WORLD WORLDWIDE GREECE - news journal UPDATE - (en) Greece, libertasalonica: March 8: Day of Resistance and Struggle | Feminist march: Thursday 8/3, 18:00, Kamara (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 "Our place in humanity as women is not to be won by pleading but by

struggle." - Louise Michel ---- March 8, historically speaking, was
established in 1910 after a series of women's collective and radical
struggles. The demands of women workers, local and immigrant, who
received land in the USA, mainly in the textile mills and factories of
New York, led to unprecedented mobilizations and strikes. Those
uncompromising women organized, claimed, clashed. They fought to be
freed from the inhuman working conditions, grueling hours and meager
wages they received. They fought for liberation from the oppressions and
traditional roles assigned to them. All these struggles were not lost,
since this day is a turning point for the active participation of women
in class and social struggles.

What has been established, however, to be the 8th of March today? The
capitalist system has indulged in the monetization of social movements
and uprisings. It is a common practice that aims to assimilate all forms
of resistance and opposition to power, until they end up essentially
harmless to its rule. Therefore, we are not at all surprised by the fact
that this day was established simply as a "woman's holiday". It is a
despicable attempt to attribute an institutional dimension to women's
struggles and to demystify any of their class and radical characteristics.

So no, March 8th is not for us the women's day, that is, a day in which
the woman is rewarded for her role as a good wife, mother and housewife.
It is not a celebration to highlight capitalist standards of beauty. Not
another celebration of consumerism and commercialization where bouquets
and cards are sent to all the "ladies".

March 8 is a historical achievement of the women of our class, a day of
resistance and struggle that was, is and will continue to be an
inspiration for all victims of gender violence, for all abused
femininities who found the courage to speak, for every worker who while
she is annihilated every day at work, she also has to face a mental
annihilation, that of constant underestimation by her male colleagues or
bosses, for every imprisoned fighter who is punished for her ideals and
socio-political action, for every immigrant and incarcerated in
concentration camps, for those who struggle to get rid of all forms of
oppression. It is an inspiration for all those who struggle against the
monster of patriarchy, but also of any other power.

The role of the state in shaping social relations is wrongly
underestimated, because in the case of gender-based violence, the
problem presented as an isolated form of oppression, a "symptom of the
times", is shifted between the male-female/ruler-ruled subjects and is
not treated as a resulting phenomenon of the state-capital partnership.
In other words, it is hidden, once again, that as long as capitalism
exists, every power relationship will be mobilized with the decisive
contribution of the state, for the benefit of capital. However, we know
very well that patriarchal violence has always been used as a tool to
fragment the social base, with the ultimate goal of enslaving it.

No one, therefore, can dispute the existence of patriarchy in every
aspect of women's lives.

Sexual harassment in public space and speech has become a daily routine
for all women: on the street, on the bus, in the squares, with whistles
and gestures, with rhetoric that explains that the victim "wanted it and
got it", because she was dressed provocatively and with "tips" on how to
be careful about where and how women move around.

Therefore, the struggle against patriarchy, gender violence, sexism and
homophobia is directly intertwined with the struggle against the state
and capitalism. Women's emancipation can only come through the
organization and collectivization of oppressed subjects. All the hells
of this earth must join forces, stand in solidarity with each other and
raise their stature against gender discrimination and the system that
breeds it. We as anarchists must support these struggles and fight our
own battle for the abolition of all forms of power. To continue our
struggle, so that on the ruins of the rotten capitalist system we can
build a world of real equality, freedom and mutual aid.

AGAINST RAPE CULTURE AND FEMICIDES

AGAINST PATRIARCHY, CAPITALISM AND THE STATE

FEMINIST MARCH: THURSDAY 8/3, 6:00 PM CHAMBER

*We support the joint feminist bloc of Rabbia Viola Libertarian Feminism
Collective and Witches Fight back

Freedom Initiative of Thessaloniki

blog: libertasalonica.wordpress.com
mail: lib_thess@hotmail.com

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