Sunday March 8 2020 was International Womenâs Day, originally founded as International Working Womenâs Day by Clara Zetkin and other women in the international socialist movement in 1910. International Womenâs Day 2020 was ground-breaking and radical in its own right, particularly in Latin America, where millions upon millions of women to the streets in cities across the region to protest against growing inequality, rising rates of femicide and anti-women violence, as well as reactionary laws against abortion. In Chile alone, two million women marched in the capital Santiago as part of ongoing protests against the right-wing neo-liberal regime of Sebastian Pinera, whose crackdown on dissent has involved numerous assaults and sexual crimes against women protesters. Several Womenâs Day demonstrations were the targets of police violence on Sunday, including in France and Turkey. Women across the entire world are fighting back bravely against the patriarchal systems imposed upon them and are refusing to be silent; fighting for a world where their rights, their equality, their dignity are non-negotiable. Just as is the case with the Wetâsuwetâen solidarity protests, women are leading the way all over the world in the struggle for liberation.
Nina Simone - Backlash Blues The Workmens Circle Chorus - In Ale Gasn/Hey Hey Daloy Polisey Truth Is - Alone
The blog post for this episode of Back in the USSR, including links to all featured content, can be found here: https://proletarianguardbackintheussr.blogspot.com/2020/03/international-womens-day.html
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