tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484145775280700939.post4922603023075288770..comments2019-07-12T07:37:06.811+01:00Comments on Herring and Class Struggle: To Talk about Women's Oppression We have to Talk about ClassBreiddalurblomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12678919253891181831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484145775280700939.post-57505792570777226162012-01-16T13:35:36.248+00:002012-01-16T13:35:36.248+00:00I think it's particularly apt to compare the p...I think it's particularly apt to compare the position where we come from as a class to where we're going. The worldwide Austerity drive that seeks to reduce our share of the surplus we create is initiated by people who think like Magnússon and don't see why work should be an issue.<br /><br />I also wanted to ask, though, about the position of women you've described in early 20th Century Iceland. I get the impression that although the same material oppression was experienced as elsewhere in early capitalism, there is a countervailing tendency in that women worked from very early on in the development of capitalism. (In Britain, for instance, it wasn't until the end of the Industrial Revolution that large numbers of women were pulled into the factories). Is this impression correct and, if so, is there any cultural cause behind it?Comrade Markinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00002681047519721578noreply@blogger.com