Sentences with phrase «organize against our oppression»

Concealment and visibility are also central to Leigh's work, pointing to historical instances where people, especially women of color, operated in secret in order to build communities and organize against oppression.

Under patriarchy, women are oppressed on the basis of our sex and have a right to organize against our oppression without the presence of men.

Under patriarchy, women are oppressed on the basis of our sex and have a right to organize against our oppression without the presence of men.

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This freedom of association has proven to be a crucial civil liberty over the past several decades, and organizing or attending a protest or march can be a useful way to show solidarity as an effective ally against forms of oppression.

Last year, Amy Hoffman, M.F.A., editor - in - chief, Women's Review of Books (WRB) began thinking about the organizing by Black Lives Matter against police violence and other forms of racist oppression, the intersectional politics of this new movement, and its similarities and differences — in politics and strategies — from previous organizing.