They started the project of writing a feminist manifesto after working together in the 2017 Women’s Strike.Ĭonsidering their previous work and backgrounds as professors, it’s no wonder that that the first thesis in the manifesto is “A new feminist wave is reinventing the strike.” The three authors observed how a movement began in Poland in 2016, where women walked out of their jobs to protest a ban on abortion.

The three authors responsible for breathtaking quotes like these are Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya and Nancy Fraser, who had each written separate works of literature about the relationship between capitalism and the need for feminism. The book describes it perfectly, saying “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 lock their child in a cage at the border.” It advocates for middle-class white women to be able to take up powerful positions, where they’re able to oppress other women. Corporate feminism is the kind that retains the status quo.

The book starts off by pointing out that corporate, neo-liberal feminism is not the answer to the problems feminists consistently try to dismantle. This also includes LGBTQ+ movements and labor unions. Rejecting both corporate feminism and liberal feminism, “Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto” is a pocket-sized, 85-page book that argues for an anti-capitalist feminism to work hand-in-hand with other anti-capitalist movements that are environmentalist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist.

Feminism for the 99 percent a manifesto