Why does the anti-war movement in Russia have a female face? To answer this question, we need to turn to the development of Russian feminism over the past ten years. Feminism in Russia has gone through a rebirth.
Women’s movements are often born in periods of general political upsurge. Why isn’t that happening? Why do young feminists seem more interested in social media than in building feminist organizations?
Through decades we have learnt that sustainable peace can never be built through military strategies and militarized worldviews.
Being in debt obliges people to work more and more, no matter how precarious the conditions. Debt, in other words, produces obedience, and it affects women differently to men.
War, fascism, and three gifted women
The stories in Standing Up are linked thematically and appear in chronological order, beginning with 1970. For those of us who have similarly spent time as organizers, the book feels like an anthropological field trip into the past.
Victories in Chile and Honduras, bitter fights in Asia and Sudan, and more
While her contributions to feminism are widely appreciated, bell hooks also published groundbreaking work on film, the visual arts, education, and a host of other subjects. She helped shape the modern U.S. cultural landscape.
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