Comedian Vittorio Angelone’s recent vile rape joke, and the subsequent fallout, has triggered a certain #MeToo moment in the stand-up comedy scene, which has been called a ‘boys club’. Under capitalism, comedy is always at risk of being poisoned by these reactionary ideas.

Sarah Vedrovitch examines Federici’s ideas on housework, social reproduction and the origins of capitalism, comparing them with the revolutionary conclusions of Marx and Engels on freeing women. Frederici imagines she is building on Marx and Engels, looking at capitalism through a lens forgotten by orthodox Marxists. But is this actually true?

Reform recently announced plans for a ‘Women and Motherhood Protection Act’. Besides distracting from sexism accusations against Reform candidates, this ‘pro-mother, pro-family’ proposal would attack women’s equality and rights.