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Women’s Li and National Libera

In Socialist Republic: October 1977 · scan pages 5–6 · about 1,500 words

Women's liberation

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Wotwris Collective s taken aa it tor & 42 dont xist por far vital day the witen will OMT drink, bat tachunge of axperiegce anil sha it sees as an e@saetitial part in development of a etrategy fer the of of wimen ih Ireland, THMEDLATE RELEVANCE The development of the Wares Noevenent, stiel! and fra, Six coon ration of tthe Rau yd bhi kt fails atate [forces dealing,Just a: sitll and iaolat their could Y wntil the del me self firmly y within the anticist movenent,in Ireland, the anly ion way forward for wongr will oom Korth she defeat of Lnperialist domination Worth anl South, uc tt pe bald dakar} af a 22 feanty Workors. Republic, The immediate releyaoce to the wee movaq mnt of this cen be uaderateodj1? sa examine an the ooe hand where the real Moyenenbs GF we in » Relfast | 5 argunisine autonomously af currer against the toeops; une Equal Par, anadnat ¥ Wancies #ts the South, ‘The ecistineg Feminist movement in the South has made only miner and uncenenlidaty atcergts to relate to these developments, Om the other hand the evenent for iteeLf has meade Little attempt ta iiletstand the fisharic lack Literation, the daninance of the Churches Faorrh and Souch the freedom with which the Stace has baen able pa block even ainte wbteopts at socialisation of etc.

Similarly, witle aime wore hare besa £5 logk tewards the axperionce af pang in the struggles and experience of yom north of the bonter,or in the fiebt ta raise the demands for the Liberation of witien within the struggle for national omuncipatione TwESTY - SD% COUNTY FRA because: the Feminist movement in the South has coatwined iteelf rigidly within a teeoty-six county framevork,it haz teem bliokered, aul has oot begun to recognise in practica That the 26 County fer such referm: of Equal Fey, increased.

al) the sumger,digcusaltes hare tans im Paalt-lin 4 -uliiostine in farmtion af « dnt. i= Tig list Tai a quarcarls Tioev biteme 4 t i. falta e r wort pilich mime te carry A thea 45 an a for di itr, ich Liberation menicd,inm beth che Sis url Twente WY been an illus cy far anti-inporial tat e the Lead in < larityins oe ro ouo urkle indine ai mitts impact an the | iv ar above all the economic arc policies the suvenent,dny arent 4 ately ral at and nora tior rar F mituer ot the Ia wlth which it , be vedi omnishd that for worn Mm Ta aT: politica ef a stragele among Irish wanen for sexual wong” Labour, in, narneries, boypital cure other European countries, tie movenent a4 4 whole: bas ya vet sheen Little dntecest io State is not a bourgeois ceomeracy in the getiae that Britain,Prance end Americ ete, the Imperialist revenge to plipsically poy empLoyierit nor is 1T Ise af nat a8 Bo Wintier nf sib Cte io doe so, the Chere Cee context of t the workers movetient and class as substituting Inperislist and caj womens Ti cme intesrw part of their experieen: struaely, ol ames i 4a such, che bw EXPE ths ito which tent in I tal Anum ine. in a c@unbey wie Canily ar biped slit Pfu L. ha polit dial realitir mite to chativinme th = MG eset bg ed 1a Tere LLC Las rid athe were hed rigs that feninigts can remained igneresHather we most identify the: racks of our op always awards th ate wotlv FH Liberatian af Trish wit ine LIERTIFY ue TA EKG OS Taig: provide den WOME EO work in the South, can tr un idealisti moet radi: trapped within the celitext af a poverty stricken PwHEh the gsed to control of working pevple,as the Inper= ates have Lome where done. :

Said isolation of the Feainist cate be broke Lely tr a desire on the part af feminists The breakdown of the inflwence of hewill only take Place within :

erawth im streneth of the drive of the aowrele towards Pfreeadan fron list exploitation. eht for aexual Liberation wil!

spontaneously, but as ao Cores ‘ To eaLetence wod faces the Feminist nereis to aay Ehe Lav tb Uniraciden Ly eri Che choarches am the Leenched as park of the state mitabla @f contract if we cuo- am Te La hoe be contre ark tio san? 2c is v1 al that Lt an understarndins or yur ont ebabe, asd the O€ wath within in, Thit iple,d Mjarity af alison over owt strug Hi WOMEN, Le mt afferd to prescion an a poople while Lookin de sections of women who Lan, al woke it we aro Ee F¥ UO a stracepy for the tere lope nhile : s af the day tc women Werth and Auth of remiin rigidly oonlined within which Inperialian has impose in the damediste future, our tconkimed us 215 one, Beem che fight fec of state Nurserica,or the right of cound detaralisdie task fer the 1 wane if the eedl :emains 2h county state, Te those watien demands can le wc ar the stm pha yap Mest rtd ether water with thir re fordig ue Tar mer Ele Pi Lomb iam OF wr cesirces feo Stper bali st,itder workers cantral, ae Naa ferait deal ta Loar fram thay wine of Turf aes TH Jndersanstown, Wisedas 1b, asecs ai ee the Cicke for fdeag ZI a al part of confronting che Casks Ta cusslon hors taken place ith the kph ning All Ireland Warena‘E Cou rg the be i r ; Pes pales wk the begining af Onteber, contern r te adele s ent, ard kopaPaliy Tar the entire cicvement. and & i With t Movie me, \ wie Specatse and iopertant cole ta 7 ea lective, : Tor matin Way dn thie process,Toe Tym aS 2 Magazine oan being ‘towether tf Care ir vit ine: First likeration of irish pomen cen only be dan with the litsrwtion of the Trish a La ti a ao tmnt collectively and jin tlepth the magl ing day work in the Seuth sf | for tha a wile, FIVE~EIGHT 3 Wallington St... |jaaet off Deoreet St.)

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Is Ab cre ST4ee lvexs and nf bdesice that Forc aICleaae c thre@uch fran wows on the picket Lines, and fron Lots oem this cannot substitute: for nations!

taf whan weles Laacoe TaN YEreelyns ws en L Tact us aml the muss of Lrish qwanen firat mves towards such ootions) et The ration ooonle be a step feryord has Ls Ter cectinied Coeipo ration Sfaerul dicection of uo omited ;

Are ; at the 2 Tha Ceaidir Torduchion of Lireils Of a datigos] perspective, caged an people as : Bane “ anti= vrialist nieo Gan beeig woations of this fay our ilar te ee tis Yorth, and eroewta Gi Loe fistindat Tyerearct os Lotte. Plunkett.

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RATIONAL DEMANDS There are a number of things wrong with this interpretation, The frat is that it identifies the struggle for socialise with the struggle fer the coonomic needs of the syringe yeth ecenowic¢ dcmunds. : This conception ef "secialist demands is fur tec simplistic, Satisfying the econonde noads af the worters is oot simply a qaestion ef tvieting the arae af the emplapere or of getedan rid of them altogether | This ammier of powing the question weld be acceptable to an average reformiiet de the whet separstes socialists Ino retarmists is that even to gatisiy the iat modest peeks workine clags. Thus saclaliat demands beconia Labour Party glo would be beppy te preesuriese tie eeqdopers amd ever replace them al bogeter with the state. # af the workers it is eseentiol ta change tae rhale structure of society. it in order te de thet dc ds necessary to eaiec hold of stabs dictions of capitaliam is oot in tha sphere of digtritation of walth. & rise iin workers Living standards is quite compatable with an increase in the rate of capdtaligts profits. By iteelf the economic straggla doas mot even Gecessarlly cause basic conflict withify the bourrecdsie.

The real moter force of class etrmipgle an capitalist secietr is met the aay hg oy Seaiee betwen classes t ty precuet of that wealth, It is in the sphere of prod Suctita that the basic qantrsdictieo ears, Tals dé the wouteadiction between the pevcuctian ef yee Falues and an prtes thoeaugh wich gurples : volue ip the contra=|willie is sortrasted fear the eortiogc ulans, and os Mare anpliasiced thts Jive Is testified and aanecaled from the working class be = wale ronze Of sacial aad pelitical ciate, traditions and dietLecticos.

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