Title: Workin' on it! We activate! We agitate! Womyn of color, Occupy Wall Street & beyond!
Description: This collection of essays by women of color analyzes, critiques, and proposes change for their role within the international Occupy movement and in societies worldwide. Topics covered in the essays include women of color and religious women having a place in modern feminism, transgender women of color, Arab women's role in Arab Spring and western perception of Arab women, and France's ban on the burka and hijabs. There are essays (including blog post reprints) on battles for gender equality in Afghanistan, Arab women fighting for environmental protections, the importance of dispelling general assumptions about feminists in Africa. There are stories of Ugandan police brutality towards female protestors, the life of Central American guerrilla student protestor Delfina Gochez Fernandez, anti-imperialism movements, and women-led protests in Japan against nuclear power.
Subjects: Minority women, Social conditions, Feminism, Racism, Occupy movement
Places: United States, New York (State), New York
Time periods: 21st century