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Lhe sharpening of Government, SUCHEESE ILTE best to incor that The women's movement is one of the most long lasting results of the youth radicalisation of the late 1960s. At that time, large numbers of young educated women found themselves on student camposes and in the expanding white-collar, semi-professional sector.
But they rapidly discovered that the expectation they would eventually become housewives and mothers still dominated the attitudes of those responsible for their education, training and employment, write PENNY DUGGANand SARAH ROELOFFS.
From these conditions cmewomch's movement which challenged the distortion of women's social, sexual, political and coonomic life by Ar the same time, women industrial workers were beginning to demand that the higher aving standards and Denc enefits won by the strongly unionissed sections of the working class be extended 1o their own pay and conditions to question the smootiontier women's work was worth less than men's, and that women didn't have the job or a decent In the late '60s and carly "70% of women met ou college campuses and in many discuss their They quickly responded to the need to support women workers: such as the Ford machinists in 1968 the night cleaners campaigo and the many other equal pa struggles of the early 19706 This experience, together with the class struggle against the Тоту pendent forced the women's movement to hegin to define its political standpoint 1972 saw the first of the Women and Socialism current of ferences, which discussed not only the relationship of women's movement to th workers movement but als developed a theoretical under standing of women's oppres sion. This included debates SUCH AS At On LEE COIC DE domesic lahour in capitalist The defeat of the Tories in 1974 ushered in a new political situation. The Labour Govern ment came into office promises of a better life for all included. The Labour Government and the trade union leaders quickly disregarded these promises.
This has led to a discussion in capitalist system. the labour and socialist move ments about alternative policies and forms of organisation to those offered by the labour leaders. These discussions have been reflected inside the Women's Liberation Move ment (WL.M).
The campaigning activities of the movement have raised many fundamenral questions. With whom should the WONDER'S movement ally itself? On what and socialist movements political basis should women organise, and what forms of alsoexposed some of the gapit organisation will give women's holes in many trade unionists struggle for liberation the grealest impact? What is the relationship berween an inde women's movemen: and political parties?
These questions of strategy exploring the relationship are being taken up by differen currents in the WI.M.
socialists in the movement is about to have its first conference since This conference is an important sere women's movement is essencial for uniting women of many different political perspecrives in a struggle for its six demands. However, that unity should not prevent the most open and democratic discus sion between ditferent political positions in the movenient. As the class struggle deepens and the WLM is forced to choose its allies, we are confident that large nombers of its activists will throw their weight bebind the working class in the struggle for socialism, just as increasing nubbers of male workers are being WON to the side of women'sstruggles The development of a strong socialist current can strengibed he ne to win inter women's movement standing of the necessity for alliances with the lahour move melt and other oppressed sections of society against ou commen enemy The receat formation of groups Like Women Apains and Women and Ireland, together with the exemplary role played by women from the WIM or tbe Grunwick battle lines have served to develop the link: between both feminism socialism, and between the WIM and the broader labour By such self activity, we have understanding of soicalism, nor least Scargill's attitude to sexist, Socialists in the WIM should sec one of their centrul tasks as between a movemicot fo The women's liberacion and ch struggle for socialism. This is why we welcome this weekend's conference for an open socialise feminist journaland for a future conference 2215155 revolutionary socialiir strategy forwomen liberation
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