WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE UK - news journal UPDATE - (en) UK, SOLfed Direct Action #2 - Black Women in History (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was an acclaimed writer and poet known for her

radical honesty and fight against racism and sexism. Self-described as a
"Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," Lorde wrote often about the
intersections of her identities. After earning both a BA from Hunter
College and a masters from Columbia University, Lorde spent the 1960s
working as a librarian in New York. In the 1970s she worked as a
poet-in-residence at Tougaloo College in Mississippi and began
publishing poetry collections. The works were informed by the
intersections of race, class, and gender, and became increasingly more
political. Some of her most famous works are "The Master's Tools Won't
Dismantle The Master's House" and "Martha."
Lorde passed away in 1992; her first full biography, Warrior Poet, was
published by Alexis De Veaux in 2006. There's many women like her who
we're not taught about in school. We don't get to know about black
working class history, or any working class history for that matter. We
remain ignorant, while women like Audre Lorde are fighting for justice,
freedom and equality. Their struggle is YOUR struggle; it's a class
issue and breaking down divisions like sexism, racism and homophobia etc
makes us strong and able enough to protect each other from
discrimination and bigotry. Fighting back at this cruel economic system
that exploits all of us, involves challenging all attitudes and ideas
that oppress different groups within our class.
If we want improvements, it means fighting for ourselves without
politicians, leaders and union officials, by taking direct action by
those concerned.
DA would like to receive more articles on the subject of the
contribution of people of colour to political history, and why there are
so few in our movement today

http://solfed.org.uk/da/direct-action-solidarity-federation-2024-issue-2
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