Tag: Latin America
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Feminism is Everywhere: Building a Multisectoral, Transversal Movement in Chile
By This Is Hell! Podcast Live from Santiago, organizer Bree Busk explores the rise of a multisectoral, transversal feminist movement in Chile – connecting the oppression of women, workers, migrants and indigenous people in Chilean society with the power of capitalism, patriarchy and the state, and linking social movements together in solidarity and shared struggle for liberation.…
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Women in the Revolution: The Forgotten History of Las Sandinistas
By La Virgen Memory can be tricky. As time passes bigger chunks are lost, stories have less details, and soon enough the story is buried. Historical memory mimics this on a larger scale with important events and figures becoming forgotten and buried within the history books – with all that’s left being recycled quotes circulating…
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From Below Podcast: Feminism Against Capitalism
We are excited to present the premiere episode of From Below Podcast on International Women’s Days. This coming week we will be releasing introduction episode to meet our hosts Markie and Pedro. For our first episode, released on International Women’s Day 2019, Markie and Pedro discuss two examples of anti-capitalist feminism. The discussion starts around…
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A Public Statement on the Situation in Venezuela From Chilean Libertarian Communists
The following is a statement on the current political crisis and U.S. backed coup underway in Venezuela produced by Solidaridad, a libertarian communist political organization in Chile. In the coming days we will be publishing an additional statement written jointly by anarchist groups in Brazil and Uruguay. For additional analysis we recommend our archive of…
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Socialismo Libertário na América dol Sul: Uma entrevista em mesa redonda, Parte 3, Brasil
Nos Estados Unidos, grande parte da população está passando por um período de aprofundamento político, bem como profunda polarização. As elites políticas estão lutando para manter o controle, à medida que um número crescente de pessoas procura alternativas à esquerda e à direita. Na sequência da eleição presidencial de 2016, as organizações políticas de esquerda…
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Socialismo libertario en Sur América: Entrevista de mesa redonda, Parte 3, Brasil
VERSÃO PORTUGUESA/VERSION PORTUGUESA VERSIÓN INGLESA/ENGLISH VERSION En Estados Unidos, cada vez más segmentos de la población están atravesando un período de profunda politización y polarización. Las élites políticas luchan por mantener el control a medida que aumenta el número de personas que buscan alternativas tanto en la izquierda como en la derecha. Tras las elecciones…
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Lessons From Latin American Feminism – Video Presentation
Video presentation by Bree Busk and Romina Akemi discussing the global implications of the current upsurge of feminist activity in Latin America with a focus on Chile and Argentina.
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Chile’s Feminists Inspire a New Era of Social Struggle
Feminism has a deep history in Chile and the powerful organizing that has emerged over the last year provides a number of lessons to draw from