Rather, within these battles are deeper debates over the control of human labor…. “Jenny Brown provides a compelling case that the battle over abortion and birth control is not just a religious or cultural difference of opinion. Carol Downer, Feminist Women’s Health Centers cofounder “Jenny Brown’s book Birth Strike is a game-changer and is equal in significance to Betty’s Friedan’s Feminine Mystique in the 1960s, which sparked a movement.” Ti-Grace Atkinson, author of Amazon Odyssey and founder of The Feminists Unlike much of the literature on contraception and abortion, Jenny Brown situates her analysis within the larger economic context of both labor and human rights.” “Birth Strike is an important contribution to the subject of women and our reproductive rights.
Lise Vogel, author of Marxism and the Oppression of Women “Why are we still struggling for childcare and paid leave in the U.S.? Basic rights to birth control and abortion? In Birth Strike, Jenny Brown exposes the economic interests at play and shows the mighty power of women to change the game.” Michael Parenti, author of Democracy for the Few Also given is a good report of various other countries and their prevailing interests. “Jenny Brown reveals to us how and why reactionary ruling interests in the United States support heavy birth rates and oppose both abortion and birth control. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning You will never think about reproductive rights in the same way again.” politics around race and immigration are closely connected to the struggle for reproductive freedom, both in the past and today. Susan Brownmiller, author of In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution In her provocative book Birth Strike … Brown jumps off from this evidence to discuss the history of birth control and right to secure a legal abortion in the face of the ruling class of men who traditionally have dictated the rules of women’s reproductive labor. “A few years ago, statisticians discovered that the birth rate … in the U.S. women who want to be mothers, and those who don’t, have it far worse here than in Europe. “An astute analysis of power relations not only in the sphere of reproduction but also in the worlds of work, immigration, and government policy as they bear on women’s ability to control their bodies….
Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex–Prom Queen and A Marriage Agreement and Other Essays: Four Decades of Feminist Writing Feminist insight illuminates every chapter of this thoughtful book.”
birth rate, of the exploitive and often untenable conditions for raising children here and now, and of what might be done to change things. “An audacious analysis of the falling U.S. Offers fresh insight into how women’s biological power may be harnessed to resist reproductive oppression.” “Birth Strike is a well-researched and wide-ranging analysis of how the public responsibilities of pregnancy and parenting have been privatized to benefit a capitalist for-profit system designed to minimize labor costs to produce wealth for the few. A breathtakingly accessible analysis, supported by riveting and intimate testimonials, it’s also an inspiring call to action.” birth rate: those primarily responsible for the labor of bearing and raising children (women) are responding as one should to lousy working conditions-by going on strike! Brown’s bold and brilliant book ventures into terrain that left and feminist thinkers have avoided for far too long. “Jenny Brown compellingly explains the low U.S.