕貙
賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賳賴 賲爻鬲賮賷囟貙 亘賷鬲賰賱賲 亘丕賱賵賯丕卅毓 賵丕賱鬲胤賵乇丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵丕孬乇賴丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇兀丞 毓賲賵賲丕貙
賱賰賳 丕賱賲鬲賰乇乇 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 賴賵 丕賳 胤亘賯丞 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賵丕賱賳亘賷賱丞 賱丕賷賲賰賳 丕亘丿丕 丕賳 鬲鬲賵丕氐賱 賲毓 胤亘賯丞 丕賱賳爻丕亍 丕賱毓丕賲賱丕鬲 賱丕賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 丨賯丕賸 亘丕丨鬲賷丕噩丕鬲賴賲貙
賰賲丕賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賱賷爻 賴賵 毓丿賵 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賰賲丕 鬲賯毓 丿丕卅賲丕 丕賱丨乇賰丕鬲 丕賱賳爻賵賷丞貙
賵丕賳賲丕 丕賱毓丿賵 丕賱丕賵賱 賴賵 賳馗丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲噩丨賮 丕賱匕賷 賷囟乇 亘賲乇賰夭 丕賱乇噩賱 賵丕賱賲乇兀丞 賲毓丕賸貙
賲卮 毓賵夭賷賳 賴賳丕 賳丨賱賱 丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 毓賳 丕賱丕爻乇丞 賵丕賱夭賵丕噩貙 賱賰賳 丨賷丕丞 亘賱丕 夭賵丕噩 亘乇賵丕亘胤 丕爻乇賷丞 鬲爻賲賲賴丕 丿丕卅賲丕 丕賱賳馗賲 丕賱乇兀爻 賲丕賱賷丞 賴賵 丕賱賲賳卮賵丿貙 賲賳 丕噩賱 毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賲鬲賵丕夭賳丞 賵氐丨賷丞貙
丕賷囟丕 賵賯毓 噩賲賷毓 丕賱賲胤丕賱亘賷賳 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷賷賳 賮賷 鬲賴賲賷卮 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵賵氐賱 亘賴賲 丨丿 丕賱鬲賯賱賷賱 賲賳賴丕 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 毓賱賷賴丕貙
丕禺乇 伲 賮氐賵賱 毓馗賲丞 毓賱卮丕賳 亘毓丿賵丕 毓賳 爻乇丿 丕賱鬲胤賵乇丕鬲 賵亘丿丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷賴賲 賷賰賱賲賳丕 毓賳 乇丕賷賴 亘毓丿 丕賱亘丨孬貙
丕賷 賲丨亘 丕賵 賲鬲禺氐氐 賮賷 丕賱卮兀賳 丕賱賳爻賵賷 丕賵 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷賯乇兀賴貙
賵賷爻賱丕賲 賱賵 賳爻賵賷丕鬲 亘賱丿賳丕 賷賯乇兀賵賴 亘丿賱 賯毓丿鬲賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賵乇卮 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓丕鬲 賲賳 丕噩賱 鬲孬賯賷賮 睾賷乇賴賲 賲賳 丕賱亘賵乇噩賵丕夭賷丕鬲 賵鬲乇賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賴卮賴丕 毓噩賱丞 丕賱乇兀爻 賲丕賱賷丞 鬲賵賱毓 .
July 25, 2020
pretty great overview of the history of women鈥檚 movements and their weaknesses, and an essential read for anyone who wants to better understand how to fight for women鈥檚 liberation and why Marxist politics must be central in that fight
April 19, 2020
One of the best books ever written about women's liberation. Do yourself a favour and read this.
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