{"id":298290,"date":"2017-03-09T12:52:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/a-womens-strike-reading-list\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T12:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:52:05","slug":"a-womens-strike-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/a-womens-strike-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"A Women&#039;s Strike Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"wf_caption\" style=\"display: block; max-width: 640px; width: 100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/images\/Images_2017_03\/2017_0308w_.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters rally during the Women's March in Oakland, CA, January 21, 2017.\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: auto;\" width=\"640\"\/><span style=\"margin-top: 3px; text-align: left; display: block;\">Protesters rally during the Women&#8217;s March in Oakland, CA, January 21, 2017. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/audreypenven\/32811268846\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Penven \/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;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&#8217;s Strike. This syllabus was assembled by Red Papers, a collective of socialist feminist thinkers, organizers and writers.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The 2017 Women&#8217;s Strike<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/striking-on-international-womens-day-is-not-a-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\">Striking on International Women&#8217;s Day Is Not a Privilege<\/a>&#8221; by Magally A. Miranda Alcazar and Kate D. Griffiths<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/novaramedia.com\/2017\/03\/06\/the-impossibility-of-the-international-womens-strike-is-exactly-why-its-so-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Impossibility of the International Women&#8217;s Strike is Exactly Why It&#8217;s So Necessary<\/a>&#8221; by Camille Barbagallo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/when-did-solidarity-with-working-women-become-a-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\">When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a &#8216;Privilege&#8217;?<\/a>&#8221; by Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2017\/03\/argentina-ni-una-menos-femicides-women-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina&#8217;s Life-or-Death Women&#8217;s Movement<\/a>&#8221; by Veronica Gago and Agustina Santomaso<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/psmag.com\/a-womens-right-to-refuse-bb1ba5aa95ec#.gnemhp5hj\" target=\"_blank\">Women&#8217;s Right to Refuse<\/a>&#8221; by Melissa Gira Grant<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/opinion\/item\/39639-a-feminism-for-the-99-percent-keeanga-yamahtta-taylor-on-the-march-8-women-s-strike\" target=\"_blank\">A Feminism for the 99 Percent<\/a>&#8221; by Sarah Jaffe &amp; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/a-feminism-for-the-masses\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Feminism for the Masses<\/a>&#8221; by Stephanie McFeeters<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refinery29.uk\/2017\/03\/138646\/irish-womens-strike-abortion-repeal-8th\" target=\"_blank\">Why Women Are Going on Strike in Ireland Tomorrow<\/a>&#8221; by Lia McGarrigle<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/daywithoutawoman-for-domestic-and-low-wage-workers-the-stakes-are-higher-than-ever\" target=\"_blank\">For Domestic and Low-Wage Workers, the Stakes are Higher than Ever<\/a>&#8221; by Ai-jen Poo<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2017\/02\/womens-strike-march-8-march-protest-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Women Should Strike<\/a>&#8221; by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/jia-tolentino\/the-womens-strike-and-the-messy-space-of-change\" target=\"_blank\">The Women&#8217;s Strike and the Messy Space of Change<\/a>&#8221; by Jia Tolentino<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/online-only\/online-only\/while-the-iron-is-hot\/\" target=\"_blank\">While The Iron Is Hot<\/a>&#8221; by Dayna Tortorici<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Strikes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dissentmagazine.org\/article\/prison-strike-mass-incarceration-labor-reparations\" target=\"_blank\">A Strike Against the New Jim Crow<\/a>&#8221; by Jana\u00e9 Bonsu<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2013\/04\/the-strike-that-didnt-change-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Strike That Didn&#8217;t Change New York<\/a>&#8221; by Megan Erickson<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/thecut\/2017\/03\/march-8-international-womens-strike-poland-black-monday.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Only Way to Know If Striking Works Is to Do It<\/a>&#8221; by Dayna Evans<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2013\/04\/a-day-without-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Day Without Care<\/a>&#8221; by Sarah Jaffe<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/luxemburg\/1906\/mass-strike\/ch07.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution<\/a>&#8221; by Rosa Luxemburg<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Reproductive Labor: Care Work, House Work, and Emotional Labor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/a42230\/cost-of-child-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">Having a Child will Bankrupt You<\/a>&#8221; by Bryce Covert<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libcom.org\/files\/Dalla%20Costa%20and%20James%20-%20Women%20and%20the%20Subversion%20of%20the%20Community%20(Pamphlet%20Layout).pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community<\/a>&#8221; by Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/subject\/women\/authors\/davis-angela\/housework.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Approaching the Obsolescence of Housework<\/a>&#8221; by Angela Y. Davis<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/hopkins1.edublogs.org\/files\/2010\/10\/Angela-Davis-yqtc68.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation<\/a>&#8221; by Angela Y. Davis<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/caringlabor.wordpress.com\/2010\/09\/15\/silvia-federici-wages-against-housework\/\">Wages Against&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/39766-a-womens-strike-reading-list-red-papers\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters rally during the Women&#8217;s March in Oakland, CA, January 21, 2017. (Photo: Audrey Penven \/ Flickr) Here&#8217;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&#8217;s Strike. 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