What's new this week: anti-imperialist feminism to change the world
On May 1, 2021, we, the Capire portal, the International Peoples’ Assembly, and the International Week of Anti-imperialist Struggle, are launching a new virtual gallery with posters created by 24 people and collectives from 12 countries/territories. With collages, embroideries, paintings, drawings, and pictures with different techniques, the women who took part in this gallery created their own way to represent the desire to change the world.
From Cuba to Lebanon, from Chile to Turkey, and around the world, working women oppose neoliberalism, corporate power, and the commodification of life and nature. They defend land, decent work, life, communities, the commons, freedom, and people’s sovereignty.
Feminism creates and recreates symbols and alternatives for a society where there is equality, solidarity, freedom, justice, and peace. It breaks the shackles that try to abuse and control women’s bodies and sexuality. It stands up for life and the right to health. It feeds communities and fights hunger, fences, plantations, and racism. It occupies spaces and challenges the sexual division of labor. It keeps the memory of old sister fighters and the flame of rebelliousness alive. It practices revolutionary affection and organizes unity in diversity.
These are some of the struggles depicted on the 30 posters featured in this international virtual gallery, which is a feminist and anti-imperialist contribution for May 1, 2021.
Visit the gallery, enjoy the posters, and read what the artists have to say about their creative processes. Help us spread the world, share it with more comrades!
See also:
::: April 24: Feminist Struggle Against Transnational Corporations and Precarious Labor
Video produced for the Day of Feminist and International Solidarity Against Transnational Corporations, organized by the World March of Women, denounces precarious labor practices in the textile industry and their impact on women’s lives | Multimedia
::: “Hera”, by Lydiah Dola: A Song for Peace and Harmony Between the Peoples
Listen to a song in Luo language by the Kenyan artist Lydiah Dola. | Culture
The World March of Women and Capire invite to the webinar "Migrations and refuge in the feminist agenda", which will take place on May 4th, with the participation of sisters from Lebanon, United States and Switzerland. There will be translation into Spanish, French, English and Portuguese. To participate, register at: http://bit.ly/04-05-2021
...And, since you are here, access also past weeks' content:
::: There Is No Place for Justice and Equality on the Free Trade Agenda
By Natália Carrau/REDES-FoE. Transnational corporations and free trade agreements hide behind sustainability and gender equality discourses to increase the power of the market over life. | Analysis
::: 2021: Feminist Resistance and Solidarity Around the World
Across all continents, women are organized and struggling to sustain life. This article brings together the analyses and struggles that participants shared during the “Feminist Resistance and Solidarity Around the World” webinar, held by the World March of Women and Capire on March 23 | Experience
::: Feminist Infographics Against Racism and Colonialism
Amplifying a feminist reflection with grassroots education and mobilization processes. Systematizing and exposing rebellious ideas to change the world. Occupying the city. Those were the organizing strategies of the World March of Women in the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) for its 5th International Action | Experience
::: #FeministSchool: To Understand and Tackle Systems of Oppression
Colonialist, heteropatriarchal, and racist capitalism: overlaps that exploit and subjugate the peoples. The meeting of the International Feminist Organizing School on April 12th and 13th was dedicated to a discussion about systems of oppresion. “May we concretely dismantle capitalism, patriarchy, discrimination, racism” | Experience
::: Agroecology as Resistance: Indigenous Women Defending Their Territory and Traditional Practices In Malaysia
Read about the agroecological experiences and struggles of the women of the Sungai Bur community as they affirm their sovereignty and reclaim their rights to their land | Experience
::: Pancha Rodríguez: Food Sovereignty Is About Deciding To Change the World
Read the interview with Pancha Rodríguez, of CLOC-La Via Campesina, on the history of struggle of peasant women in the Americas | Interview
::: 20 Years of Feminism and Internationalist Solidarity in Pictures
Check out pictures from a book that celebrates the World March of Women’s 20th anniversary | Culture
::: Breaking the Line that Binds Poverty and Women in Iraq
The World March of Women Iraq offers a reflection on neoliberalism, oppression against women, and poverty. This text is also available in Arabic, its original language. | Analysis
::: Gallery: Peasant Struggles and Food Sovereignty
Women are the leading figures in Food Sovereignty. Learn more about this struggle with the photographs of the archives of La Via Campesina, Friends of the Earth, and the World March of Women | Gallery
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