120,000 women took to the streets of Mexico City on March 8th in the name of the disappeared, the victims of sexual violence and demanding an end to the patriarchal violence that ravages Mexico and the world.
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They are the mothers, the sisters, the aunts “of the girl you won’t touch,” of the victims of femicide, of disappearance; of the beaten, of those who raise their children alone “because he left and doesn’t pay the child support” or of the bastard who doesn’t show respect and crosses the line. They are the descendants of the witches who were burned alive. They are the ones who are going to end the patriarchy. They are the ones who say they can be bad and even worse.
An account of #8M in Mexico City, by Desinformémonos.
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Chiapas mothers who have lost their loved ones travel to the capital to solicit help from the international community. As the electoral process tries to coopt the struggles of women to benefit the candidates, the deafness of the state will no longer be tolerated.
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An atmosphere of “support, solidarity and indignation characterized the marches held for International Women’s Day, as throngs of women filled the streets in Mexico City and San Cristóbal. Tens of thousands of women convened for the march to express their dignified rage and demand justice.
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It was said recently that congratulating women on International Women’s Day is akin to congratulating students on October 2nd, the anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre. Without doubt, the Tsotsil women of Chenalhó have little to celebrate.
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