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Every Mother is a Working Mother

Why shouldn’t all mothers have the same right as millionaire Anne Romney to raise our own children? Low income mothers are also doing “the hardest job there is”, minus access to the money and servants. Yet we are vilified & lied about as lazy dependent moochers. Without farm work, justice and other volunteer work, entire communities and religious institutions could not function. Does all that work count for nothing?

Now, for the first time in decades there are two pieces of legislation that recognize the work of mothers.

Selma James speaking at Occupy Oakland – part of the international Occupy movement which was also in front of St Pauls Cathedral in London.

The event was part of Selma’s US spring speaking tour to launch her anthology Sex Race and Class – The Perspective of Winning, and addresses some of the issues we commonly face as organisers.

Watch the video here.