1. Political Principles of the CWLU - The political principles were adopted at the CWLU’s founding conference in 1969. They were amended by the substitution of “sexism” for “male supremacy” and by the addition of the phrase “Included in this struggle is the struggle for the right of sexual self-determination for all people and for the liberation of all homosexuals, especially lesbians.” in 1972. Click here to see the political principles.
2. Some Thoughts On Program - This paper, drafted by a CWLU chapter and
adopted by the organization in 1971, established a framework for determining
which programs to undertake and for assessing whether CWLU program would be
effective in achieving the liberation of women, its stated goal. Click here to
see the complete paper.
3. Socialist Feminism: A Strategy for the Women’s Movement - The paper,
drafted by a CWLU chapter and adopted by the organization in 1972, established
an overall strategy for building, expanding, and strengthening the women’s
liberation movement. Click here to see the complete paper.
4. Lesbianism and Socialist Feminism - This paper, again drafted by a CWLU group and also adopted in 1972,
set forth an analysis how women's oppression and gay people's oppression are
related to each other, and of the relationship of lesbianism to the women's
movement. Click here to see the complete paper.
5. Leading the CWLU into Outreach - his paper, written by two CWLU
activists, advocated an expanded type of outreach Click here to see the
complete paper.
Additional resources:
6. The Longest Revolution - This article by British Marxist Juliet
Mitchell, first published: in New Left Review, no. 40, December 1966, was
widely read by CWLU activists and formed the basis for “Some Thoughts on
Program,” one of the guiding CWLU documents listed above.
7. Publishing Feminisms Symposium Presentation - This presentation on
the CWLU outreach newspaper WOMANKIND was part of the Publishing Feminisms Symposium held in Banff, Alberta, Canada May
17-20, 2015. The presentation is available at WOMANKIND: A Case Study.
8. Chicago Women’s Liberation's Rock Band,
1970-1973: A Memoir and Reflection on -Badass Boffo Revolutionary Feminist
Music, by Naomi Weisstein. This article was published in summer, 2014, by New
Politics, and is available here.
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