Movement Trotskyists are duty - bound to support all struggles of the oppressed for their liberation. This means that the LSA gives full support to the Women's Liberation Movement, is active in build ing it and attempts to give it a 'direction' around demands that have the potential of bringing millions of women into struggle for their rights.
The initial component of a programme for women's liberation has already emerged within the women's movement itself: 'free abortion on demand - a woman's right to choose; 'equal pay for equal work!; 'equal job and educationa opportun¡ties'; '24-hour child-care facilities • The struggle for women!s liberation - around such demands - has a revolutionary dynamic because.of the nature of women's oppression and the potential for mobilising masses of women in struggle against the ruling class and its government. Such a struggle can not only draw thousands into action as potential allies of the labour movement but can, at the same time, undercut the ability of the ruling class to 'use! women as a conservative or reactionary force in the growing class battles that will open up.
While intervening in, and building, the women's liberation movement, socialists must sensitively try and combat the many confused and incorrect positions that have developed, over the years,