
Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto

Capitalism, in sum, is fundamentally antidemocratic.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
As neoliberalism demands more hours of waged work per household and less state support for social welfare, it squeezes families, communities, and (above all) women to the breaking point.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
Having poisoned the atmosphere, mocked every pretense of democratic rule, stretched our social capacities to their breaking point, and worsened living conditions generally for the vast majority, this iteration of capitalism has raised the stakes for every social struggle, transforming sober efforts to win modest reforms into pitched battles for
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The reality is that, although we all suffer misogynist oppression in capitalist society, our oppression assumes different forms. Not always immediately visible, the links between those forms of oppression must be revealed politically—that is, through conscious efforts to build solidarity. Only in this way, by struggling in and through our
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The liberation of women and the preservation of our planet from ecological disaster go hand in hand—with each other and with the overcoming of capitalism.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
This is a remarkable vision of equal opportunity domination: one that asks ordinary people, in the name of feminism, to be grateful that it is a woman, not a man, who busts their union, orders a drone to kill their parent, or locks their child in a cage at the border.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
At every level and in every region, financialized capitalism brings major new waves of racialized expropriation.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
In reality, class solidarity is best advanced by reciprocal recognition of the relevant differences among us—our disparate structural situations, experiences, and sufferings; our specific needs, desires, and demands; and the varied organizational forms through which we can best achieve them.
Tithi Bhattacharya • Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto
A feminism that is truly anti-racist and anti-imperialist must also be anticapitalist.