Originally published as a speech delivered to the Socialist Workers Party convention in 1976, Women & the Socialist Revolution is a concise and historically significant intervention into debates around feminism, labour, class and political struggle.

Drawing on Marx, Engels, Lenin and the experience of the Russian Revolution, Mary-Alice Waters argues that women's liberation cannot be separated from broader social and economic transformation. It captures a particular moment in socialist feminist thought before many of the contemporary fault lines had fully emerged. Waters is concerned with domestic labour, reproductive rights, family structures, workplace participation and the relationship between women's movements and class politics. Whether one agrees with its conclusions or not, it remains a valuable primary document from the post-1968 left and a useful snapshot of how socialist organisations understood feminism during the 1970s.

A fascinating addition for readers interested in socialist history, second-wave feminism, Marxist theory, labour movements and the intellectual history of women's liberation.

Second printing (1979), Pathfinder Press paperback. Good condition overall with general shelf wear, rubbing and small marks to covers consistent with age. Interior clean and well preserved.