Women and Socialism
Sharon Smith
Haymarket Books
<p>Thirty years have passed since the heyday of the women's liberation struggle, yet women remain second-class citizens. Feminism has shifted steadily rightward since the 1960s. This collection of essays examines these issues from a Marxist perspective, badly needed today.</p><p><i>Women and Socialism</i> locates the source of women's oppression in class society, arguing that only a movement integrating the fight for women's liberation with a struggle against a system that puts profit above human needs can end women's oppression&#8212;along with all other forms of inequality.</p><p><b>Sharon Smith</b> is the author of many articles on women's liberation and the US working class. Her writings appear regularly in <i>Socialist Worker</i> newspaper and the <i>International Socialist Review</i>.</p>