Feminist Anti-War Resistance
Feminist Anti-War Resistance Феминистское антивоенное сопротивление | |
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| Abbreviation | FAS |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | February 2022 |
| Ideology | Feminism Pacifism |
| Colours | Yellow Blue |
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Feminist Anti-War Resistance (Russian: Феминистское антивоенное сопротивление) is a group of Russian feminists founded in February 2022 to protest against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Manifesto[edit]
In a manifesto released on the group's Telegram channel, the group called on feminists around the world to come together to oppose the war launched by Vladimir Putin's government:
Today feminists are one of the few active political forces in Russia. For a long time, Russian authorities did not perceive us as a dangerous political movement, and therefore we were temporarily less affected by state repression than other political groups. Currently more than forty-five different feminist organizations are operating throughout the country, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, from Rostov-on-Don to Ulan-Ude and Murmansk. We call on Russian feminist groups and individual feminists to join the Feminist Anti-War Resistance and unite forces to actively oppose the war.[1]
An English translation of the manifesto was published in Jacobin,[1] and the manifesto has been translated into 14 languages.[2]
Activities[edit]
On 8 March 2022, International Women's Day, Feminist Anti-War Resistance organized the laying of flowers – chrysanthemums and tulips bound with blue and yellow ribbons – by women at war monuments:
We, the women of Russia, refuse to celebrate March 8 this year: don't give us flowers, it's better to take to the streets and lay them in memory of the dead civilians of Ukraine.[3]
The protests took place across 94 Russian and international cities,[4] including Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kanash, Yaroslavl, Syktyvkar, Smolensk, Luga, Lytkarino, Izhevsk, Volgograd, Irkutsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Omsk, Mytishchi, Gelendzhik, Perm, Kazan, Zelenograd, Balashov, Saratov, Biysk, Khimki, Chelyabinsk, Krasnodar, Novovoronezh, Vologda, Korolev, Troitsk, Serpukhov, Vladimir, Revda, Tolyatti, Kaliningrad, Naberezhnye Chelny, Volgodonsk, Ramenskoye, Samara, Leninavan farm, Stavropol, Arkhangelsk, Yoshkar-Ola, Krasnogorsk , Novokuibyshevsk, Zheleznovodsk, Murom, Snegiri, Nakhabino, Rostov-on-Don, Cheboksary, Saransk, Dzerzhinsky, Veliky Novgorod, Tyumen, Tobolsk, Podolsk, Tula, Grebnevo village, Dolgoprudny, Murino, Vladikavkaz and Alagir.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Feminist Anti-War Resistance (27 February 2022). Translated by Anastasia Kalk; Jan Surman. "Russia's Feminists Are in the Streets Protesting Putin's War". Jacobin. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Ella Rossman (10 March 2022). "How Russian feminists are opposing the war on Ukraine". OpenDemocracy. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Aliide Naylor (10 March 2022). "Amidst a Crackdown, Russia's Anti-War Artists and Activists Try To Reclaim the Streets". ArtReview. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian Feminists Stage Anti-War Protests in 100 Cities". The Moscow Times. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Феминистское Антивоенное Сопротивление" [Feminist Anti-War Resistance]. Telegram. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
External links[edit]
- "Феминистское Антивоенное Сопротивление" [Feminist Anti-War Resistance]. Telegram (in Russian).
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