More about the celebrations of International Women’s Day around the world
Feature image: Bangladeshi women demonstrating against violence that they face. Source: Bangla Tribune.
There are more reports on action on the actions of the masses and revolutionaries around the world on March 8, International Women’s Day. Yesterday we published the first of these reports of actions carried out in the world:
Hereby, we share some of this reports.
Yeni Demokrasi has published more reports on mobilizations done in Turkey. There was a powerful demonstration in Izmir:
In Dersim a crowded event where the organization Women of New Democracy (YDK) participated, took place:
During the Night Feminist March in Istanbul 112 women were detained. Yeni Demokrasi has announced that 111 have been released.
The Purple-Red Collective has translated the published 8th of March call into German:
Thousands of women have protested against the U.S.-Marcos regime in the Philippines. There have been marches in Manila, showing solidarity with the striking women workers of Nexperia company. Students from other locations have joined. Hundreds of women have also protested in Batangas City, Baguio City, Naga City, Iloilo City, Davao and many others:
Posters on the International Women’s Day were published in PRWC’s web:
Ang Bayan has published an Editorial on the occasion of the International Women’s Day:
The New People’s Army (NPA) has remembered Ka Maria Malaya and has honored the revolutionary women:
The National Movement of New Women (MAKIBAKA) of Batagas has issued an statement:
The Bicol branch of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has issued a statement on the occasion of March 8 calling for the strengthening of revolutionary mass organizations:
The International League of People’s Struggles (ILPS) has released a statement together with the Women’s Commission:
In Bangladesh, the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement (RSYM) has held an event with exhibitions and debate at the University of the capital, Dhaka, together with other revolutionary feminist organizations:
In addition, massive protests have emerged across the country to protest against the rape of a girl and the violence faced by women in the country:
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has also published an statement on 8th of March:
The Global Campaign to Return to Palestine has published posters for Palestinian women and their struggle:
In Bogota, Colombia, combative mobilizations have taken place in which graffiti has been painted on buildings. Actions have been carried out against statues, for example that of a reactionary former minister:
Also in Argentina there have been massive and combative mobilizations that have confronted the police in front of the government palace:
A Nova Democracia from Brazil has promoted the Aurora Magazine by the People’s Women’s Movement (MFP):
In Germany, Roter Bund (Red League) has participated in various mobilizations and carried out actions in several cities. In Cologne, activists participated in the demonstration and sold numbers of Roten Post and highlighted the example of women’s struggle in Brazil:
In Dortmund the Zionists lead the demonstration, so Roter Bund decided to distribute leaflets and hold a mobilization in another part of the city.
In Leipzig activists took part in two mobilizations, including a mobilization alongside the internationalist bloc with Palestine, which suffered harassment:
In Hamburg, the Women’s Red Committee mobilized together with pro-Palestinian activists in the proletarian neighborhood of Mümmelmannsberg. In a rally, the role of women in Brazil and Palestine was highlighted. The police tried to prevent the mobilization and harassed the activists:
In Bremen the Women’s Red Committee and Roter Bund held a rally in the Tenever neighborhood, highlighted the struggle of women in Palestine and Brazil and distributed leaflets denouncing the situation of women in Germany:
In Bergen, Norway, a united demonstration took place denouncing imperialism, where slogans were chanted in support of the struggle of the people and women in Brazil and Palestine:
In Kristiansand, the demonstration also showed strong support for Palestine and a clear internationalist character. Following the rally, activists from Kampkomiteen held a joint event with a Women’s Association:
The Purple-Red Collective together with Partizan and other collectives participated in a powerful mobilization in Zurich, Switzerland:
The Revolutionary Committees of the Spanish State have participated in the mobilization done in Valencia:
In Madrid leaflets were spread during the mobilization:
In Greece there have been mass mobilizations in several cities of the country, in which blocs of the Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) [KKE (m-l)] have participated in the mobilizations in Athens and Thessaloniki:
In Galway, Ireland, socialist republican women have spread leaflets about the origin of International Women’s Day and put up posters highlighting the role of women in the Irish revolution:
In London, England, the IWD was commemorated with a march. The Anti-Imperialist Front (AIF) attended the march.
It has also published a statement:
