by Michelle Karen Santos for Feminist Bloggers .. translation The Free … I am a Pastor’s daughter and I was born in a family where everyone is evangelical, that’s how I identified myself until I was 15 years old. I always went to church, sang, prayed and was part of all the groups that were there. I was the pastor’s daughter, the girl who should set an example for everyone, especially for the other girls.
I grew up seeing church leaders being all men, and the most that a woman could achieve was the leadership of the group of children or ladies. 
Rebellion is Life.. Submission is Death
The spaces were occupied by pastors who said that women should be submissive, behave like a “lady”, be careful, less gossipy, should have sex with their husbands even without wanting to, that they should have children even without wishing for them, that they should be wise and build their homes, that all women should be what the church declared they should to be. Continue reading “To Be Who You Are … How Feminism Liberated Me”
Nisrin Ebdullah, of Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
Kobane The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) lmilitary operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) is advancing quickly towards Raqqa city. Several SDF militias are participating in the campaign, among them the Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ).
Nisrin Abdullah, the YPJ’s official spokeswoman, told ARA News in an exclusive interview that their priority is securing freedom for the people of Raqqa, in particular the city’s enslaved and tortured women. Continue reading “SDF Women aim to Send ISIS back to Hell in Raqqa”
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Highway 87 in San Jose, near Mineta San Jose International Airport, was shut down Thursday night when anti-Trump protesters chanting “Yes we can!” took over the freeway.
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#J20#GeneralStrike Global resistance against fascism, racism, homophobia, sexism & nationalism January 20, 2017. In DC & around the globe!
Video: thousands on Interstate 94, blocking traffic in protest of President-Elect Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/41hNoKLkpS
On the 5th of November, the annual Million Mask March stormed Trump Hotel on Penn Ave.
Three arrests were reported over spray painted tags left at
Trump Hotel and on FBI headquarters. Police websites and some other news outlets reported that couched were thrown at glass doors inside, but video footage clearly shows that heavy couches were only pulled against glass doors to barricade them against security. Continue reading “Million Mask March storms Trump Hotel”
52 protestors have been acquitted of charges relating to the Bagua Massacre, one of the bloodiest episodes in recent Peruvian history.
The protestors, many of whom were indigenous, were accused of killing 12 policemen in June 2009.
see also.. 53 INDIGENOUS ON TRIAL FOR ‘SAVE THE AMAZON’ MASSACRE
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“Police attack protesters on June 5th 2009″
The massacre, which began as a peaceful demonstration, ended with at least twenty-three police officers, five Indians and five civilians dead, and more than 200 people injured. Unofficial reports suggest that the death toll was much higher.
Continue reading “ALL finally INNOCENT: 52 Indigenous accused of Bagua Massacre, Peru”
By Joan Edesson de Oliveira / Portal Vermelho translation by TheFreeOnline
Students have now decided to occupy the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro against the PEC of Death Via CUCA da UNE:
: after a long assembly in the rectory building, 800 students who participated in the discussion decided to occupy the rectory building next Monday, 07 Nov. Other university campuses, such as the National Faculty of Law, Macaé and Praia Vermelha Are added to the occupation of the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences, the IFCS.
Estudantes ocupam 961 escolas e universidades
They scatter through the streets, the schools, the universities. They are no longer content to wait for tomorrow, they do not just want, as Max Górki said, to have the face of tomorrow. They are thirsty for today, they are hungry for the now. Continue reading “Brazil Spring:. Who are the Boys and Girls occupying 961 Schools and Universities”
