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To Iranian Fellow Workers (in Farsi)
شنبه ۱۵ اکتبر ۲۰۲۲ صدای انقلاب ایران “هیچ قدرتی در زمین نمی تواند ایده ایی را که زمانش فرارسیده متوقف سازد” ویکتور هوگو تقریبا یک ماه از قیام در سراسر کشور مردم ایران گذشته است. مقاومت بی نظیر بر ضد حکومت قویا مسلح و مجرم جمهوری اسلامی صفحه ایی جدید در مبارزه تاریخی بر علیه سرکوب می باشد. سرکوب…
ASPECTS OF THE “WOMAN QUESTION” 6/6
Nearly all the accepted mental differences between men and women are the result of upbringing. It is woman’s environment, particularly in childhood, that is the cause of the feeling of inferiority where it exists. From their earliest years they are acquainted with the fact that women occupy an inferior position, and take it for granted…
ASPECTS OF THE “WOMAN QUESTION.” 5/6
Many have contended that the work of propaganda among women requires essentially different methods than are used among men. Woman is dependent upon man—yes, that is true, at least of the majority. But what is man dependent on? A wage, which in turn depends on a job. Who owns the job ? Not always the…
ASPECTS OF THE “WOMAN QUESTION.” 4/6
We are told there is a sex antagonism. Any morning we can open the pages of the stunt press and find articles calling attention to the intensity of the sex war. In the old days of the Women’s Suffrage agitation the success of the movement depended upon women’s adherence to, and recognition of, this sex…
Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 3/6
It is not surprising, perhaps, that during the ages when no scientific knowledge existed, when nothing was known regarding the development of life on the earth, that man should have regarded himself as an infininitely superior being, possessing mental and physical qualities which were peculiarly “masculine.” Neither is it remarkable that woman, who was supposed…
Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 2/6
The status of woman in primitive society is examined. There are divergent opinions among the anthropologists themselves re garding this feature of social development. Some assert that a matriarchal stage last ing a long time was passed through by most primitive civilisations—a stage in which women were dominant. Others be lieve that if such a state did exist…
Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 1/6
From the July 1929 issue of the Socialist Standard. (Based on Notes of a Series of Lectures on “The Sexes in Evolution.”) In the present state of our knowledge of biological matters, no fact is more patent than that sex constitutes one of the greatest underlying principles throughout Nature. Students of evolution will appreciate the fact that…
What is Imperialism?
The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in 1904 as a breakaway from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), which had been dominated by Henry Hyndman who controlled the party’s printing press giving Hyndman undue influence over the party. But a deeper reason was that the SDF was seen to be descending into reformism. Those who believed in that strategy for the SDF described themselves…