▁ ▁Ac com pl ish ments ▁and ▁activ ism ▁ ▁The ▁nature ▁of ▁Marx ist ▁femin ists ▁and ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁mobil ize ▁to ▁promote ▁social ▁change ▁has ▁enabled ▁them ▁to ▁eng age ▁in ▁important ▁activ ism . ▁As ▁activ ist , ▁Marx ist ▁femin ists ▁ins ist ▁" on ▁developing ▁politics ▁that ▁put ▁women ’ s ▁opp ression ▁and ▁liber ation , ▁class ▁politics , ▁anti - imper ial ism , ▁anti rac ism , ▁and ▁issues ▁of ▁gender ▁identity ▁and ▁sexual ity ▁together ▁at ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁the ▁ag enda ." ▁Though ▁their ▁ ▁advoc acy ▁often ▁receives ▁criticism , ▁Marx ist ▁femin ists ▁challenge ▁capital ism ▁in ▁ways ▁that ▁facil itate ▁new ▁disc ourse ▁and ▁shed ▁light ▁on ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁women . ▁These ▁women ▁throughout ▁history ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁approaches ▁in ▁fighting ▁h eg em onic ▁capital ism , ▁which ▁reflect ▁their ▁different ▁views ▁on ▁the ▁optimal ▁method ▁of ▁ach ieving ▁liber ation ▁for ▁women . ▁ ▁Marx ist ▁femin ist ▁crit iques ▁of ▁other ▁branches ▁of ▁femin ism ▁ ▁Clara ▁Z et kin ▁and ▁Alex andra ▁K oll ont ai ▁were ▁opposed ▁to ▁forms ▁of ▁femin ism ▁that ▁rein force ▁class ▁status . ▁They ▁did ▁not ▁see ▁a ▁true ▁possibility ▁to ▁un ite ▁across ▁economic ▁inequality ▁because ▁they ▁argue ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁extremely ▁difficult ▁for ▁an ▁upper - class ▁woman ▁to ▁truly ▁understand ▁the ▁strugg les ▁of ▁the ▁working ▁class . ▁For ▁instance , ▁K oll ont ai ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9