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Where have "Women's Waves" gone in the past?
These women were in positions of power - responsible for crimes vs humanity, wars, ethnic cleansing & more!
Know yr history. DON'T repeat it!
We don't need another #WomensWave. We need #revolution!
#THREAD
revcom.us/a/578/womens-w…
These women were in positions of power - responsible for crimes vs humanity, wars, ethnic cleansing & more!
Know yr history. DON'T repeat it!
We don't need another #WomensWave. We need #revolution!
#THREAD
revcom.us/a/578/womens-w…
.@HillaryClinton's crimes are many. Just a few:
-massive assaults on poor people
-labeled Black youth "super predators"
-carried out US wars in Middle East as Senator & Sec'y of State
-backed the coup in Honduras
-preached abortion should be "safe, legal, & *rare*"
2/10
-massive assaults on poor people
-labeled Black youth "super predators"
-carried out US wars in Middle East as Senator & Sec'y of State
-backed the coup in Honduras
-preached abortion should be "safe, legal, & *rare*"
2/10
Golda Meir, PM of #Israel
-supported the 1947-48 #Nakba
-backed war against #Syria & #Egypt
-refused to recognize the right of 350,000 #Palestinians to return to the homes they had been driven from during the 1967 war
3/10
-supported the 1947-48 #Nakba
-backed war against #Syria & #Egypt
-refused to recognize the right of 350,000 #Palestinians to return to the homes they had been driven from during the 1967 war
3/10
Indira Gandhi, PM of India
-viciously repressed mass protest & resistance
-instituted state of emergency: suspended basic rights, censored press, & committed widespread atrocities against the people
-fought to maintain India’s oppressive patriarchal social order & castes
4/10
-viciously repressed mass protest & resistance
-instituted state of emergency: suspended basic rights, censored press, & committed widespread atrocities against the people
-fought to maintain India’s oppressive patriarchal social order & castes
4/10
Margaret Thatcher, PM of Britain
-backed dictators like Pinochet of Chile & apartheid S Africa
-launched war against Argentina to assert British imperial power
-led Britain’s brutal reign over N Ireland
-pushed ruthless fuck-the-poor policies
5/10
-backed dictators like Pinochet of Chile & apartheid S Africa
-launched war against Argentina to assert British imperial power
-led Britain’s brutal reign over N Ireland
-pushed ruthless fuck-the-poor policies
5/10
Madeline Albright, ambassador to UN & sec'y of state under Bill Clinton
-when asked abt 500,000 dead Iraqi children from sanctions, said “we think the price is worth it.”
-supported US bombing of Yugoslavia
-had a key role in “Plan Colombia,” arming right-wing paramilitary
6/10
-when asked abt 500,000 dead Iraqi children from sanctions, said “we think the price is worth it.”
-supported US bombing of Yugoslavia
-had a key role in “Plan Colombia,” arming right-wing paramilitary
6/10
.@CondoleezzaRice, nat'l security advisor and sec'y of state under Bush 2
-built US “war on terror,”, really a war for greater imperialist empire
-planned US aggression in Afghanistan & Iraq
-chaired the committee that authorized the waterboarding of prisoners
7/10
-built US “war on terror,”, really a war for greater imperialist empire
-planned US aggression in Afghanistan & Iraq
-chaired the committee that authorized the waterboarding of prisoners
7/10
Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan PM
-her security svcs installed the fundamentalist Taliban regime in Afghanistan
-facilitated the growth of Islamic jihadist influence w/in Pakistan
-played a key role iwiping out radical, secular influence in struggle against Indian rule in Kashmir
8/10
-her security svcs installed the fundamentalist Taliban regime in Afghanistan
-facilitated the growth of Islamic jihadist influence w/in Pakistan
-played a key role iwiping out radical, secular influence in struggle against Indian rule in Kashmir
8/10
.@SamanthaJPower, Nat'l Security Council & US Ambassador to UN under Obama
-advocated “humanitarian interventionism”
-played a crucial role in launching the 2011 US/NATO war in Libya
US intervention
-denounced Russia for undermining the US-dominated “international order"
9/10
-advocated “humanitarian interventionism”
-played a crucial role in launching the 2011 US/NATO war in Libya
US intervention
-denounced Russia for undermining the US-dominated “international order"
9/10
