List anything that seems relevant, whether it be influential women, books, documentaries, speeches, videos, stories, articles, posters, pictures, etc.
List anything that seems relevant, whether it be influential women, books, documentaries, speeches, videos, stories, articles, posters, pictures, etc.
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!
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.
The rifle in the 3rd picture looks like the service rifle from Fallout: New Vegas
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.