En Passant

The disasters of the free market will lead to radicalization and political polarization argues Socialist Worker US.

James Supple writes in the socialist magazine Solidarity about the ongoing and deep-seated problems in bourgeois politics in Australia. He says that underpinning the turmoil in parliamentary politics is the low level of class struggle. The greatest strength the working class majority has is in its industrial strength and in mass movements to fight for change outside of parliament. This is where real reforms, for land rights, equal pay, penalty rates and long service leave, have been won. That is why socialists put such emphasis on fanning the flames of struggle—this is where the hope for change lies.

Production and reproduction became separated into public and private spheres. This subordinated women’s role to that of men’s. There was nothing natural about this in terms of biology or gender. It can only be understood in terms of the development of private property and class society.