NEW YORK: Last year on February 14th, a gunman with a history of misogyny and domestic violence killed 17 children and educators in Parkland, Florida. This year, one day after the one-year memorial of this tragedy, Donald Trump twisted the narrative of trafficking, drugs, and gangs and declared a fake national state of emergency to justify billions for … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: New York
A Feminist Future is the Hope of the Land
NEW YORK—On the third anniversary of the January explosion of women’s anger toward the pervasive and intensive misogyny in the United States of America, AF3IRM NYC re-affirms its commitment to work toward a feminist future for the people and the land. This bedrock revolt against oppression and exploitation of the majority population, not only of the USA, but of the globe, … Continue Reading ››
Cyntoia Brown: Born to Oppression, Jailed by Exploitation, Freed by Resistance
This is an open letter to you, Cyntoia Brown.
We share in the general jubilation of the gubernatorial clemency which will enable you to leave prison this August. After spending 15 years behind bars. For having struck back at the man who bought you for sex when you were 16 years old. There is an implicit irony in this matching of … Continue Reading ››
AF3IRM NY on the 16 Days Altar Commemorating Missing, Murdered, and Trafficked Women
In the spirit of community activists and feminists targeted and killed, indigenous community leader Juana Ramirez Santiago in Guatemala and queer black city councilmember Marielle Franco in Brazil, AF3IRM participates in 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, annually, with the heartbreaking consciousness that there are new names of women to remember, and so … Continue Reading ››
ART | AF3IRM NYC: “We refuse to watch a misogynist tweet our lives away”
Joan Ariete, AF3IRM NYC leader, mama, and brilliant woman is depicted by her chapter coordinator & artist Leani. 💜
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