Women in Flight
Structures like the women_*’s space in Athens offer women_* the chance to compare notes and talk openly about experiences of violence, provide a safe place where they can get some measure of peace and quiet and share solidarity.
Smash the Patriarchy
Frauen auf der Flucht
Flucht birgt für Frauen_* andere Gefahren und Realitäten. Darüber wird wenig gesprochen und noch viel weniger geschrieben.
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Lebanon: What’s Feminism Got to Do with It?
“Feminist analysis is not secondary or parallel to other demands, but is at the heart of understanding the patriarchal practices of the violent state.”
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Where White Supremacy and Patriarchy Intersect, #SayHerName.
Black women don’t come into view as victims of police brutality; they’re not seen as representative of how the entire community experiences racism. Nor do they come into view when the conversation is about violence against women, which of course police violence against black women is.
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Is Culture Important? The Struggle Over How to Struggle
“As much as I admire the cultural revolutions of the 1960s, the forces of capitalism can easily adapt to that. In fact, they have adapted to it better than any one person in America has.”
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Fighting the Violent Patriarchy in Turkey
The religious-conservative ideological imposition that women should behave according to their purpose of creation is the discourse that perpetuates violence against women.
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Rojava Versus the World
The people in Rojava actively oppose capitalism as an economic system. They oppose the premises on which the international order is built, such as the state, such as patriarchy.
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Challenging the Prostitute Imaginary
Most people are doing work they don’t feel really great about, and if they had other options would prefer to do something else—but we wouldn’t describe their boss as a pimp. We wouldn’t describe capitalism as their pimp.
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The Role of Palestinian Women in Resistance
Despite deeply rooted patriarchy, for decades Palestinian women have played an integral role in resistance. Without the emancipation of women, national liberation will not be achieved.
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