Protesters rally during the Women’s March in Oakland, CA, January 21, 2017. (Photo: Audrey Penven / Flickr)
Here’s a handy reading list on issues around labor, feminism and organizing for anyone who is participating in, supporting or just curious about the 2017 International Women’s Strike. This syllabus was assembled by Red Papers, a collective of socialist feminist thinkers, organizers and writers.
The 2017 Women’s Strike
“Striking on International Women’s Day Is Not a Privilege” by Magally A. Miranda Alcazar and Kate D. Griffiths
“The Impossibility of the International Women’s Strike is Exactly Why It’s So Necessary” by Camille Barbagallo
“When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’?” by Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza
“Argentina’s Life-or-Death Women’s Movement” by Veronica Gago and Agustina Santomaso
“Women’s Right to Refuse” by Melissa Gira Grant
“A Feminism for the 99 Percent” by Sarah Jaffe & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
“A Feminism for the Masses” by Stephanie McFeeters
“Why Women Are Going on Strike in Ireland Tomorrow” by Lia McGarrigle
“For Domestic and Low-Wage Workers, the Stakes are Higher than Ever” by Ai-jen Poo
“Why Women Should Strike” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
“The Women’s Strike and the Messy Space of Change” by Jia Tolentino
“While The Iron Is Hot” by Dayna Tortorici
On Strikes
“A Strike Against the New Jim Crow” by Janaé Bonsu
“The Strike That Didn’t Change New York” by Megan Erickson
“The Only Way to Know If Striking Works Is to Do It” by Dayna Evans
“A Day Without Care” by Sarah Jaffe
“The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution” by Rosa Luxemburg
On Reproductive Labor: Care Work, House Work, and Emotional Labor
“Having a Child will Bankrupt You” by Bryce Covert
“The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community” by Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James
“Approaching the Obsolescence of Housework” by Angela Y. Davis
“Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation” by Angela Y. Davis