Yes, this is a manifesto, not technically a ‘book’, but it was sent to me originally in PDF format by a good Irish comrade and I read it with my eyes as well as my ears because it made for an excellent follow-up to last years Hood Feminism and other call outs of mainstream liberal/neoliberal feminism by the people it fails to properly address or serve. Tired of GirlBoss energies and women whose goals really only serve the existing capitalistic societies that are responsible for destroying our lives & our planet, this manifesto offers a vision of something better, asking us to work for something beyond “success” as defined by the elites who usually shape the discourses about “living your best life”.

The authors promote the use of strikes (huelgas) as tools to fight the neoliberalism that is the handmaiden of environmental death & destruction around the world: “Four decades of neoliberalism have driven down wages, weakened labor rights, ravaged the environment, and usurped the energies available to sustain families and communities-all while spreading the tentacles of finance across the social fabric.” This manifesto also clarifies how awareness of intersectionality makes this feminism for the 99% so much more than the individualist nightmare that haunts the neoliberal feminism too many still subscribe to with their “leaning in” and “glass ceilings”. The writing on social reproduction is especially eye-opening as it gives us a clear target for sticking it to The Man: stop creating more bricks for the wall.

Here’s a link to the PDF – I can’t recommend it enough! https://outraspalavras.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Feminism-for-the-99.pdf