(Letter to the editor)
I took part in this year's March 8th in Linz and I have to address you angrily.
The focus of the demo, I thought, is the poverty in women and also violence against women. I wonder if the war in Palestine is not an expression of violence against women. I was at the demo and noticed that the demo folder asked a person to remove the Palestine flag because "The organizers do not want national flags" . I am a bit surprised about it, because at first it is constantly trying to prevent the Palestine Inlay in Austria from the police and now it is already done by organizers on demos ... and that also on March 8th?!
This is a cheek! I was very pleased that a few people did not like it and called at the demo "Freedom for Palestine!" Because what else should "high international solidarity" mean, if not the support and solidarity with the fight of the Palestinians at the same time?
In the newspapers I read that it was the largest March 8th in Linz since the 70s. In the 1970s, however, the Palestine Inasolidarity was not a reason for exclusion or reason for discussion in the women's movement. It is time for it to change quickly! But that is not possible on its own, but only when more people show solidarity and energetic and defend this solidarity - also on March 8th!
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