MAS
Posts – Articulos
February 2016 M T W T F S S « Nov 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Archives
- November 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- September 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- November 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
Facebook
International - Internacional - Entenasyonal
- Anarchist Black Cat Forum
- Anarkismo News
- Batay Ouvriye
- Blaumachen (greece)
- Chasqui Anarquista Ecuador
- China Study Group
- Common Cause (Canada)
- Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo
- Faridabad Majdoor Samachar (India)
- Federação Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro
- Federação Anarquista Gauchá (Brazil)
- Federacion Anarquista Comunista Argentina
- Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya
- Federazione dei Comunisti Anarchici Italia
- Freie Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter Union (Germany)
- Grupo Antorcha Libertaria (Colombia)
- Grupo Libertario Via Libre
- Gurgaon Workers' News (India)
- Industrial Workers of the World
- International Workers Association- Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores
- Kampa Tillsammans (Sweden)
- Libcom
- Libertäre Aktion Winterthur (Switzerland)
- Libertære Socialister (Denmark)
- Motmakt (Norway)
- Occupy Together
- Organização Anarquista Socialismo Libertário
- Solidarity Federation (UK)
- TPTG (greece)
- Troploin Journal
- Union Socialista Libertaria (Peru)
- Unione Communiste Libertaire
- Voces Oaxacañas Construyendo Autonomia y Libertad
- Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland)
- Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa)
National - Nacional - Nasyonal
South Florida - Florida Sur - Sid Florida
Being a woman organizer isn’t easy
In the following piece MAS member, Luz Sierra, reveals the hardship of being pressured to fulfill gender expectations within her household and culture while being politically involved in Miami. She shares some strong insights of her analysis of such oppression and how it affected women she have met throughout her life. Yet, as a firm believer in direct action, she demonstrates and encourage revolutionary women to share their tribulations with one another and end their fears and doubts. Therefore, in honor of Women’s History Month, we provide you this amazing piece and insist you to read it.
By Luz Sierra
This past year I became politically active. I went from being completely unaware of the existence of radical politics to doing organizing work in Miami with an anarchist perspective. It has been both a rewarding and difficult journey, yet gender seems to haunt me wherever I go. I am probably not the first woman to experience this, but I believe that I should demonstrate how this is a real issue and provide my personal insight for other women to have a reference point for their own struggles.
Being raised by Nicaraguan parents and growing up in Miami’s Latin community, I have firsthand experience with the sexist culture in South Florida. Many families that migrated from South and Central America and the Caribbean arrived to the United States carrying traditions from the 1970s and 1980s. Daughters are raised by women who were taught that their goal in life is to be an obedient wife and to devote their time to raising children and making their husbands happy. Latin women are supposed to be modest, self-reserved, have the ability to fulfill domestic roles and be overall submissive. Some Hispanic families might not follow this social construction, but there are still a large number of them who insert this moral into their households. For instance, this social construct is apparent in the previous three generations of my father’s and mother’s families. My great grandmothers, grandmothers, mother and aunts never completed their education and spend the majority of their life taking care of their husbands and children. Meanwhile, various male members of my current and extended family had the opportunity to finish their education, some even received college degrees, and went on to become dominant figures in their households. The male family members also had the chance to do as they pleased for they left all household and childcare responsibilities to their wives. As the cycle continued, my mother and grandmothers attempted to socialize me to fulfill my expected female role. I was taught not to engage in masculine activities such as sports, academia, politics, and other fields where men are present. Unfortunately for them, I refused to obey their standards of femininity. I have played sports since I was 10 years old; I grew a deep interest in history, sociology and political science; and I am currently part of three political projects. Such behavior has frustrated my parents to the point that I am insulted daily. My mother will claim that I am manly, selfish for devoting more time to organizing and promiscuous because the political groups I am involved with consist mostly of men. My father will state that I am senseless for wasting my time in politics and should devote more time in preparing myself to become a decent wife and mother.
Talk with Batay Ouvriye
We are posting a link of a mid-December 2013 interview by One Struggle of militants in Batay Ouvriye concerning the ongoing minimum wage struggle in Haiti including mass protests of hundreds of thousands of workers in the streets. In the interview, Batay Ouvriye militant, Yanik, calls on those who want to stand in solidarity with these struggles to: 1) spread information about their struggle and 2) pressure particular businesses resisting workers demands. For more information on specific actions to pressure businesses, check out the webpages of Batay Ouvriye (Haiti):http://batayouvriye.wordpress.com/ and One Struggle (South Florida): http://onestruggle.net/
Here is the link to the interview: Talk with Batay Ouvriye
Tour begins today at 4pm, Struggling to Win: Anarchists Building Popular Power in Chile
Miami Community Event Today at Veye-Yo, Saturday, January 11th: https://www.facebook.com/events/492633257518625/
Miami Student Event Monday at FIU South, January 13th: https://www.facebook.com/events/190047431196540/
Tour Website: http://chilespeakingtour.wordpress.com/
Anarchist Speaking Tour on Popular Power in Chile
Please help and support the Anarchist Speaking Tour on Popular Power in Chile. They currently need assistance with tour expenses (about $5,000 dollars) and are seeking for contributions. Therefore, we would appreciate it if you provide donations of any amount in order to help create a successful tour.
STRUGGLING TO WIN: ANARCHISTS BUILDING POPULAR POWER IN CHILE
* We are reposting one of the web pages of STRUGGLING TO WIN: ANARCHISTS BUILDING POPULAR POWER IN CHILE in order to provide more information of the US Tour and share the biographies of the speakers. We hope this will encourage individuals, not only in Miami, but all over the country to attend the various events being held in different cities. Tour dates and contact information are also provided in the website as well.
STRUGGLING TO WIN: ANARCHISTS BUILDING POPULAR POWER IN CHILE US Tour
STRUGGLING TO WIN: ANARCHISTS BUILDING POPULAR POWER IN CHILE US Tour
We are hosting an event for STRUGGLING TO WIN: ANARCHISTS BUILDING POPULAR POWER IN CHILE US Tour in Miami,FL. It will be held at Veye-Yo in January 11, 2014 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Chilean Anarchist speakers, Pablo and Gabriel, will discuss about their experience in building popular power in Chile such as being involved in student, education, feminist, and labor movements. The speakers will present on their political experience and current social movements in Chile as well as do a Q&A session for attendees.
https://www.facebook.com/events/492633257518625/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular