The Socialist Alliance released this statement on October 16.
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Socialist Alliance is proud to gather with fellow feminists to Reclaim the Night around Australia in 2013.
We share the belief that women, when we organise and forge alliances, can make change. We fight the “victim” tag as we fight sexism and violence against women.
We celebrate women’s survival, women’s organising and women’s achievements even as we mourn our fallen sisters and acknowledge those suffering in homes, streets, organisations, workplaces, prisons and institutions in Australia and around the world.
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