ME O'Brien on family abolition in the longue durée

In this episode, ME O'Brien charts the history of projects to abolish the family from Marx and Engels in the mid-19th century till today. We discuss transformations of the family under capitalist development, anti-racist critiques of family abolition, working-class solidarity, and the contradictions of prefigurative politics.

You can find all of her work at www.michelleestherobrien.com.

🦋 NAVIGATION 🦋

1:14 — A brief history of the working-class family
10:46 — The Black family as a source of resistance to oppression
16:55 — Family aspiration as fracturing working-class solidarity
23:28 — Queer communes and prefigurative politics
29:50 — Against functionalism

🦋 FURTHER RESOURCES 🦋

To Abolish The Family (ME O'Brien): https://bit.ly/3cA1QUZ
Abolish The Family! (Red May TV): https://bit.ly/2PFv0sw
Communizing Care (ME O'Brien): https://bit.ly/3w8gTNe
Kayla Puan Interview Transcript (ME O'Brien): https://bit.ly/3sAMrci

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