French Marxist and leading member of the Situationist International, Guy Debord was born Dec. 28, 1931. Debord, who wrote “The Society of the Spectacle,” transformed the Situationists from an artistic into a political movement that influenced the May 1968 events in Paris. #OTD

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Sylvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch, Wages Against Housework

Theory of Reproductive Labor: Marx’s Capital under-estimates exploitation by leaving out homecare, etc. The capitalist state interferes with reproduction to maximize return to the capitalist despite loss of years of life, loss of children’s lives, or interrupted development of the home and family. Homecare workers can be interviewed for a realistic understanding of the measures capitalism takes to control one hundred percent of the profits.