Join us for part two of our podcast series 'Women's liberation: The Marxist position' where we are republishing a talk by Laurie on the origins of women's oppression.

An historical materialist understanding of oppression is crucial. Contrary to the beliefs of those who think that the oppression of women is somehow biological or innate, Marxists understand that women's oppression has not existed forever. Rather, it arose with the rise of class society, and it can be done away with through revolutionary struggle.

📚 Read more on the origins of women's oppression over on our education hub: https://www.socialist.net/identity-oppression-liberation-marxism.htm

📚 Pick up a copy of Engels' classic text The Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State from Wellred Books: https://wellredbooks.net/the-origin-of-the-family.html

🌍 Head to the website of the International Marxist Tendency for regular news, analysis and Marxist theory: https://www.marxist.com

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