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Of all the International Women’s Day (IWD) demonstrations in an unprecedented 177 countries on March 8, the Spanish state stood out as the site of the largest mobilisation for women’s equality. In fact, it was the greatest mobilisation for women’s right in history, with almost 6 million people — overwhelmingly women — striking and demonstrating in about 120 cities and towns. There were many reasons why. To begin with, the #MeToo campaign of women film stars, media personalities and political figures coming out against sexual harassment by creeps in positions of power had a big impact in the Spanish state, where *machismo* is all-pervasive. However, that would not by itself have been enough to produce what was the biggest Spanish mobilisation of women — from all generations and walks of life — ever. https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/if-we-stop-world-stops-millions-strong-womens-strike-shakes-spanish-state -- www.greenleft.org.au * subscribe <https://www.greenleft.org.au/subscribe/details> * donate <https://www.greenleft.org.au/donate/details> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
