John Thielking says, "We need to feminize/sensitize society, not just put women with male values in the halls of power."

War in today’s society is not a male value. War is the act of the capitalist class to defend and conquer new markets. Many of those capitalist oppressors and mass murderers are men, but they also include women. Margaret Thatcher and Condoleezza Rice are good examples of women with power carrying out war for the capitalist class. Women are also now among the duped and bought out foot soldiers of mass murder, oppression, and torture sent to countries like Iraq as well.

Sexism and violence against women is a primary question that must resolved, but the struggle for women's rights takes place within the context of class exploitation and imperialist oppression.

In America the violence of carrying out class and racist oppression is often brought home by the police, the profession most likely to beat their wives. Likewise the methods of violence in imperialist war, coupled with drug, alcohol, and psychological problems are sometimes brought home by soldiers in the form of domestic abuse.

The same oppressors that are breaking unions and sending working class youth off to war are blocking the struggle for women’s equality. Democrat and Republican Parties alike oppose minimal advances in women’s rights such as the Equal Rights Amendment and equal pay for equal work.

Likewise “Utopia Bold� is right to point out that the religions promote sexism. Challenging the medieval beliefs of such religious institutions is an important part of the struggle to destroy the kinds of sexist thinking that breed violence against women.

For Equal Rights! Pass the ERA! Defend the right of women to control their own bodies! Free Abortion On Demand Through National Healthcare! No To Forced Sterilization! For Women's Liberation Through Socialist Revolution!