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SOCIALIST ECONOMISTS
нілі я С0, ПО. 11 L1-4 COUNTER INFORMATION Information Ter Ssp: cares peat tree unless otherwise staled. Periomie Fond, London l. Te 01-278 9529. THE LAST In a series of four one-day conferences organised by the London socialist Teminists was held on 10 July. It attracted over 200 women to discuss the meaning and Implication of socialist and it provided a clear indication of the changes taking place in the Women's LiberaMovement.
MARGOLIS explains.
The major concern of the day organisation of socialist feminist current.
socialist feminism there socialise heary and practice collectively ilure of the Women's Libe ion Movement to organise el there was a strong emphasis on every looking outwards to tbe social Organisationally, some women obviously saw the socialist curCEMENS NO SELLING DOLTA HIC left and the WLM. Others, lectuding members feminism.
that the socialist current should be a tendency within the WIM, alist forces and trying to win the KAREN women's movement to Vor he socialist steele. Ath wiew was that the socialist current bould be a very loose network the While ing WLM channels of communication rather than setting up its Since this was the first time many of os had debated these positions colletively, it ArCISES TO DARE US. the plenary session agreed hey should be discussed in loca aroups in preparation lor national socialist feminist con егепое next уса.
few hours: we simply the Inter economic The discussions were sister put it, feminists and socialises*.
AUTONOMOUS seemed 1118 The scope of the workshop thany 01 1 we bad seen detinitive lines in the space of s skimmed crisis, IATE DESSER BULLULLE:
seriously attempting to come to grips with DELESL tions; everyone is here, as cat because contrndictions posed by DeibE of a theory early It emerged during the day tbat these contradictions are experi the level of practice, and the Grunwick strike was ciled frequently as an issue of the kind concerning socialist meetings:
on the picket line ind encountered sexisto as well as solidaricy, and how the high the factory had been neglected as • central feature of the struggle But witle they remain critica of the existing socialist move and convinced of the Jor BD women's movement, a signilicaot number of feminists proT ased support for the building of a revolationary purly, on the basi that this will assist the creacion of socialism as a precandition for wolben's biberation.
In every worksbop there was the feeling that the developmen CATACULE socialist feminism is at a very As TOO MANY OTS CO BO have sufficient knowledge on which to hase conclusions. The anise a series al educational 'an idioc's guide to economics, pleaded one woman Psychoanalysis, low pay/equal struggles HE LOU nationally and ideology and the state were among the other topics sugaeed The workshop an the later this month. The plenary also supported the decision by march as a contingent under the banner Women Against Racism and Fascism on li Jur The series of Landon work shops has been useful in drawing London socialist feminists ro gether and mapping out & terrain and theory of practice.
This augurs well for the building of a strong, united socialist Women's Liberation Movement.
A Monting meeting for mex January's national socialin fem inist conference is to be hold or Sanarday 23 July of Ipm. 34 Piccadilly, Manchester.
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