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Antifeminism & LGBTIQ

“It’s Not Possible to be Anti-Fascist Without Being Feminist”

Interview Ewa Majewska talks about why feminism should be at the centre of anti-fascist militancy and theory, reflects on how women researchers are still not heard or are ignored in academia and argues that the left needs to put its prejudices aside and research the institution of "family"

Feminisms against Milei — and Beyond

In Perspective It seems that the feminist movement was decisive in tipping the the balance in the first round of elections in Argentina. However, the electoral game is just one of the arenas of power. Feminisms - in the plural because we are diverse - are against Milei and beyond.

The Time Has Come

In Perspective It is evident that feminism has gained significant momentum in North America and Western Europe in recent years. However, concerns have arisen regarding the limitations to its radical potential due to the rise of neoliberalism and right-wing politics, which may have influenced the current feminist landscape

By Firoozeh Farvardin and Bahar Oghalai

Beyond Equality: Feminisms Reclaiming Life

This internationalist gathering will take place in Berlin from June 30 to July 2, 2023 and assembles prominent feminist movements, researchers, and cultural workers – Latin American collectives, Kurdish, Iranian, and North African liberation movements, as well as queer and trans-feminist positions – through a collective curatorial process.

Echoes of Jin, Jiyan, Azadi in Iran and Elsewhere

Interview In this interview, Nafis Fathollahzadeh and Ülker Sözen talk about the recent intersectional feminist revolution in Iran, the wave of protests that started with the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by the morality police in September 2022, and trace important parallels between Iran and Turkey in terms of the dynamics of state violence and the power of women’s and LGBTQIA+ struggle to inspire an emancipatory social mobilization.

By Börries Nehe and Andrea Dip