Tag: feminism
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Interview: Iranian Anarchists on Protests in Response to Police Murder of Mahsa Amini
by Black Rose / Rosa Negra – International Relations Committee Introduction On September 13th, 2022, 22 year old Mahsa Amini was arrested by an Iranian Guidance Patrol (also known as ‘morality police’). Mahsa was arrested in Tehran for not abiding by laws relating to dress. Three days later, on September 16th, police informed Mahsa’s family…
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Feminism and Organized Anarchism
This document was produced by the Brazilian Anarchist Coordinator [Coordenação Anarquista Brasileira] (CAB), a group of anarchist organizations working collaboratively across Brazil. It is translated and reprinted here with the permission of our sister organizations participating in CAB. The document has also served as an anchor point in recent discussions on feminism within Black Rose…
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“We Don’t Forgive, We Don’t Forget” Solidarity with Mexico’s Feminist Occupation
For background on the occupation we recommend “Feminist Activists Occupy Human Rights Commission in Mexico to Protest Femicide” and if you would like to support or organize an action in your city, please contact organizers at the email below. Update: During a Saturday, September 19 solidarity action in Chicago,three participants were arrested and have since…
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Puerto Rico: La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción Are Leading the Resistance
The anti-colonial feminist collective, La Cole, played a pivotal in the ouster of former Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló and remain on the front lines of numerous struggles. Following our publishing of their statement calling for “Ricky, Renuncia!” [“Ricky, Resign!”] Aurora Santiago-Ortiz provides an overview of the group and their work. By Aurora Santiago Ortiz…
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Viral Chilean Feminist Anthem Hits the U.S.: “Un Violador En Tu Camino”
The revolution will be feminist or it will not be! / La revolución será feminista o no será! By Black Rose/Rosa Negra Social Media Team The Chilean feminist anthem “Un Violador En Tu Camino” (A Rapist in Your Way) has spread across Latin America and the globe, including the U.S. Below we present three personal…
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Statement: Puerto Rican Feminists Demand Governor’s Resignation Due to Remarks
Introduction by Aurora Santiago-Ortiz La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción, referred to as “La Cole,” began in 2013 when feminist activists from the Puerto Rican student movement and other radical activist spaces decided to create an intentional space to address multiple and simultaneous oppressions affecting womxn and femmes. La Cole is an intersectional political organization, with…
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Un movimiento feminista para acabar con el capitalismo: el auge del feminismo multisectorial en Chile
La primera de una serie de dos partes sobre el feminismo anticapitalista en Sudamérica y con una riqueza de conceptos y análisis de los que podemos aprender en EE.UU
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A Feminist Movement to End Capitalism, Part II: Between the Feminist Wave and the Green Sea
Black Rose/Rosa Negra is a proud feminist organization. We take our political inspiration from the historical struggles of working class women, including those who carried out their work in the name of other movements or ideologies. While we value the feminisms that can be found in our own neighborhoods and workplaces, we also seek to…
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Feminism is Everywhere: Building a Multisectoral, Transversal Movement in Chile
By This Is Hell! Podcast Live from Santiago, organizer Bree Busk explores the rise of a multisectoral, transversal feminist movement in Chile – connecting the oppression of women, workers, migrants and indigenous people in Chilean society with the power of capitalism, patriarchy and the state, and linking social movements together in solidarity and shared struggle for liberation.…
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Marriage and Love by Emma Goldman
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day we are republishing the classic 1914 essay by anarchist agitator Emma Goldman, “Marriage and Love.” Reading the essay today her searing criticisms of how people related to love and marriage in her time may seem dated given the entry of women into the workforce, reforms in divorce law, the…
