l'Humanité - Google and Apple suddenly deleted March 8th from their calendars. But in more than a hundred cities in France, 250,000 demonstrators took part to commemorate this international meeting and to mobilise and fight for women's rights. Nemesis Identity Group Provocation and Nous vivrons, who were banned from demonstrating by the 50 or so feminist associations organising the event, failed to spoil the Paris celebrations. The parade was joyful, festive and full of songs from the Republic to the nation. "We made that clear to the prefecture: we don't want a racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic identity group," explains Myriam Lebkiri from CGT. Their political discourse is incompatible with demonstration. They come to create a stir and silence our militant demands.
"Stop the extreme right, the reactionary right, the government and its liberal and authoritarian policies! " The collective Feminist Strike, which initiated the mobilization, was the main call. "For the first time, on March 7, the government wanted to ban a nighttime feminist march," she reacted angrily Youlie Yamamoto of Attac and the leader of the Rosies. This is a historic first in the context of the rise of the far right, which is an important political signal. In the face of the Trump-Zuckerberg-Musk "Bro" club, women in the United States are still on the front lines. Feminist resistance is organized against the masculinist, virile-fascist international. In France, despite the Bétharram scandal, François Bayrou is still Prime Minister. The issue of children's rights is fundamental and has always been defended by feminist associations. Macron's five-year term that was supposed to be exemplary is definitely not . This power embodies patriarchy in all its glory. On the evening of Friday, March 7, an administrative court definitively suspended the prefecture's ban just before a nighttime feminist rally.
62 % of people paid the minimum wage are women
CGT Secretary General Sophie Binet, perched on the back of a truck, reminded the crowd before the demonstration began that "there is money, equal salaries estimated at 6 billion euros, that could feed the pension fund." Wage inequalities are still not being addressed, even though 62 % people paid the minimum wage are women, the union rep told her neighbour. Auriane Bertrand wearing a black T-shirt that says "country women everywhere." A young woman who usually does market gardening can show off this year because she no longer has any land. "I'm looking for a plot, it's not easy. With the Peasant Confederation we are trying to bring women together and assert our place in the agricultural world." The farmer participated in farming workshops to learn about electricity and carpentry to "make tools in scale and more ergonomic" to account for her size. "What we do every day in the field is feminist, it's our way of political expression."
Mexican artist Vivir Quintana "Cancion sin miedo"
The imposing statue of the Republic was covered with a purple shirt denouncing ecocide and the murder of women as consequences of patriarchy. Several Latino activists singing together Cancion sin miedo (Song without fear) by Mexican artist Vivir Quintana, which has become a global anthem against femicide. After three hours, the last of the parades that have been trampling can finally enter the parade. Behind them, CRS pushes forward and builds a wall, because the Nemesis collective has not given up imposing its presence, despite the public unrest it risks causing. A little further on, the Brav-M bikers have converged. It's the first time they've appeared near a feminist demonstration. Street medics are ready to intervene in their face. At the other end of the demonstration, a purple wave reaches the nation.
humanite.fr / gnews.cz-jav
English 
Czech 
Spanish 
French 
Italian 
Russian 
Chinese 
German