Members of WITCH belonged to a subset of second-wave feminism that sought to expose capitalism — rather than men — as the true enemy of women.
,” a form of public demonstration known as a “zap” that combined poetry, witchcraft, and protest. Peggy Dobbins, Judith Duffett, Bev Grant, Florika Remetier, Cynthia Funk, Robin Morgan, and Naomi Jaffey were among the participants in WITCH. , Alice Echols cites WITCH as an example of a feminist organization that battled against consumerism, advertising, and the media.
“WITCH is a total concept, a new dimension of women. It means breaking the bond of woman as a biologically and sexually defined creature. It implies the destruction of passivity, consumerism and commodity fetishism... ‘Who is the enemy?’” WITCH member Ros Baxandall argued that feminism was a more dangerous, subversive force than the macho posturing of the "boys’ movement.” Outraged by left-wing persecution, such as that experienced by the defendants in the Chicago 7 trial, and the exclusion of radical women from persecution, they set out to expose the truth about feminism's radical nature and capitalist oppression of women.
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