This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com

and by Verso Books, which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is feminism for the 99%, a manifesto by Sincia Aruta, Tithy Badacharya, and Nancy Frazier. Unaffordable housing,

poverty wages, health care, climate change, border policing, not the issues you ordinarily hear

feminists talking about. But don't these issues impact the vast majority of women globally?

Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally,

this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case.

Feminism shouldn't start or stop with seeing women represented at the top of society. It must start

with those at the bottom and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism.

Feminism must be anti-capitalist, eco-socialist, and anti-racist. This is a manifesto for the 99%.

And if you haven't already,

check out my recent dig interview with Tithi on this very manifesto.

Feminism for the 99%, a manifesto by Sincia Arutza,

Tithi Batacharya, and Nancy Frazier.

Out now from Verso Books.

Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm temporarily

broadcasting from Santiago de Chile. The strike is back and big time. Teachers in particular

have been walking off the job, not only to demand higher wages, but to fight for an end to

privatization and for a transformation of the educational system for their students and communities.

These strikes, often led by women, are no doubt inspiring, and they have won important victories

for workers and the people that they serve.

We are, in other words, heading in the right direction. But as of now, we're not heading there

...