Editor’s Note From Rivera Sun
In Iran, where women are not allowed to dance in public, a group of girls were hunted down by the morality police for making a viral dance video. In protest, other women made videos of themselves doing the same dance. The uprising continues.
Meanwhile, millions of women across Latin America and the Caribbean joined demonstrations on International Women’s Day. Building upon this momentum, Ni Una di Meno, a transnational feminist movement against femicide and for gender equity, is planning a strike against shopping, housework, or even dressing in a certain way.
Across the globe, the rollercoaster of struggles continues. In Ecuador, students and workers marched against the right-wing president. In France, President Macron made an autocratic move to lower the retirement age despite mass strikes in opposition. In a scary twist of synchronicity, Greeks are protesting over a train disaster that could have been prevented. In the US, residents who live near a toxic train wreck are demanding better testing for cancer-causing dioxins.
Indigenous Mexicans are resisting privatization by cartels and foreign corporations. London is at a standstill over a 24-hr strike by subway and station workers. Farmworkers at major companies in the US are taking a stand against child labor. US unions are holding bake sales in solidarity (don’t miss the mouth-watering photos) and figuring out ingenious workarounds to union-busting rules that forbid them from wearing union symbols or even colors.
The one to watch? Texas youth in El Paso are taking on Big Oil by pushing for a law banning water extraction for use outside the city limits. If they succeed, it could cut off one of the water sources for the Permian Basin, which supplies 40% of all US oil production.
In solidarity,
Rivera Sun
Photo Credit: A mass rally in Mexico City decries gender-based violence on Int’l Women’s Day.
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