appreciated THIS year's Socialist Feminist National Conference has tre theme 'Women's Oppression and Imperialism' British women's liberation movement, it has become apparen mnar our campurg'es and discussions have failed to include working class, Irish, black and immigrant women. Many of us have been asked .why, for example, immigrant women and women in nonono wermion movemenes do not look to us for support.
perialist country.
In the recent history of the our consciousness. look at our struggles in a • by creating a framework which allows us to look at our situation on a world scale, and the implications for socialist feminists living and working in an imWomen who have been engaged in campaigns making mainly reformist demands on the state, which are being undermined by the present imperialist crisis, are looking at the successes and limitations of such strategies. As don NWI, these questions are being raised, we must recognise how changes in the international economic and political situation affect our lives and shape The conference framework attempts to provide a number you. of ways of beginning to look policies. block workshop periods: (1) differences and similarities 0182. between women in developed capitalist countries and underdeveloped countries; (2) imperialism and women's oppression worldwide; (3) political implications for mulelsoersed with these will be films, and time for workshops and campaigns on specific topics.
The conference will be held at Sir William Collins School, Charrington St., Lon. on Saturday/Sunday 25/26 October. There will be a plenary session. A full conference outline plus a resource list of useful films, books, etc., and registration forms are available from Socialist Feminist Conference Gc/oa woman's Place 48 William IV Street, London Annie/Sy/via/Jude at (01) 388 CONFERENCE PLANNING GROUP