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DESCRIPTION:FREE WOMEN OF SPAIN: ANARCHISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF 
 WOMEN with author Martha Ackelsberg  at the AK Press Warehouse  Martha 
 Ackelsberg, will discuss her newly reissued book Free Women of Spain (AK 
 Press, 2004), which explores the Spanish anarchist women's organization, 
 Mujeres Libres, active in Spain during the Civil War, 1936-39. Mujeres 
 Libres engaged over 20,000 working-class women in programs of education and 
 empowerment, designed to overcome women's "triple enslavement" to 
 capitalism, to the state, and as women. The talk will also attempt to draw 
 some lessons from Mujeres Libres' experience for contemporary activism.  
 Martha Ackelsberg is a Professor of Government and a member of the Women's 
 Studies Program Committee at Smith College, where she teaches courses in 
 political theory, urban politics, political activism, and feminist theory. 
 She has contributed to a variety of anthologies on women's political 
 activism in the United States.  ABOUT THE BOOK:  Cowards don't make 
 history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. 
 Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily lives, 
 these women mobilized over 20,000 women into an organized network during 
 the Spanish Revolution to strive for community, education, and equality for 
 women and the emancipation of all. Militants in the anarcho-syndicalist CNT 
 union, Mujeres Libres struggled both against fascism, the state, and 
 reaction; and the less than supportive attitudes and concerns of their male 
 comrades. Martha Ackelsberg writes a comprehensive study of Mujeres Libres, 
 intertwining interviews with the women themselves and analysis connecting 
 them with modern feminist movements. This new edition includes additional 
 research Ackelsberg carried out for the Spanish language edition, together 
 with a brand new introduction written in the light of the new social 
 movements, and resurgence of anarchism, post-Seattle.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/02/68243.php
SUMMARY:Martha Ackelsberg Discusses "Free Women of Spain"
LOCATION:AK Press  674-A 23rd St. (between MLK & San Pablo)  Oakland, CA 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/06/02/68243.php
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