Writings
We aim to present a broad selection of writings, both from network members and others, related to the site’s broad range of concerns. Please contact us with suggestions for any articles that we can post free of charge for site visitors. Submissions in all languages are welcome. Publications from recent months are featured first, followed by a selection of historical and contemporary works. Clicking on the thumbnail images below will open the readings as a pdf or website link in a new tab.
Recent Releases!
“L’exploitation n’est pas une vocation. Grève des stages, grève féministe”: An interview with Morgane Merteuil on the 2019 student strike in Québec.
“Les parents d’élèves ont su s’opposer, ils sauront imposer”: Étienne Simard.
Motherwork Is Work: A Welfare Warrior Speaks: Pat Gowens and Kressent Pottenger
GRESEA ÉCHOS N. 124 LA VALEUR DU TRAVAIL REPRODUCTIF
October-December, 2025, edited by Natalia Hirtz. This issue includes contributions by Kathi Weeks, George Souvlis, Leopoldina Fortunati, Alessandra Mezzadri, and Natalia Hirtz.
“L’entre-deux”: Camille Marcoux and Etienne Simard.
“En appui aux grèves dans les services sociaux”: Leopoldina Fortunati.
Justice on the Job for Nail Salon Workers: Narbada Chhetri and Pabitra Dash interview with Kressent Pottenger
“Faire revenir le temps payé”: Annabelle Berthiaume , Camille Marcoux , Valérie Simard and Étienne Simard.
“Sex Workers Unite!”/ “Travailleuse.rs du sexe, unissons-nous!”: Comité Autonome du Travail du Sexe (CATS).
LOUIS TOUPIN: SELECTED WORKS
More than any other scholar, Louis Toupin has done a wealth of research on the Wages for Housework movement, particularly as an international network in the 1970s. Here we offer selections from some of her work in multiple languages. (Please note—more links to PDFs coming soon!)
Le salaire au travail ménager. Chronique d’une lutte féministe internationale, 1972-1977. (originally published
French edition (pdf) English edition (pdf) Spanish edition (pdf) German edition (pdf) Italian edition (pdf)
The Crisis of Social Reproduction. Interviews with Silvia Federici and Mariarosa Dalla Costa
French edition (pdf) English edition (pdf)
Working for Nothing. A Wages for Housework Anthology
French edition (pdf) English edition (coming soon)
Planned Parenthood and Bargaining After Dobbs: Kressent Pottenger interviews Keighlyn Alber and James Wilging