Conventional left-wing ideologies are unable to guide progressive politics among the new structures of social cleavages. This does not mean that we are facing totally new types of conflicts. The point is that in order to restore the viability of the left, we must address problems ignored in the past.

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.