The manifesto is a short piece of writing that’s intended to be popular and accessible rather than academic. She spoke to Rebeca Martínez of vientosur about the book, her critique of so-called “progressive neoliberalism,” and her understanding of a feminism that puts the voices of working-class and racialized women front and center. Nancy Fraser is co-author of the manifesto together with Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya. It insists that feminism does not stand as an alternative to class struggle, but rather represents a decisive front in the fight for a world free of capitalism and all forms of oppression. One of the expressions of this new wave is the popular manifesto Feminism for the 99% (Verso Books, 2019). These actions point the way to an anti-systemic feminism, going beyond the liberal, individualist variant promoted by the likes of Hillary Clinton. Recent years have seen an upsurge in the working-class women’s movement, from impressive protests against domestic violence and workplace harassment to the mass strikes marking International Women’s Day in Spain, Poland, and beyond.
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