List anything that seems relevant, whether it be influential women, books, documentaries, speeches, videos, stories, articles, posters, pictures, etc.

  • Comrade CJ@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    Women around the world fighting capitalism, imperialism, fascism, and colonialism:

    South Africa: Phila Portia Ndwandwe, a commander in uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) during the struggle against apartheid, 1973

    Cuba: A female guerrilla during a parade after the Cuban Revolution, 1961

    El Salvador: An FMLN fighter stands guard during the US sponsored civil war, 1983

    Eritrea: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front fighter involved in the struggle for Eritrean independence, 1978

    Kurdistan: Kurdish rebels struggling for a sovereign homeland, 1980

    Palestine: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fighter, 1982

    I reached the limit on pictures, but there are definitely more worth sharing!

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      It feels to me to be ironically empowering to see oppressed women using the weapons of fascist empires against its creators. This applies both to the American AR-10 and German MP-40.

      Though it really does make you wonder how that German gun found it’s way to South Africa.

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        It’s a wood stock AR-10 from the 60’s, before plastic was really strong enough to sustain the effects of rifle caliber energy.