There have been several debates in the Hungarian press about the impact of the systemic change on the conditions of women in East-Central Europe. This time, the participants of the discussion at Kossuth Klub present their opinions based on research and personal experience.

It has become slightly easier to assess the paralel development of Marxism and Feminism throughout the 20th century. The reconciliation of the two tendencies has been dependent on how the struggle against capitalism and patriarchy could be accomodated.

Mainstream economic thought tells us that the realm of the economy includes what can be measured in money terms. As we all know, this excludes virtually all housework, which is mostly done by women. This is, however, only the beginning of the story.

Mariska Gárdos and Rózsika Schwimmwer were outstanding personalities of the feminist movements at the early 20th century. In their times too, a fundamental problem of the anti-systemic movements was how to link personal, social and political issues and areas of action.

The young radical political activists, now editors of the New Left Review, made an interview with John Lennon in 1971, first published in Red Mole, and re-published in Red Pepper in 1996. That was the politically most active period of Lennon's short life.