Women’s struggle in history | Women’s liberation: The Marxist position
Lubna and Natasha discuss the role of women in various revolutionary struggles throughout history.
Oppression
The origins of women’s oppression | Women’s liberation: The Marxist position
Laurie O’Connel uses the historical materialist method to trace the roots of women’s opression, and explain what we must do to fight it.
How to fight for women’s liberation | Women’s liberation: The Marxist position
Fiona Lali explains how the struggle for women’s liberation is intrinsically linked with the fight for socialism, and how only Marxism can provide a way forward.
Violence against women: How do we end it?
Across the world, an epidemic of violence against women, femicide, and domestic abuse plagues society. This is yet another symptom of a sick system. Capitalism is the disease. To end sexism and oppression, we must fight for revolution.
Smash sexism! Smash capitalism!
Over the last decade, women workers have borne the brunt of austerity, the pandemic, and the crisis. Struggles from history and today show the way forward in the fight for liberation: through class unity against capitalism and for revolution.
The killing of Sabina Nessa – No safety under capitalism
The horrific murder of Sabina Nessa has once again shone a light on the issue of violence against women – a scourge that is intensifying as the crisis of capitalism deepens. To end oppression, we must fight to overthrow this whole rotten system.
George Floyd’s murderer convicted – But no real justice in a racist system
Derek Chauvin has been convicted for the racist murder of George Floyd. However, only a mass movement of the working class can win real justice for the millions of victims of this oppressive system. To end racism, we must end capitalism.
End violence against women! End the capitalist system!
In this recording from a recent meeting held in response to the murder of Sarah Everard, speakers from Socialist Appeal and the IMT discuss how we can fight to end violence against women – and end the capitalism system.
Police, racism, and violence: We demand justice for Mohamud Hassan!
A pair of suspicious deaths of young black men in South Wales have provoked protests against police violence and institutional racism. We cannot trust the capitalist state to provide justice. The establishment will always protect their own.
Working class women bear the brunt of COVID
Recent research has revealed that working-class women are being hit hardest by the pandemic, with callous bosses refusing to furlough working parents. Capitalism offers only insecurity and attacks. We need a socialist alternative.
Capitalism and racism: a Marxist introduction
To conclude the Marxist Student Federation’s series for Black History Month, we are proud to announce the release of a new pamphlet on capitalism and racism – a must read for all those looking to fight against oppression today.
Marxism and black liberation
In this online talk organised by the Marxist Student Federation as part of Black History Month, Fiona Lali (national organiser of the MSF) explains why the fight against racism must be a fight against capitalism.