What's new this week: "Don’t teach me to hate my torrid country"
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::: “To the Masters of Countries with a Cold Climate”, by Kishwar Naheed
"Don’t teach me to hate my torrid country/ Let me dry my wet clothes in these courtyards". Read the translation of this anticolonial poem by Pakistani Kishwar Naheed. | Culture
::: In Africa, Women Denounce Violence and Abuse in Industrial Oil Palm Plantations
Watch the video exposing the violence suffered by African women in oil palm plantations. "Violence inherent in the colonial plantation model does not spare systems of reproduction of life" | Multimedia
...And, since you are here, access also last weeks' content:
::: Peasant Struggles in India, a Feminist Perspective
Archana Prasad spoke with Capire about women’s work and lives in India and the struggles against corporate power and right-wing policies. "When capitalism and fundamentalism come together, we have a really highly lethal combination" | Interview
::: Solidarity, an Internationalist Practice
The solidarity experience of grassroots movements to fight violence and authoritarianism around the world. In order to write this text, we spoke with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre, of the World March of Women; Karin Nansen, of Friends of the Earth International; and Tchenna Maso, of La Via Campesina. | Experience
::: Women Water Defenders in the Mountains of Argentina
Text by Natalia Salvático. In Argentinian frontline communities, women are saying, “How could we not fight? Do we dry with the land?” | Experience
::: Lélia Gonzalez: A Brazilian Thinker
Raquel Barreto looks back on Lélia Gonzalez’s contributions to Black women’s struggles. “We are not born, but rather become, Black. This is a tough, cruel undertaking that continues to develop throughout our lives", said Lelia. Lélia Gonzalez would turn 86 years on this February 1st, 2021. | Read
::: Dignity as Paramount: The Fight Against Transnationals in Uganda
Jean Ngobi, from the World March of Women Uganda, talks about how big international companies are affecting women’s lives in Africa | Analysis
::: Hacking the Patriarchy and Building Alternative, Feminist, Community-Based Technologies
"Technology has become less alienating and less patriarchal since women started to engage with it." | Capire interviews Nikole Yanes. Read in english or listen to the podcast in spanish.
::: “Our Language, Our Rights, Our Territories”: The Struggle of Amazigh Women
Watch Balti Zaina, of the Amazigh people, talk about the struggles of women to defend their land and fight the attacks from the Moroccan state | Video
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Capire’s written and multimedia materials are organized into six pillar themes: movement, feminist economics, environmental justice, food sovereignty, demilitarization, and autonomy. All our content is available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Capire is an initiative by the World March of Women, in dialogue with women of ally movements, such as La Via Campesina and Friends of the Earth International, and organizations that are part of the Strengthening Grassroots Feminisms project.
