MARXIST FEMINISM AND ANTICAPITALISM: RECLAIMING OUR HISTORY, REANIMATING OUR POLITICS

These are hard times for those of us who loathe capitalism-with its inevitable exploitation, competition, and rewards for selfishness and greed, along with its hostility towards values of compassion, economic sharing, co-operation, and solidarity. The capitalist classes, especially their Right-wing...

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Published in:Studies in political economy 2014-10 (94), p.137-160
Main Author: Luxton, Meg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Advocacy
Capitalism
Communism
Competition
Exploitation
Feminism
Hostility
Politics
Self Concept
Social Class
Socialism
Solidarity Movements
Twentieth Century
Value (Economics)
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Summary:These are hard times for those of us who loathe capitalism-with its inevitable exploitation, competition, and rewards for selfishness and greed, along with its hostility towards values of compassion, economic sharing, co-operation, and solidarity. The capitalist classes, especially their Right-wing advocates, have done a thorough job of smashing their opponents. One of their greatest victories has been the way they have almost made alternative visions and the movements supporting anticapitalism seem impossible. They have, with the help of many of the regimes of twentieth-century communist governments, even stolen our language and our history. So many activists talk about anticapitalism because the terms 'communism' and 'socialism' have been robbed of their earlier, positive meanings. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0707-8552