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25 Nov, 7 tweets, 6 min read
This International Day against #ViolenceAgainstWomen, we honor the women who have heroically resisted patriarchy, capitalism, imperialism, fascism and colonialism and have sacrificed their lives to fight for a better and just world.
From Cuba to Vietnam, from Palestine to the Philippines and all over the world.

Clockwise above:
Cuba, Chiapas, Kurdistan, Soviet Union

Clockwise below:
Spain, Vietnam, United States, India
Clockwise:
Vietnam, Nicaragua, Palestine, Philippines
Clockwise:
Eritrea, Nicaragua, Cuba, Vietnam
Clockwise: Yugoslavia, El Salvador, Italy, Soviet Union
Clockwise:
Greece, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Vietnam, Spain, Yugoslavia

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