Not the right wing “men’s right” thing. Some kind of left version, that would fundamentally be a feminist movement but with different branding.
Different branding would be necessary to absorb a bunch of men into it.
Not the right wing “men’s right” thing. Some kind of left version, that would fundamentally be a feminist movement but with different branding.
Different branding would be necessary to absorb a bunch of men into it.
The gender divide, political or otherwise, is another classic tactic by the rich ruling class to ensure we never organise enough to overthrow them. They pit us against ourselves so we don’t attack them. If we’re to have a successful revolution, we must be a united front, not have separate competing movements along arbitrary lines like gender, race, etc.
as a long long term strategy i agree. In the short run however, i think we need something to help disarm the men’s right activists
Negating our differences of lived experience is precisely what divides us and what enables to have divided struggles that don’t threaten the oligarchy. Marxist ideology in particular is really bad in that it’s a universal dogma (except for modern intersectional marxist critique).
We need to accept that we all have different experiences and make that our strength to build actual unity along our shared interests. As long as we have marxists/anarchists stay blind to gender and race oppression, it’s very likely for mainstream anti-racist/anti-sexist organizing to remain blind to class issues.
There is a strong demand for class-based organizing in various “specific” struggles. Whether working-class organizations open the doors to such critiques/movements defines whether we’ll be divided or not.
Mandatory reading on the topic: https://usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/the-women-s-causus-of-the-anarchist-federaton-uk-a-class-struggle-anarchist-analysis-of-privile