sonal and social lives for the better. It brings together the interests of the majority of men and women and makes the state responsible for our personal security and wellbeing. In cutting the military budget, it reduces American adventu r ism abroad and takes a positive step towards global peace and security. In the fifties, gender inequality and the oppression of women were in v is ib le . The s ix t ie s Women’s Movement made them visible and began the struggle for equa lity and libe ra t ion . Our struggle is to make discrimination because of gender obsolete. This task implies the eradication not only of gender inequality, but a lso of c lass and race in equalities, as well as imperialism and war. These struggles ultimately depend upon women’s willingness to work with men to create a just and peaceful world and upon men’s willingness to listen to women and work with them on an equal basis. Furthermore, th is p ro c e s s needs to be grounded materially, providing benefits and a change in the quality of life every step of the way. For this to happen, we need collective objectives and collective mobilization against the existing structures of power. Writer Sevin Hirschbein lives in Portland, where she teaches Philosophy at Lewis and Clark College. This is her first article for CSQ. Photographer Lisa Stone lives in Portland. Her work is regularly featured in Willamette Week. alliance between men and women seems absolutely essential from the perspective o f the future, i f we are going to have a future. ^OPACABANA Haliuiati PeilaMKOHl aiM'ilookuVf P ike Place M a rke t • DISCOVER SALTEHAS • • THE BEST CEVICHE 1H TOWH • •Imported 6 Domestic Beer 1520V2Pike Place •Our Own Sangria 622-6359 •Espresso ____ (Bankcards accepted) 14 ClirUort St. Quarterly—Winter, 1987
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