Selma James

American feminist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1930 · age 96

Selma James is an American writer, feminist, and social activist who is co-author of the women's movement book The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, co-founder of the International Wages for Housework Campaign, and coordinator of the Global Women's Strike.

Selma James is read about 47 times a day, in 17 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2021“The claim that women are liberated if some women take jobs at the top is a capitalist fantasy. The same is true for people of color, and sexuality, and every sector.”In their wordswith Verso (2021)Read the whole statement

“...my intention when I write is to provide organizing tools. Most come directly from lessons we learnt in the course of organizing. I hope they will help others.”In their wordswith Verso (2021)Read the whole statement

2012“women’s struggles are labor politics, but they’re unwaged labor politics. And they’re not less important or more important but integral to the entire picture.”In their wordsRead the whole statement

“The relationships on which the whole society rests are in wreck condition, are in disastrous condition because women are going out to work. It’s not just a few minutes a day.”In their wordsRead the whole statement

“What keeps me motivated is that I want to enjoy my life, and the closest I can get to full enjoyment is to attack my enemies.”In their wordsRead the whole statement

2010“It is quite important that we look at our habits and see that they conform to our principles, not the other way around.”In their words"Speaking at the US Assembly of Jews Confronting Racism and Israeli Apartheid" (2010)Read the whole statement

1930Born15 August 1930

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Selma James

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You have to fight for every right and every access and every penny that is yours by right or that you want to make yours by right.
2021 · with Verso (2021), Own words
(AG: you have said you can’t confront the American state spontaneously.) SJ: You always spontaneously react against the American state.
2012 · with Democracy Now (2012), Own words
there was a distinction, a crucial distinction that kids have to make - kids, but teachers should help them - between rising out of poverty and destroying poverty.
2012, Own words