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"The signs of a new universalizing are tantalizing and hopeful, for it is only through solidarity and a "movement of movements" that we will create a new system ensuring equality for women themselves as well as all people."(Photo:reid.neureiter/flickr/cc)
Hundreds of thousands of women once again took to the streets on January 20, 2018 to fire up the "resistance movement" that they helped ignite a year ago, the day after President Trump's inauguration. But while the numbers were not as large as a year ago, this second Women's March may prove to be more consequential. It is beginning to create a "universalizing resistance," one that speaks not only to the needs of women but to universal human needs.
The US Left has been seriously weakened since the 1960s by turning to a fragmented or "siloed" politics in which each "identity community" organizes separately to fight for its own members. But the problems of women, people of color, workers, and immigrants are all intertwined, all ruled by the same tiny concentration of wealthy people who run our militarized corporate system for their own benefit.
A year ago, the the Women's March turned out in huge numbers to challenge Trump's blatant sexism, symbolized by the pink pussy hats that came to define the movement. But while while some of the leading organizers spoke for women of color, immigrants and poor people, it was not clear that women were moving beyond a narrow identity politics to fight for rights of all people.
This new March was energized by the #Me Too explosion that may be a bridge to a broader feminist concern with what the actress Natalie Portman, in the LA March called "mutuality." She rejected the puritanical side of #Me Too and said to all people "let's find a space where we mutually, consensually, look out for each other's pleasure," hinting at a social change direction.
The 2018 Women's March may be igniting a new politics of solidarity and a more robust phase of "universalizing resistance." This is anti-systemic politics that sees the intertwined or "intersectional" nature of power and fights for a new system of mutuality and universal rights. Opinion polls have long shown that women are more supportive of social welfare and solidarity, one reason why feminist movements may universalize.
Here are a few clues pointing to a growing universalizing resistance:
The Huffington Post noted that the new Women's March was "an effort to work for inclusivity and intersectionality from Day 1."
Women are just starting this revolution in the Resistance, and many may stay glued to narrower identity politics. The new Women's March did not speak loudly enough about our corporate capitalism, global militarism, or climate change. Some women felt the second march had actually moved away from broader concerns about racism and social justice. But the signs of a new universalizing are tantalizing and hopeful, for it is only through solidarity and a "movement of movements" that we will create a new system ensuring equality for women themselves as well as all people.
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Hundreds of thousands of women once again took to the streets on January 20, 2018 to fire up the "resistance movement" that they helped ignite a year ago, the day after President Trump's inauguration. But while the numbers were not as large as a year ago, this second Women's March may prove to be more consequential. It is beginning to create a "universalizing resistance," one that speaks not only to the needs of women but to universal human needs.
The US Left has been seriously weakened since the 1960s by turning to a fragmented or "siloed" politics in which each "identity community" organizes separately to fight for its own members. But the problems of women, people of color, workers, and immigrants are all intertwined, all ruled by the same tiny concentration of wealthy people who run our militarized corporate system for their own benefit.
A year ago, the the Women's March turned out in huge numbers to challenge Trump's blatant sexism, symbolized by the pink pussy hats that came to define the movement. But while while some of the leading organizers spoke for women of color, immigrants and poor people, it was not clear that women were moving beyond a narrow identity politics to fight for rights of all people.
This new March was energized by the #Me Too explosion that may be a bridge to a broader feminist concern with what the actress Natalie Portman, in the LA March called "mutuality." She rejected the puritanical side of #Me Too and said to all people "let's find a space where we mutually, consensually, look out for each other's pleasure," hinting at a social change direction.
The 2018 Women's March may be igniting a new politics of solidarity and a more robust phase of "universalizing resistance." This is anti-systemic politics that sees the intertwined or "intersectional" nature of power and fights for a new system of mutuality and universal rights. Opinion polls have long shown that women are more supportive of social welfare and solidarity, one reason why feminist movements may universalize.
Here are a few clues pointing to a growing universalizing resistance:
The Huffington Post noted that the new Women's March was "an effort to work for inclusivity and intersectionality from Day 1."
Women are just starting this revolution in the Resistance, and many may stay glued to narrower identity politics. The new Women's March did not speak loudly enough about our corporate capitalism, global militarism, or climate change. Some women felt the second march had actually moved away from broader concerns about racism and social justice. But the signs of a new universalizing are tantalizing and hopeful, for it is only through solidarity and a "movement of movements" that we will create a new system ensuring equality for women themselves as well as all people.
Hundreds of thousands of women once again took to the streets on January 20, 2018 to fire up the "resistance movement" that they helped ignite a year ago, the day after President Trump's inauguration. But while the numbers were not as large as a year ago, this second Women's March may prove to be more consequential. It is beginning to create a "universalizing resistance," one that speaks not only to the needs of women but to universal human needs.
The US Left has been seriously weakened since the 1960s by turning to a fragmented or "siloed" politics in which each "identity community" organizes separately to fight for its own members. But the problems of women, people of color, workers, and immigrants are all intertwined, all ruled by the same tiny concentration of wealthy people who run our militarized corporate system for their own benefit.
A year ago, the the Women's March turned out in huge numbers to challenge Trump's blatant sexism, symbolized by the pink pussy hats that came to define the movement. But while while some of the leading organizers spoke for women of color, immigrants and poor people, it was not clear that women were moving beyond a narrow identity politics to fight for rights of all people.
This new March was energized by the #Me Too explosion that may be a bridge to a broader feminist concern with what the actress Natalie Portman, in the LA March called "mutuality." She rejected the puritanical side of #Me Too and said to all people "let's find a space where we mutually, consensually, look out for each other's pleasure," hinting at a social change direction.
The 2018 Women's March may be igniting a new politics of solidarity and a more robust phase of "universalizing resistance." This is anti-systemic politics that sees the intertwined or "intersectional" nature of power and fights for a new system of mutuality and universal rights. Opinion polls have long shown that women are more supportive of social welfare and solidarity, one reason why feminist movements may universalize.
Here are a few clues pointing to a growing universalizing resistance:
The Huffington Post noted that the new Women's March was "an effort to work for inclusivity and intersectionality from Day 1."
Women are just starting this revolution in the Resistance, and many may stay glued to narrower identity politics. The new Women's March did not speak loudly enough about our corporate capitalism, global militarism, or climate change. Some women felt the second march had actually moved away from broader concerns about racism and social justice. But the signs of a new universalizing are tantalizing and hopeful, for it is only through solidarity and a "movement of movements" that we will create a new system ensuring equality for women themselves as well as all people.
