The Politics of Social Reproduction. An Introduction

This introduction speaks to political struggle and transformation on the terrain of social reproduction, as presented by the contributors to this special edition of CLCWeb. The concerns of this special issue include critical analysis of international, national and local policies contributing to the gendered, class and racialized dimensions of social reproduction; the articulation of mass movements around social reproductive needs and demands; insurgent forms of care, commoning and autonomous life-making from below and from the margins; the imbrication of immigration, racialization and social reproduction; coalition building between labor and reproductive struggles; ecological and human life between and beyond capitalist forms, and the collective ethical and affective possibilities arising through the lived experience of reproducing struggles. While our introduction highlights the multiplicity of methods and experiences presented by our contributors, we also offer a synthetic perspective on the politics of social reproduction grounded in both mass struggle and transformative practices of community care in the midst of crisis and possibility

“A luta de classes não é um jogo”: a concepção relacional de classe em Daniel Bensaïd.

While Daniel Bensaïd’s writings on Marxism, socialist strategy, and historical temporality have gained increased attention in the years since his passing, there remain relatively few accounts of his thinking on class. This article seeks to correct that gap by situating Bensaïd’s various texts on class theory in relation to other key reconceptualizations of class in the Marxist tradition that sought to avoid sociological determinism: E. P. Thompson’s lens of class formation and the Italian Workerists’ methodology of class composition. In tracing these connections, we argue that Bensaïd’s conception of class is at once historically grounded and attuned to the open-ended conflictuality and multiple terrains of class struggle. Aunque los escritos de Daniel Bensaïd sobre el marxismo, la estrategia socialista y la temporalidad histórica atrajeron más atención en los años posteriores a su muerte, todavía se han habido pocos intentos de examinar su análisis de clase. Este artículo tiene la intención de corregir este vacío situando los diversos textos de Bensaïd sobre la teoría de clases con otras reinterpretaciones de clase en la tradición marxista que buscan evitar el determinismo sociológico: la perspectiva de formación de clase en E. P. Thompson y la metodología de composición de clase en el operaismo italiano. Al rastrear estos vínculos, sugerimos que la concepción de Bensaïd de la clase está históricamente arraigada y está atenta a la conflictualidad abierta y los múltiples terrenos de la lucha de clases.Bien que les écrits de Daniel Bensaïd autour de Marxisme, la stratégie socialiste, et la temporalité historique aient attirés plus d’attention dans les années suivant son décès, il y a eu quand même peu des tentatives d’examiner son analyse de classe. Cet article vise à corriger ce vide en situant les textes diverses de Bensaïd sur la théorie de classes avec autres réinterprétations de classe dans la tradition Marxiste qui cherchent d’éviter un déterminisme sociologique: l’optique de la formation de classe chez E. P. Thompson et la méthodologie de la composition de classe dans l'opéraïsme italien. En traçant ces liaisons, nous suggérons que la conception de la classe chez Bensaïd est à la fois enracinée historiquement et attentive à la conflictualité ouverte et terrains multiples de la lutte des classes.Ainda que os escritos de Daniel Bensaïd sobre marxismo, a estratégia socialista e a temporalidade histórica tenham atraído mais atenção nos anos que se seguiram à sua morte, houve poucas tentativas de examinar sua análise de classe. Este artigo pretende corrigir essa lacuna situando os vários textos de Bensaïd sobre a teoria de classes com outras reinterpretações de classe na tradição marxista que buscam evitar o determinismo sociológico, a saber: a perspectiva da formação de classes em E. P. Thompson e a metodologia de composição de classe no operaísmo italiano. Ao traçar essas articulações, sugerimos que a concepção de classe de Bensaïd está historicamente enraizada e atenta ao conflito aberto e aos múltiplos terrenos da luta de classes

Wearing Virtue: Plato’s Republic V, 449a-457b and the Socratic Debate on Women’s Nature

In Plato’s Republic V, 449a-457b, Socrates argues that the guardian class of Kallipolis will comprise both men and women and that women with the appropriate nature ought to receive the same education and fulfill the same tasks as their male counterparts. In this article I argue, against competing interpretations of this claim as dependent either on the necessity of abolishing the oikos or on eugenic principles, that Socrates’ argument ought to be understood as a genuine argument about women’s natural capabilities and ought to be interpreted in light of the Socratic debate about women’s virtues. Moreover, I show that the legal language mobilized, combined with polemical references to Aristophanes, serves the purpose of evoking Socrates’ trial, thus alerting the reader to the seriousness of the proposal in question

Long Live the Women's Committee

A dispatch from an embattled worker-run factory in Buenos Aires, where a militant women’s committee has linked the fight in the factory to the broader feminist struggle beyond its doors.Fil: Arruzza, Cinzia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Varela, Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales; Argentin