This week, the Women Fight Back team talks about how capitalism and patriarchy perpetuate gender exploitation across all industries, from sexual harassment at McDonald’s to Britney Spears’ conservatorship. It’s time for Comrade Britney to join the struggle!

Women are on the frontlines of struggle across the world and changing the course of history forever. Journalist Shraddha Agarwal joins us to provide on-the-ground coverage of women’s leadership in the enormous, months-long farmer’s strike in India. From India to Ecuador to Haiti, working-class people are saying no to austerity, privatization, and imperialist meddling!

Shraddha Agarwal is a journalist at the People’s Archive of Rural India, a digital platform that covers stories from rural India. She is also the founder of a community/support group called womxn_with_hormones where she features stories of womxn struggling with hormonal disorders like PCOS/PCOD. You can follow her organization on instagram at @womxn_with_hormones and Shraddha’s work at @_shraddhaagarwal_.  Interviewing her is Julia Thomas, a digital team member at Democracy Now! They are both part of the Women Fight Back! team. 

Last week, a 9-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed by police officers in Rochester, sparking outrage in a community that had just been rocked by the police murder of Daniel Prude last March. The WFB team sits down with Stevie Vargas of FTP ROC to discuss the history of police struggle, the effect policing has on children, and why it will require militant anti-racist, feminist organizing to end violence against women and girls around the world.

The end of the Trump administration marks a moment of collective relief for marginalized people in America and throughout the world. This week, we break down the promises and policies of the incoming Biden administration in topics like immigration, foreign policy, COVID relief, reproductive justice and more.