The vilification of witches and witchcraft was a crucial, and very intentional, part of the process of capitalist enclosure. It is one of many examples of genocide against women, pronatalism, demonization of traditional knowledges, disruption of non-male solidarities, and the beginnings of the invisibilization of women’s labor. Despite these attacks, people persecuted by patriarchy and sacrificed to capital practiced resistance and solidarity that still persist strongly today. So too do the spaces for holding unconventional and traditional wisdoms of those villified as witches. In this discussion, we will explore what it means to be a witch, why they have been made so feared, and how we might reconnect with witchcraft. Acclaimed feminist historian and author Max Dashu will join us to lead this discussion.
