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, by ARRUZZA Cinzia, O’CONNOR Brendan
On Wednesday, 25,000 teachers in Oregon walked off their jobs , shutting down at least 600 schools across the state as part of a campaign for smaller class sizes, more nurses and guidance counselors, and better funding for public education (paid for by taxing the rich) .
Meanwhile, teachers (…)
, by TREACHER Alison
In July 2017 Alison Treacher attended a women’s seminar organised by the Fourth International at the Institute for Research and Education in Amsterdam. Representatives from 28 countries discussed the current global capitalist crisis, ecological destruction, continued imperialism and new tensions (…)
, by CÁMARA Julia
“The socialism that we fight for has to do with how we understand and develop our political activity. It also has to do with the development of women’s concrete struggles in defence of their immediate interests, the development of feminist consciousness among women and society as a whole. The (…)
, by DE MOND Nadia, FACET Laia
The opportunity for this interview arose at a women’s seminar at the International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam. In a gap in the busy schedule of debates and working commissions dedicated to analysing the most recent cycle of feminist mobilizations, Laia Facet spoke to Nadia (…)
, by ARRUZZA Cinzia, ČAKARDIC Ankica, SOUVLIS George
George Souvlis and Ankica Čakardić of Salvage spoke to Cinzia Arruzza, one of the organizers of the call for the International Women’s Strike in the US, about why she came to be an activists, her views on the women’s strike, and more broadly her political views.
George Souvlis and Ankica (…)
, by GORDON Linda
Neoliberalism isn’t just harmful economics. Here is a look at its gender side.
Academics and a few journalists have been writing about neoliberal feminism for some time. But most of them discuss it theoretically. Few recognize how neoliberal assumptions saturate specific proposals for (…)
, by FRASER Nancy, GUTTING Gary
This interview, the latest in a series on political topics, discusses philosophical issues concerning feminism. My interviewee is Nancy Fraser, professor of philosophy and politics at The New School. She is the author of “Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis.” (…)
, par ARRUZZA Cinzia
I. PATRIARCHY AND/OR CAPITALISM : REOPENING THE DEBATE
It is standard to find references to “patriarchy” and “patriarchal relations” in feminist texts, tracts, or documents. Patriarchy is often used to show how gender oppression and inequality are not sporadic or exceptional occurrences. On (…)
, by ARRUZZA Cinzia
Asinus Novus: Could you explain how you approach your research on feminism? What are the main reasons that compelled you to write on the conditions of women?
Cinzia Arruzza: At the risk of sounding boring, I would say that my interest in feminism comes from my lived experience: not only from (…)
, by FRASER Nancy
A movement that started out as a critique of capitalist exploitation ended up contributing key ideas to its latest neoliberal phase.
As a feminist, I’ve always assumed that by fighting to emancipate women I was building a better world – more egalitarian, just and free. But lately I’ve begun (…)
, by KRISHNAN Kavita
Sexual violence cannot be attributed simply to some men behaving in ‘anti-social’ or ‘inhuman’ ways: it has everything to do with the way society is structured: i.e., the way in which our society organizes production and accordingly structures social relationships. Once we understand this, we (…)
, by EZQUERRA Sandra
We are publishing here the translation of the preface to the Spanish edition of the book by Cinzia Arruzza Las sin parte : Matrimonios y divorcios entre feminismo y marxismo published in the Critica & Alternativa collection by Izquierda Anticapitalista.
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One of the (…)
, by FRASER Nancy
I would like here to take a broad look at second-wave feminism. Not at this or that activist current, nor this or that strand of feminist theorizing; not this or that geographical slice of the movement, nor this or that sociological stratum of women. I want, rather, to try to see second-wave (…)
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