Women's Strike, Reconsidered w/ Marianne Garneau

The International Women's Strike (IWS) is now in its third year of operation, and the feminist thinkers Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser have developed the ideas of IWS in their recent book Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto, published by Verso Books. But what is the actual strategy for launching a strike at the level of reproductive labor, as the authors claim is necessary for revitalizing working class struggle? This question and more animates the conversation we had with Marianne Garneau, editor of Organizing Work and a labor organizer based in New York. In this episode Garneau elaborates her critique of Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto first appearing in the article The Women's Strike, Reconsidered which she wrote for Organizing Work. Garneau explains why it is necessary to have specific targets tied to specific demands within a larger strategic plan in order to be effective in any struggle for working class improvements, and how all of these features are absent from the IWS, so far. Check out the article here: http://organizing.work/2019/03/the-womens-strike-reconsidered/ Be sure to read the excellent articles and features on Organizing Work: https://organizing.work You can purchase a copy of Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto at https://www.versobooks.com/books/2924-feminism-for-the-99 Songs on this episode by John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees: Peanut Butter Oven Mega-Feast If I Stay Too Long