P.S. here's something you
haven't seen before (probably). A remarkably good Marxist-feminist tract:
https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/books_pamphlets/Women_and_the_struggle_for_socialism
It's a bit heavy on sweeping generalistions, but not so bad as the other side; and the analysis is great; knocks Al's arguments into a cocked hat, not that he'd notice.
Coincidentally, the last local SP branch meeting was about identity politics, and i hesitated to log in, being depressed enough already. But then i was happy to learn that we were all of one mind in feeling that identity politics are effectively divisive; and that you can't combat prejudice by wagging your finger at a working class bloke, you'll only antagonise him. Which really ought t to be obvious, eh? Nonetheless, some other branches had hitched their wagon to Feminism in recent election campaigns, and were predictably hammerered.
Ofc, people (not unreasonably)
expect that socialists will support all the variouis equal rights movements. And they do. So these branches thought they were responding (entirely honestly) to popular demand, and would thereby increase their vote (whereas they actually halved it, compared to previous elections) . But the Marxist approach is, basically, to first unite people behind a common cause . And if 99% of the world's populatuiion is exploited and oppressed by the other 1% , that really shouldn't be too difficult should it? All the rest of it pretty much follows naturally. But you really can't put the cart before the horse.
None of that is hard to understand, is it? but it can't be reduced to a snappy slogan.
Chomsky forgot to add ""snappy slogans"to his list of modern weapons of mass destruction, didn't he?
