Given the patriarchal injustice, feminist self-defense
To chauvinistic and patriarchal policies, Women from all over the Spanish State are summoned to march once again. This time we did it against the budget cut that M. Rajoy wants to impose on the unfulfilled State Pact.
To know what our fight means to the leader of the PP, no need to go back too long. Very recently, in a television interview, he expressed in response to a question whether he considered a law that would equalize salaries between men and women a good idea., In a very cold manner he responded “let's not get involved in that.”, leaving evident the little importance that women have for the PP policies. Although some time later he appeared wearing a violet bow on the lapel of his suit., as in support of feminism, this and his speeches are not enough, because we are clear that making progress on gender issues, are not enough to achieve equality.
But as the feminist collective has been demonstrating, it is not backing down from the struggles., like him 8 March when more than five million women joined the strike, crowding the Spanish streets. Given the failure to comply with the State Pact against Gender Violence and the sentences in favor of rapists by the judicial system, this wednesday 16 of May we were present in the streets once again.
In the city of Barcelona the meeting point for the march was Plaza Universitat. Led by a group of women who, to the rhythm of the music, made anyone who let themselves be carried away, the mobilization moved forward.. Although the march was called throughout the Spanish State under the motto “Commitment = Budget”, here it was centralized in the misogynistic and aberrant sentence in favor of “La Manada” and other sexist sentences that this justice addicted to power allows to run. Several feminist groups from different sectors were present with their flags and slogans in response to what is happening.. As the evening falls, The demonstration ended in an emblematic way at the Arc de Triumf, making his way through it. A clear sign that women are here and we are not going to allow ourselves to be oppressed anymore by this sexist and patriarchal system.. The fourth wave arrived to sweep.