How can we build such a feminism? The process has already begun. For us, reproductive justice means not just free abortion on demand but access to public resources to raise our children without the fear of mass incarceration, deportation or violence. We must preserve and expand abortion access, including the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, but in the complete way that only universal health care can provide. Their ‘Lean In’ feminism claims to fight the wage gap, but defends the system that creates low wages.Ī Feminism for the 99% must win equal pay but also union scale wages for all. In the US in particular, growing income and racial inequality, rising Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, renewed attacks on reproductive rights and on the unions, expose the feminism of Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg to be particularly grotesque. This past year has confirmed that corporate feminism, that is afraid to challenge the prerogatives of capitalism, has no solution to the crisis that women and LGBTQIA communities are facing globally. We are calling for Feminism for the 99% contingents in the upcoming Women’s Marches of January 19. She compares her findings to those of other contemporary protest movements-nationally and globally-so that future movements can avoid infighting and deploy an “intersectional imperative” to embrace both diversity and inclusivity.The following statement was initiated by International Women’s Strike.

Using immersive first-hand accounts of activists’ experiences, online communications, and media coverage of the movement, Hurwitz reveals lessons gleaned from the conflicts within the Occupy movement.

Moreover, problems with racism, sexism, and discrimination due to sexuality and class persisted within the movement. Despite cries of “We are the 99%,” signaling solidarity, certain groups were unwelcome or unable to participate. Heather McKee Hurwitz considers how women, people of color, and genderqueer activists struggled to be heard and understood. But how were these activists-who sought radical social change through many ideologies-able to break down oppressions and obstacles within the movement? And in what ways did the movement perpetuate status-quo structures of inequality?Īre We the 99%? is the first comprehensive feminist and intersectional analysis of the Occupy movement. The protestors that comprised the Occupy Wall Street movement came from diverse backgrounds.

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