More Reports on the 8th of March
Featured image: Big demonstration in São Paulo with a banner which reads “Enough violence against women. Awaken the revolutionary fury of the women!”, signed by the People’s Women’s Movement (MFP). Source: A Nova Democracia.
More reports on the mobilizations on occasion of the International Women’s Day have been published. We hereby share some of them.
Thousands took to the streets in Brazil, where powerful demonstrations took place in several cities. One of them took place in Parque Novo Mundo, a neighborhood in the northern part of São Paulo. Residents, along with several organizations, among them the People’s Women’s Movement (MFP) took to the streets. The demonstrators rejected the presence of state and city council members who wanted to take advantage of the mobilization. The march blocked the highway and marched against the will of the police who tried to prevent the protesters to continue their mobilization. The march went through the Marcone favela. A Nova Democracia (AND) reports that weeks before the event, residents and neighborhood groups carried out a massive leaflet distribution campaign to inform as many women as possible from the Parque Novo Mundo about it.
A demonstration was organized in Florianópolis, bringing together many women, children and other supporters of the struggle against women’s oppression. The protest was harassed by pedestrians and drivers but the participants were not intimated and continued the mobilization. The Military Police arrived at the scene and, upon arrival, assaulted the protesters under the pretext of “controlling the disturbance.”
A big political event took place in Passo Fundo on 7th of March, organized by the local women’s movement. They protested against wage inequality, violence faced by women and femicides. The event started with a rally, which was followed by a march and cultural contributions at the end of the event.
The Purple Red Collective issued a call in Switzerland with the slogan “Take to the streets on March 8th against imperialist wars.” Hundreds gathered in Basel and marched. Purple Red Collective marched with a banner which read “It is right to rebel, take to the streets against imperialist aggression”.
Avrupa Haber shared new reports on the demonstration in Paris, France, were Partizan and the Purple Red Collective participated and marched with their slogans and banners.
Die Rote Fahne Austria has reported on actions carried out for the 8th of March in the country: a demonstration was carried out in Linz. Hedy Urach, Communist resistance combatant, was upheld.
A demonstration and an event were carried out in Tirol.
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The demonstration strongly protested patriarchy, racism, and exploitation. Contingents of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) and of the Communist Committee of the Netherlands were also present and participated in the march.
