Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:11:25 -0500 (EST) From: Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu> Subject: Re: M-FEM: Re: Is this list alive? Paul Zarembka wrote: > I have a problem with the following formulation of Jerry's: > > On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Gerald Levy wrote: > > fascinating topic of discussion among marxist-feminists, i.e. what is > > there that drives many male Marxists, when angered, to use sexist and > > homophobic insults? (btw, A.O. yesterday called Zeynep a "sub-human" and > > "Queen Beerisha"). > Please substitute "many male Marxists" with "many males who identify > themselves as Marxists". OK, I was using the term "Marxists" in the above context to avoid a discussion of who is and isn't a Marxist (which, as you know, can often be a rather acrimonious topic to discuss). I must also admit that my previous post did not spell-out the magnitude of the problem. Briefly put, there are different traditions among "Marxists" (note " ... " marks, Paul) which have different traditions regarding the role of women and feminism (and related topics, such as the national question and racism). To be able to more fully discuss that question, we would have to consider the historical evolution of these perspectives and their inter-connectedness to other political positions held by these groups. For instance, the varying positions of many Trotskyist groups regarding this topic often revolve around different interpretations of Trotsky's "Transitional Programme", especially different interpretations of "democratic" and "transitional" demands under imperialism. The position of different Maoist groups, on the other hand, can in part be traced to their perspectives on how revolutionaries should relate to other social movements and leftists (and is especially frequently colored by the rhetoric regarding "social fascism" and the content of "popular frontism"). Jerry
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