![]() ![]() ![]() The strike is about drawing attention to that by, in effect, extracting those many different manifestations of women’s labor on March 8th to highlight the extent to which women’s labor continues to play a central role in the political and, I would say, social economy of the United States. This is our effort at trying to explain why it was important that American feminists sign onto this call and really try to be a part of this movement that is trying to, in this country, part of our intention is to bring politics back to International Women’s Day by turning it into a political event, by highlighting the ways that women continue to suffer from misogyny and sexism in the United States and to give concrete descriptions of that.īut also, the strike is about highlighting the ways that “women’s work” or “women’s labor” is at times unseen. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: The idea for the women’s strike actually didn’t originate in the United States, but it is a call in solidarity with women organizations from thirty different countries who put out a call for a strike on International Women’s Day, March 8th. ![]() You were one of the original people who called for a women’s strike on March 8th. Sarah Jaffe: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, you are author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. ![]()
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