All over the world, women have chosen the streets as the space to mark the memory, resistance and struggle symbolized on March 8. Faced with
the intensification of social inequalities, the advance of the extremeright in several countries and attacks on rights already conquered,occupying the streets today remains an urgency to resist attacks,maintain achievements and advance social transformation. Whether inBrazilian outskirts and favelas, where black women fight daily againstpolice violence and for the survival of themselves and their childrenand partners, or in villages, where indigenous women defend their livesand their territories; be it in Latin America, where Argentine womendefend the achievement of the legalization of abortion and the socialrights of the poorest population and Chileans fight for the maintenanceof abortion (in cases provided for by law) in the Constituent Assembly;whether in the mountains of Mexico, where the Zapatistas maintainresistance in free Zapatista territory; whether in Gaza, where Palestineresists genocide and defends the liberation of the Palestinian people.They say enough is enough!THE PRECARIZATION OF LIFE CONTINUES INCREASING THE PROFIT OF CAPITALISTSWhile the fortunes of the five richest men in the world have doubled inthe last 4 years, around 5 billion people have become even moreimpoverished. Since 2020, the wealth of five Brazilian billionaires hasincreased by 51%, while 129 million Brazilians have become poorer,according to Oxfam. This poverty falls on the shoulders of women, sincemore than half of Brazilian households are headed by women - and, evenwhere they are not heads, they play a fundamental role in the familyeconomy, burdened with work that is often invisible, such as domesticchores and labor. care of children and the elderly.An even more serious scenario is seen in neighboring countries, such asArgentina, which is suffering an acute economic crisis, where povertyhas reached the highest level in 20 years. The recently installedgovernment of Javier Milei signals the deepening of neoliberal policieson the continent. In addition to the economic measures that will fall onthe working class, Milei's government intends to revoke the legalizationof abortion in the country, achieved after a strong mobilization ofArgentine women.In Brazil, the broad-front government of Lula and Alckmin has proven thelimits of class conciliation. The New Fiscal Rule links the budget tofiscal targets, which impacts public services, such as public policiesto protect women. It is worth remembering that investments in thesepolicies had already been reduced during the Bolsonaro government, andthere is no prospect of improving this scenario, which leaves thesituation of the poorest women vulnerable. According to Dieese, around40% of working women receive up to the minimum wage (among black women,the rate reaches half), many of them without access to labor and socialsecurity rights and benefits.In 2023, Law No. 1,085/2023 was approved, which deals with equal paybetween men and women and remuneration criteria. The law only coverssalaries, not remuneration as a whole. Furthermore, we reinforce thatmuch of inequality will not be resolved by laws, but by systemicchanges. Therefore, roles that are mostly performed by women continue tohave lower salaries, as in the case of outsourced cleaning companies,domestic workers or sectors such as health and education.ATTACKS AND SETBACKS CONTINUE WITH STRENGTH IN THE POLICY OF CLASSCONCILIATIONBeyond the limits of institutional policies, the right and the extremeright have worked to promote ideas and projects that set back the rightsof women, indigenous and LGBT people, and the working class as a whole.The dispute between Congress and the STF and the approval of the MarcoTemporal demarcated the power of the right, at the same time thatviolence and misery persist in Yanomami territory. The crusade is alsoagainst the possibility of legalizing abortion, with a debate initiatedin the STF, and attacks on reproductive rights already achieved, asrecently happened in São Paulo, with the end of the legal abortionservice in a municipal hospital that is a reference in the procedure. .According to the 2023 Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, referring todata from 2022, all domestic violence indicators increased; femicidesincreased by 6.1% and attempted femicides increased by 16.9%; thecountry recorded the highest number of rapes in history, with anincrease of 8.2%, with the victims being women, children and teenagers.Black women are the majority of victims. Brazil is one of the countrieswith the highest rate of violence against women and femicides in theworld. For trans women, it is a frightening reality: according to datafrom the "Dossier: Murders and violence against Brazilian transvestitesand transsexuals", by Antra, Brazil continues to be the country that hasmurdered the most trans people for the 14th consecutive year.Police violence also profoundly affects the lives of women in peripheralregions. They are on the front line of reporting torture, arrests andeven executions of their children and partners, as we have seen recentlyin communities in Baixada Santista, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and otheroutskirts of Brazil.This entire scenario shows us that we urgently need a profound socialtransformation, which can change this reality from its roots - which nogovernment is capable of doing. The work is hard, in the short, mediumand long term, and involves strengthening organized women and theworking class. It is this organization, built from below, guided byclass independence and combativeness, that will respond to the setbacksand move us towards another possible world. The working class needs toincreasingly absorb women's life urgencies and build strategies toovercome them, as these are demands that are at the heart of classstruggles and depend on them. Therefore, it is a confrontation that mustbe built from the grassroots, in communities, in unions, in places ofstudy, collectively.INTERNATIONALIST MEMORY, ORGANIZATION, STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE!This year, we celebrate 40 years since the end of the MilitaryDictatorship in Brazil. And we remember the many women who were torturedand murdered by the military. Above all, we bring the memory of theirresistance and struggles to continue the path of combating the seeds ofauthoritarianism that supported the establishment of the military inpower. And, if our struggle for the liberation of people and theconstruction of a new world is international, we also emphasize our dutyto denounce the crimes of the State of Israel against the Palestinianpeople, which has already murdered more than 8 thousand women and 13thousand children Palestinians; Intensifying the fight against thePalestinian genocide is the duty of all revolutionary activists.We continue to build women's struggles, for combative and popularmovements, that strengthen organization and resistance from belowagainst those above!For the struggle, resistance and lives of women!For the Social Revolution and Libertarian Socialism!Libertarian Socialist OrganizationMarch 8, 2024https://socialismolibertario.net/2024/03/08/8m-do-brasil-a-gaza-a-luta-e-resistencia-das-mulheres-e-internacional/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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