Make sure to check out this book just out by South End Press (they rule!) by the amazing organization Incite! The Color of Violence is an anthology of essays written by visionary women of color discussing the impact of violence in communities of color world-wide and the difficulties and successes of racially just feminist organizing around violence.
In addressing state violence they demand:
• reconsider a reliance on the criminal justice system for solving women’s struggles with domestic violence;
• acknowledge how militarism subjects women to extreme levels of violence perpetrated from within, and without, their communities;
• recognize how the medical establishment inflicts violence—such as involuntary sterilization and inadequate health care—on women of color;
• devise new strategies for cross-cultural dialogue, theorizing, and alliance building;
I just started reading it tonight, but I am already feeling inspired!
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"how militarism subjects women to extreme levels of violence."
The anxieties of society are written out on the bodies of women.
I'm frequently disgusted by those who stress militarism without investigating the side-effects on society before doing so.
Ima check it out. Incite! is good org.
incite! is my hero.