ABSTRACT
The British and North American women’s movements are split by controversies over pornography, over sexual minorities within the movement and over a range of other issues. At the heart of these debates are larger questions about alliances, strategy and ideology. Should the movement focus on building connections primarily or solely with women who identify gender oppression as the main oppression, or should it be seeking alliances with antiracist, anti-imperialist and pro-workingclass forces as well? What role does the particular theory of oppression we adopt play in determining what our strategies will be? And what should the response of feminists be to the increasingly conservative climate of national and international politics?
