Sexism Today -- from widespread violence and degrading ideas to inequality at the workplace and unpaid labor at home -- reaches into every corner of our lives. But sexism has not always existed. Women’s oppression stems from the nature of our deeply unequal society, and a system that needs to divide and conquer in order to survive.
And people of all genders are fighting back! Grassroots mobilizations against sexual assault, victim-blaming and attacks on our reproductive rights are providing a glimpse of the potential to build a new movement for women’s rights. From Egypt to Yemen to Madrid, women are demanding a a place at the forefront of struggles for democracy and economic justice.
Come joins us for a discussion of how to carry these struggles forward and challenge the capitalist system as a whole -- to win a world based on genuine equality and true democracy, run from the bottom up.
Date/Time: Thurs. 6/16/2011, 7:00-8:30 pm
Presenter: Denise Herrera
Venue: GAGV Community Room, 875 East Main Street
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162680943799904
Readings:
http://socialistworker.org/2011/06/01/challenging-sexism-usa
http://socialistworker.org/2011/03/03/all-out-war-on-women
http://socialistworker.org/2011/05/17/a-new-womens-movement
Presenter: Denise Herrera
Venue: GAGV Community Room, 875 East Main Street
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162680943799904
Readings:
http://socialistworker.org/2011/06/01/challenging-sexism-usa
http://socialistworker.org/2011/03/03/all-out-war-on-women
http://socialistworker.org/2011/05/17/a-new-womens-movement
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