''Red Rag: A Magazine of Women's Liberation'' was a British

socialist feminist Socialist feminism rose in the 1960s and 1970s as an offshoot of the feminist movement and New Left that focuses upon the interconnectivity of the patriarchy and capitalism. However, the ways in which women's private, domestic, and public roles ...

magazine published between 1972 and 1980.

History

The magazine was produced by a Marxist collective, not aligned to any political party. Though it originated among

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members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), the editors called for "total democracy" and involved feminist contributors from outside the party. This pluralism led to CPGB disquiet after the first issue appeared, and the party withdrew funding and expelled the magazine's editorial board. The magazine's editorial collective responded that "it's not yours to ban". ''Red Rag'', "lively and often irreverent", pressed for activism on a host of issues affecting women: Writers included

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, Rosalind Delmar and

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Red Rag: A Magazine of Women's Liberation (1973?-1980?)
''Grassroots Feminism'' Defunct women's magazines published in the United Kingdom Political magazines published in the United Kingdom Feminism in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1972 Socialist magazines Feminist magazines Marxist magazines Socialist feminism Communist Party of Great Britain