Caliban and the Witch - Federici (Chapter 2 - The Accumulation of Labor and Degradation of Women)

In this incredibly dense chapter we take a deep dive into topics
such as women's bodily autonomy, economic abuse, the weight placed
on women by austerity, women as the reproducers of the workforce,
the criminalisation of poverty and many, many more. Join us as we
dive back into Silvia Federici's game-changing work 'Caliban and
the Witch' with 'Chapter 2 - The Accumulation of Labor and the
Degradation of Women.' This episode is part of our series on
Marxist feminists. As Mao said,“Women hold up the other half of the
sky.”Red Book Club recognizes that including the voices of nonmen
in our studies is not a niche activity, but is in fact an essential
step in gaining  the most comprehensive view of the
material conditions of the past  and present as we
possibly can; so we’ve planned this series to amplify the ideas
that nonmen have been bringing to the conversation for
 centuries. From Federici’s analysis of women as a means
of primitive accumulation to Luxemburg’s essay of the benefits
of revolution vs the impossibility of reform, each of these works
confronts history and the movement for social change through the
lens of the experiences of nonmen in society. Follow us on Twitter
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to record via Discord! Outro music: Patriarcaeth - Gwenno