Red Rag (magazine) explained

Red Rag: A Magazine of Women's Liberation was a British socialist feminist magazine published between 1972 and 1980.^{[1] [2]}

History

The magazine was produced by a Marxist collective,^[3] not aligned to any political party.^[4] Though it originated among London 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.^[2] The magazine's editorial collective responded that "it's not yours to ban".^[1]

Red Rag, "lively and often irreverent", pressed for activism on a host of issues affecting women:

Writers included Beatrix Campbell, Sue Slipman, Sheila Rowbotham, Audrey Wise, Rosalind Delmar and Selma James.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Red Rag: A Magazine of Women's Liberation (1973?-1980?), Grassroots Feminism
• Red Rag (1972-1980), Liberating Histories

Notes and References

1. Book: Geoff Andrews. Endgames and New Times: The Final Years of British Communism, 1964-1991. 2004. Lawrence & Wishart. 978-0-85315-991-9. 66–.
2. Red Rag: A Magazine's Journey from Communism to Civil Society . Joseph . Darlington . 8 June 2017 . Wars of position . Manchester.
3. Book: Laurel Forster. Sue Harper. Laurel Forster. British Culture and Society in the 1970s: The Lost Decade. https://books.google.com/books?id=smakBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA97. 2009. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-1838-4. 97. Printing liberation: the women's movement and magazines in the 1970s.
4. Book: David Bouchier. The Feminist Challenge: The Movement for Women's Liberation in Britain and the USA. registration. 1984. Schocken Books. 978-0-8052-3881-5. 101.