We anarchists stand by (not only) Polish women for their right to decide their bodies and lives. We stand on the side of light against the forces that seek to draw us into the patriarchal darkness of God, the family and the nation.
en)Czech, AFED: A3: Women against darkness – Protests are under way in Poland against further restrictions on the right to abortion and conservative religious demagoguery.
15 Nov 2020 from http://www.afed.cz/A3/A3-2020-11.pdf
In October, 32 states signed the “Geneva Declaration of Consensus on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family.” At first glance, this sounds like a commendable concern for women. In reality, however, it is an alliance pushing for a complete restriction of the right to abortion.
In the case of birth, it’s us Women who have something to say
And who signed himself under such atrocity? Not surprisingly, these are governments that are often autocratic, conservative, religious, or narcissistic.
—- The list is therefore dominated by the Donald Trump administration. We have been able to see his relationship with women many times. Probably the best known is his quote from 2005: “And if you’re a star, they’ll leave you. You can afford anything. (…) Catch them by the pussy. Whatever. “
He is successfully seconded by the Brazilian government of the religiously based fascist Bolsonaro, and three of the European countries with the most authoritarian governments, such as Hungary, Poland and Belarus’s dictator Lukashenko.
To this have been added some governments of the Islamic world, such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Libya and other countries, which, according to the University of Georgetown Index, are at the bottom of the world’s ranking of women’s safety.
Almost at the same time, a decision was made to substantially reduce the right to abortion in Slovakia. Here, despite repeated attempts, such a proposal did not pass, but the battle is far from won, as similar attempts will certainly be repeated.
However, much worse news has come for women in Poland, who, due to the government of the Conservative and Church-affiliated Law and Justice Party (PiS), already have almost completely limited abortion. Now, however, the local constitutional court, in which PiS installed its people, has declared an article of the constitution, which spoke of abortion in cases where the fetus has a serious and irreversible birth defect, unconstitutional.
It thus fulfilled the Middle Ages, reminiscent of the efforts of PiS President Jaroslaw Kaczynski to end even very complicated pregnancies, including in cases where it is certain that the unborn child will die, the fetus is damaged or the pregnancy should end with the birth of a stillborn baby.
Oczami Kobiety Przemoc nie zaczyna się z dnia na dzie
The argument for this woman threatening nonsense is that every unborn child should be properly baptized and buried.
Such religious fanaticism, lack of respect for women, and a patriarchal worldview are the unifying element of all dangerous darkness – from the Islamic State to Law and Justice. But there are also many Christians, Muslims, who are not so backward and disagree with similar decisions.
Although all sorts of orthodox believers and ultra-rightists encourage people to hate people of different faiths, cultures, or skin colors, they are almost entirely similar in their darkness across different parts of our planet.
But we don’t want to go back to the Middle Ages, where women can just keep their mouth shut and where their lives are determined by some black ass (regardless of the religion they represent). It is no wonder that a large number of conservatives reject, for example, the Istanbul Convention, which opposes violence against women.
According to them, the family is the basis of the state. And since the state has a monopoly on violence, it is clearly necessary to maintain this model in the family as well.
For the time being, we can be comforted by the fact that we are not in danger of the Polish scenario. But let’s be careful when he heads the March for Life through Prague, led by representatives of the clergy.
When the clerical-fascist Duke declares the trade unionist a mob or glorifies Churchill, when someone dares to come up with a critique of his racist policy. After all, they have now built a Marian column under our noses at Staromák, which was demolished by the people of Prague in 1918 as a hated symbol of Catholic enslavement.
The hope that the shrinking clouds of conservative oppression will be dispelled and the light of humanism and rationality will come to earth is the motto “Wypierdalac” – Go to hell – Polish women. They took to the streets to say their “Enough” attempts to control their bodies and lives.
The protests are carried by the whole society – towns and villages. Kaczynski surrounded hundreds of police officers around his headquarters and called on his followers to defend the churches. His words were heard by the fighting between nationalists and neo-Nazis attacking protesting women. Live clerical fascism.
However, they did not intimidate the women’s strike, as well as threats of long-term punishments for protesters for rallies during the coronavirus crisis.
We anarchists stand by (not only) Polish women for their right to decide their bodies and lives. We stand on the side of light against the forces that seek to draw us into the patriarchal darkness of God, the family and the nation.
A3 ( November 2020) can be downloaded HERE . http://www.afed.cz/A3/A3-2020-11.pdf
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