I Don’t Want To “Man up” Anymore

Beat Sexism's avatarBeat Sexism

Prepared by: Pulkit Mahajan, Beat Sexism India

“Man up” may seem like a harmless way to tell a man to step up to his responsibilities, to be strong, or to show fewer emotions, but the phrase itself implies that doing any of these things is gender-specific.

Being a man myself, I’ve been told all of the stuff mentioned above. My mom said that I shouldn’t cry because “It’s not man-like”. Unfortunately, like my mom, most parents fail to understand the consequences of teaching children things like that.

Because I was told to be a man since I can remember, I realized that I kept telling myself to refrain from displaying emotions for most of my life. I kept myself from crying or even acting hurt when something wrong would happen. Keeping all of those things inside takes a real toll on you, your mental and physical health.

I stopped using…

View original post 274 more words

Lamentable #Brasil…

almacubanita's avatarAlma Cubanita

Tener como patrimonio una filosofía «fascista», y hacer de ella un regocijo en pleno siglo XXI, sentirse halagado cuando se le califica como el «Trump del trópico», desafiar la inteligencia humana y apostar por lo irracional, son cualidades del actual presidente brasileño, Jair #Bolsonaro

Tener como patrimonio una filosofía «fascista», y hacer de ella un regocijo en pleno siglo XXI, sentirse halagado cuando se le califica como el «Trump del trópico», desafiar la inteligencia humana y apostar por lo irracional, son cualidades del actual presidente brasileño, Jair Bolsonaro.

Incluso, este mismo viernes, al referirse a la vacuna de Pfizer contra la COVID-19, que debe aplicarse en su país, dijo al pueblo que los vacunados «pueden convertirte en monos o en cocodrilos».

Pero lo más grave de todo es que ese sea el presidente del mayor país de América Latina.

Me dirán entonces: bueno, si Donald Trump es presidente de Estados…

View original post 316 more words

Surviving the Social Media Crackdown – The Instagram Ban—and How to Keep Following CrimetInc

Posted on by enough14 — Leave a comment

As you all probably know, many antifascist and anarchist platforms were banned from Facebook earlier this year. Enough 14 was banned as well, and decided not to use Instagram anymore. Instagram is owned by Facebook and we decided to focus on our Mastodon account and our Telegram channel. On December 19 Instagram banned CrimethInc.

Originally published by CrimethInc.

In the early hours of Saturday, December 19, one day before their new terms of service took effect, Instagram shut down a page associated with CrimethInc. with no explanation or justification. The account had never been suspended before, nor received so much as a warning. Well over 40,000 people were following it. The issue was not a violation of the terms of service—rather, this is a political measure to suppress the voices of dissidents, expanding Facebook’s August 2020 decision to ban an array of pages associated with anarchist journalists and publishers.

This comes at the same time that Instagram is suppressing the voices of sex workers and their supporters, among other groups. These are not isolated incidents, but steps in a systematic crackdown intended to exclude millions of voices from public discourse in order to render the communities that these platforms serve more vulnerable to other forms of repression.

Continue reading “Surviving the Social Media Crackdown – The Instagram Ban—and How to Keep Following CrimetInc”

Two dead, entire villages destroyed after ‘ferocious’ Cyclone Yasa smashes Fiji

18:05, Dec 18 2020 .-. Nicole said this latest natural disaster shows the “harsh consequences” of climate inaction. “It’s past time for world leaders to step up their commitments in this climate emergency.”

At least two people have been killed and entire villages reportedly destroyed after Tropical Cyclone Yasa smashed through Fiji overnight.

One man is reported to have died when he was crushed under a wall of his house. Fijian Broadcasting Corporation reported the 46-year-old farmer, his wife and two sons were sheltering in their house near Labasa – the largest town on the island of Vanua Levu – when the building collapsed.

The man’s eldest son was also trapped under the wall and was injured.

Vasiti Soko, the director of the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), confirmed the fatalities were in the Western and Northern Divisions, The Fiji Times reported.

READ MORE:
* Cyclone Yasa: Fiji’s Vanua Levu pummelled overnight
* Cyclone Yasa: Category 5 cyclone hits Fiji causing landslides, flooding, 345kmh gusts, and 14-metre swells
* Cyclone Yasa: Fijians hunker down from category five storm
* Monster Tropical Cyclone Harold continues to wreak havoc in Vanuatu
* Cyclone Winston: Storm slams Fiji, one confirmed dead

The category 5 cyclone made landfall in Bua on the island of Vanua Levu at 6pm Thursday (7pm Thursday NZT), a state of natural disaster was declared and a curfew put in place overnight.Post by Fiji NDMO.

Continue reading “Two dead, entire villages destroyed after ‘ferocious’ Cyclone Yasa smashes Fiji”

Justice for Florencia> Burn Down MACHIST VIOLENCE and the PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM Eng/Esp

By Osiris Martí

A new femicide shook Argentina.

This week’s photo shows the Mendoza Legislature burning with powerlessness and anger over a new victim of sexist violence and state neglect.
Incidentes en la marcha para reclamar justicia por el femicidio de Florencia  Romano

Florencia, a 14-year-old girl, was murdered in the city of Maipú, Mendoza. She had been missing since Saturday, December 12, and her body appeared lifeless on Thursday, December 17, with signs of having suffered extreme violence.

The young woman had defended herself with her screams and a neighbor who heard her called 911, but the police who attended her not only did not give her help, but also cut her call.

This situation reveals the little preparation that the police forces have in matters of gender violence. It also expresses the need for the State to make urgent political decisions in the face of the scourge that women and dissidents experience in this macho-patriarchal-violent culture entrenched in the prevailing capitalist system.

Mendoza, ardida y vapuleada por 50 ultras

According to the MuMaLá observatory, a total of 241 femicides, linked femicides and trans-transvesticides had been registered as of November 31. From these numbers, the horrifying statistics of one femicide every 32 hours can be deduced. in the country.

Continue reading “Justice for Florencia> Burn Down MACHIST VIOLENCE and the PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM Eng/Esp”

Madrid: The dystopia beyond the corona virus – or how the fascists are taking over Protests

By thecollective Barcelona Indymedia. Translated by Enough 14.

Leer Original en castellano AQUÍ

Leer Original en castellano AQUÍ

Far Right demonstrators riot in Madrid

Madrid. Spanish territory. Analysis of the appropriation of the protest by the far-right and the discourses that the left articulates about it. Anarchist claim to different conflict situations on the streets during the last months.

At dawn on November 1 at 00:00, the curfew started in the Spanish state. At the same time there were calls in the streets to challenge this restriction. The protests had an international echo, as they ended with clashes against the police, smashed shop windows, barricades and sporadic looting.

Los manifestantes, ante agentes de los Mossos, en la Plaça Sant Jaume de Barcelona / PERE VIRGILI / PERE VIRGILI

anarchist demo against curfew in Barcelona> ”The Media are the Virus”

The left soon put the call to the skies, pointing to the far-right, which was largely behind the calls that night. Unfortunately, it was not easy to join the protests that night and not meet up with a bunch of Nazis, at least in Madrid. But there were many other people who took to the streets that day, many not even right-wing, and there was probably more than one youth without papers, the kind of people that Nazis like so much. [1]

Continue reading “Madrid: The dystopia beyond the corona virus – or how the fascists are taking over Protests”

Another social leader murdered in southwestern Colombia, number 296 in the year English/Spanish

Posted on diciembre 18, 2020 by ELCOMUNISTA.NET in AMÉRICA LATINA

The social leader and deputy of the Colombian municipality of San Sebastián (Cauca, southwest) was assassinated this Friday in the rural area of ​​Timbío, a town also located in that department, confirmed his party, Independent Social Alliance (ASI, center-left) ).

Asesinan a Concejal en el sur del Cauca. – Informativo Del Sur

“It is with deep sorrow that we condemn the murder of our councilor of San Sebastián (Cauca), Franco Nativel Salamanca Hoyos, a recognized social and political leader,” the ASI said in a statement.

According to party information, the murder occurred when the social leader was traveling from the city of Popayán (capital of Cauca) to San Sebastián and was approached by several armed men who forced him to get out of a public transport vehicle and shot him immediately.

ASI pointed out that with the death of Salamanca Hoyos there are 296 homicides of social leaders in the country so far this year.

Gustavo Bolívar on Twitter: "Asesinado el líder social y concejal de la  ASÍ, Franco Nativel Salamanca, en Timbío, Cauca. Franco es el líder social  No 296 de este año. Sr @IvanDuque puede

“Mr. Iván Duque (President of Colombia), that this murder and the dozens of massacres that have occurred in your Government do not go unpunished, you can prevent these violent acts if you have the will (…), your indolence is concerning,” said the party in your statement.

Similarly, ASI asked the authorities for a “prompt and timely” clarification of the crime.

For her part, the mayor of Timbío, Maribel Perafán, told the local station Blu Radio that an alleged murderer of the social leader was injured and captured by the police.

Sputnik.. shared with thanks

original in Spanish

Asesinan a otro líder social en suroeste de Colombia, el número 296 en el año

Posted on diciembre 18, 2020 by ELCOMUNISTA.NET in AMÉRICA LATINA // 0 Comments

El líder social y diputado del municipio colombiano de San Sebastián (Cauca, suroeste) Franco Nativel Salamanca Hoyos fue asesinado este viernes en zona rural de Timbío, localidad ubicada también en ese departamento, confirmó su partido, Alianza Social Independiente (ASI, centro-izquierda).

El concejal y líder social de San Sebastián Franco Nativel Salamanca fue  asesinado por hombres armados en el Cauca - Infobae

«Con profundo dolor condenamos el asesinato de nuestro concejal de San Sebastián (Cauca), Franco Nativel Salamanca Hoyos, reconocido líder social y político», señaló la ASI en un comunicado.

Según la información del partido, el asesinato se produjo cuando el líder social viajaba desde la ciudad de Popayán (capital del Cauca) hacia San Sebastián y fue abordado por varios hombres armados que lo obligaron a bajar de un vehículo de transporte público en el que se transportaba y que le dispararon de inmediato.

ASI señaló que con la muerte de Salamanca Hoyos suman 296 los homicidios de líderes sociales en el país en lo que va del año.

«Señor Iván Duque (presidente de Colombia), que este asesinato y las decenas de masacres que han ocurrido en su Gobierno no queden en la impunidad, usted puede evitar estos hechos violentos si tuviera voluntad (…), preocupa su indolencia», expresó el partido en su comunicado.

De igual modo, ASI pidió a las autoridades una «pronta y oportuna» aclaración del crimen.

Por su parte, la alcaldesa de Timbío, Maribel Perafán, dijo a la emisora local Blu Radio que un presunto homicida del líder social quedó herido y fue capturado por la Policía.

Sputnik