As the crisis of capitalism deepens across the world, women are facing a sharp increase in harassment and violence. In Britain, the brutal murder of Sarah Everard sparked widespread anger and dismay at the treatment of women.
But how do we solve this crisis of women’s safety? For Marxists, the first step in fighting for the true liberation of women is to understand the root cause of this oppression, which is to be found in class society.
In this latest episode of Marxist Voice, Ben Gliniecki outlines the economic basis of British imperialism and militarism today, and how communists can fight to overthrow imperialism.
The Great Miners’ Strike, 40 years ago, saw working-class women fighting alongside striking men. This experience of united struggle began to cut away at sexism, providing a glimpse of how socialism could transform relations between men and women.
In this podcast, Jack Tye Wilson explains Lenin and the Bolsheviks’ approach to the national question, the colonial revolutions, and the national question today, outlining the need for an internationalist class programme.