Description: (Activist)
Silvia Federici is an Italian-American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist known for her work at Hofstra University in New York. She co-founded the International Feminist Collective and the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa, and has collaborated with feminist organizations globally on projects related to women's history, political philosophy, and the commons. Federici is acclaimed for her book "Caliban and the Witch," a significant contribution to Marxist feminist theory that analyzes the history of capitalism through a feminist lens.