Chilean National Day of feminist protest
19m action began to take shape, from the call of the "Coordinadora 8 of March."An assembly was held in the feminist takeover of Law (University of Chile) and almost 200 colleagues from various student spaces, union, political and social we decided to hold a national protest on June 1, with the slogan “against the precariousness of life”, in response to the “women's agenda” of the right-wing Piñera government. The bet was to promote the call beyond the universities to mainstream a demand that supports the 70% of the people. The day was well received, opening new organizational perspectives.
The 1J began with street closures and interventions in various parts of Santiago and other cities. In Valparaíso thousands demonstrated before Congress and, later, in public squares. This milestone marked the continuity of the feminist wave that Chile has been experiencing since the end of April. The violet tide began against sexual harassment in universities, It quickly added social support and integrated other sectors.
The women's movement is going through decisive moments and Piñera knows it. With your “woman agenda” try some measures, but it does not respond to demands against sexist education or for reproductive and labor rights. Upside down: in the name of “equity”, The cost for men in private health plans rose. But Piñera faces the popular response, since the action of the 1J opens the possibility of advancing an articulated document between the mobilized sectors. We believe it is important to strengthen the 8M Coordinator and, During the day we participated in three points in Santiago.
The sister organizations with which we integrate Anticapitalistas en Red deployed the campaign “Solidarity with Chilean feminists”. This confirms that the feminist wave is global, crosses borders and questions every patriarchal structure. That is why being articulated as an international current strengthens our feminist and anti-capitalist position..
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