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The last Sunday of the month 27 December 2009 THERE WILL BE NO CONVOCATION in the Plaza Mayor but Women in Black against wars - Madrid invite you to read about GAZA FREEDOM MARCH .............................................................................. GAZA FREEDOM MARCH We Women in Black want to remember the alarming situation being experienced by the people of Gaza as a result of the Israeli siege and the passivity of the international community in confronting this fact. We ask for an investigation of the accusations of war crimes contained in the report by Goldstone, who was charged by the United Nations Human Rights Council with writing the report, which deals with the Israeli military intervention in Palestinian territory during this past December and January, known as Operation Cast Lead, in which 1,400 Palestinians were killed, the majority of them civilians, including 300 children and 13 Israelis. The report put responsibility on both parties, but reserved th...

the last Sunday of the month: 29th of November in the Plaza Mayor (next to the horse statue) at 12:00 noon. Women in Black invite you to their vigil in black and in silence In remembrance of 25 November INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN Women in Black Against War – Madrid Remember and support The women’s answer to violence by the military, making known their feelings, proposals and alternatives to violence and to war. Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives .............................................................................. 25 November, International Day Against Violence Toward Women WOMEN’S RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE BY THE MILITARY “ We do not even want to mention the number of deaths because for us it is fundamental that no death become a statistic and that the basic reasons for this struggle not lose the perspective of the individual and unique history of each of these lives, now dead. We do not want this struggle to d...

The last Sunday of the month In the Plaza Mayor (next to the horse statue) at 12:00 noon Women in Black Invite you to a vigil in black and in silence 25 October 2009 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURMA For the liberation of the persons imprisoned for their ideas and for the restoration of democracy. For an end to forced labor For ethnic rights and the right to live in peace For the end of economic support given by the European and North American multinationals to the military junta of Burma “Use your liberty to promote ours.” Aung San Suu Kyi Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 - Madrid ................................................................................ “How fragile must be the order and the law that considers the political rights of a woman to express herself might put anything in danger.” BURMA, A COUNTRY WHERE EVEN LAUGHTER IS IMPRISONED This country, also known as Myanmar, suffers a m...

Mensaje original -------- Asunto: [womeninblack] Aswat responds to the attacks against gays in Tel-Aviv - ASWAT (Palestinian Gay Women) Aswat- Palestinian Gay Women- laments the tragic death of the two youngsters at the Tel-Aviv gay center Saturday evening. Aswat strongly condemns the horrendous attack on the center of LGBT community in Tel-Aviv, resulting in the killing of gay and lesbian activists and severely wounding several others. We call upon our partners and supporters to fight all forms of crimes of hatred, specially, ones directed against the LGBT community. Tel-Aviv, supposedly, a symbol of pluralism and diversity witnessed the horrifying event of gay and lesbian killing emphasizing the extreme escalation of homophobia in the world in general and the Israel in specific. The horrific crime followed a wave of massive incitement of hatred against the LGBT community in Israel, and it is unfortunate that the Israeli government condemns these crimes but frequently tolerates v...

Women in Black invite you to a vigil in black and in silence Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. at PRECIADOS, corner of FNAC (Madrid, metro Callao) IN MEMORIUM NATALIA ESTEMIROVA, activist and defender of human rights WOMEN IN BLACK AGAINST WAR - MADRID Denounce the assassination of Natalia Estemirova for her activism in defense of human rights. We wish to accompany her daughter, her family, and the men and women who are activists for peace in Chechnya and Russia. We demand that the crime not remain in impunity. We demand that the governments of Spain and the European Union align their relations with the governments of Russia and Chechnya to the end that they respect human rights. Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 - Madrid ***(The last Sunday of July Mujeres de Negro will not be at the Plaza Mayor.) ................................................................................ IN ME...

The last Sunday of the month in the Plaza Mayor (next to the horse statue) at 12:00 noon Women in Black invite you to a vigil in black and in silence. 28 JUNE 2009 Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives. C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 - Madrid ............................................................................... WOMEN IN BLACK against war ♀ Create spaces so that the voices of women against war are heard and in order to transform their indignation into active and nonviolent resistance to war. ♀ Reject all policy for war, starting with that of the government of the State or community in which they live. ♀ Maintain historical memory to preclude the imposition of manipulation and forgetfulness. ♀ Build networks of solidarity among women regardless of borders, ethnicity, religions… ♀ Denounce everyday militarization, local and global. ♀ Narrow the links between feminist and anti-militarist thought and practice. ♀ Promote wo...

CONVOCATION OF WOMEN IN BLACK OF MADRID The last Sunday of the month in the Plaza Mayor (next to the horse statue) at 12:00 noon Women in Black invite you to a vigil in black and in silence 31 MAY 2009 IN COMMEMORATION OF 24 MAY International Day of Women for Peace and Disarmament MAY HOPE IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL NOT BE SILENCED We request: • Support, protection and recognition for the nonviolent civil resistance movements in Israel and Palestine. • Revocation of the military treaty with Israel • International justice – that the policy of violence of the Israeli Government and violation of international treaties not remain in impunity. Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 – Madrid ............................................................................... IN COMMEMORATION OF 24 MAY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN FOR PEACE AND DISARMAMENT MAY HOPE IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL NOT BE SILENCED Numerous...

This communicate about language is not easy to translate, this why we add information in brackets and attach the Spanish version for people who can read this language. It is also an opportunity to thank Trisha for all her translations. WE LIKE to be MEMBERS of WOMEN in BLACK: a REFLECTION on LANGUAGE We, Women in Black, feminists, pacifists, anti-militarists, believe that it is very important to reflect on language in our activism. Our mother tongue is not neutral: it is influenced by our personal environment, historical, cultural and social, and, in turn, influences these features of our lives. We analyze and question the language that we have inherited because it has been a mirror of the patriarchal structures which for centuries has not included women. We have not been mentioned or we have not been included, according to their interests and purposes. We know and we feel that WE (in Spanish, only the masculine) does not include us; ALL [men] is not ALL [men and women]. If,...

WE REJECT ALL FUNDAMENTALISMS Women in Black of Madrid reject religious, political and economic fundamentalisms and is against all types of discrimination, be it because of race, ethnicity, nationality or gender. Fundamentalism is a form of exclusion on the part of the dominant class, which tries to impose what one must do, be or say in the areas of religion, politics, economy and even with regard to personal matters. In many cases, religious fundamentalism is tied to an interpretation of some Sacred Scriptures, presenting them as infallible, timeless and universally valid. We are accustomed to thinking of fundamentalists as the others, but history shows us that they exist in all religions. As for us, it is up to us to denounce the fundamentalism of the society in which we live, that being Catholic fundamentalism. In Spain, the most reactionary part of the Catholic Church has for many years caused religion to condition and direct our society and our personal lives. It is a po...

WE REJECT ALL FUNDAMENTALISMS Women in Black of Madrid reject religious, political and economic fundamentalisms and is against all types of discrimination, be it because of race, ethnicity, nationality or gender. Fundamentalism is a form of exclusion on the part of the dominant class, which tries to impose what one must do, be or say in the areas of religion, politics, economy and even with regard to personal matters. In many cases, religious fundamentalism is tied to an interpretation of some Sacred Scriptures, presenting them as infallible, timeless and universally valid. We are accustomed to thinking of fundamentalists as the others, but history shows us that they exist in all religions. As for us, it is up to us to denounce the fundamentalism of the society in which we live, that being Catholic fundamentalism. In Spain, the most reactionary part of the Catholic Church has for many years caused religion to condition and direct our society and our personal lives. It is a po...

Letter from a Peace activist GAZA, my sister Dear all, I saw this morning pictures of children from what the sender called 'Gaza Concentration Camp'. This horror, this cruelty is done in my name, a Jewish Israeli woman living in West Jerusalem. Israel's crime against humanity in Gaza is done in my name, a feminist peace activist. These killings are done in the name of my loved ones. This suffering is caused in the name of my community. This crime against Palestinian children, women and men in Gaza is done in my name. I feel deep shame. I feel pain. I mourn. I feel rage. I feel helplessness. I am part of an activist community. My community is active everyday to stop this bloodshed. My community is active against the occupation for long years My community is active for a just solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict My community acts in solidarity with the Palestinian people My community acknowledges that Palestinian people aspire to live in peace ...

Women in Black groups of Madrid and Belgrade , common convocation Letter MR. OBAMA, YES YOU CAN COLLABORATE FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Mr. Obama, For years, Israel has engaged in a policy of generalized colonial war against Palestine: the war in Gaza, the Wall, the settlements in Trans-Jordan, the usurpation of water and other resources, in great measure because the governments of the USA have supported and permitted it. The United States is responsible for the continual violation of the resolutions of the United Nations and international treaties on the part of the governments of Israel. This war policy has caused the civil society of Palestine to live under the boot of oppressive militarization of the Israeli governments, as well as that of its own governors; and the civil society of Israel under the boot of oppressive militarization of their own. This policy of violence and humiliations increases the pain, the hatred and the zeal for revenge, causing a radicalization of a...

Women in Black against the war - Madrid invite you to a vigil in black and in silence Friday 9th January 2009, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. IN FRONT OF THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL (Madrid) C/ Velázquez, Nº 150 Metro: República Argentina y Cruz del Rayo FACING THE WAR IN GAZA Women in Black Against War (Madrid) cry out: To the government of Israel, ♀ that they stop the war in Gaza ♀ that they draw a halt to the policy of war in Gaza and the Occupied Territories ♀ that they comply with the resolutions and treaties of the UN, Rome and Geneva. To Hamas, ♀ that they cease firing rockets and concern themselves with the interests of their citizens. To the government of Spain and the European Union, ♀ that they stop the war in Gaza ♀ that they not permit the Government of Israel to perpetrate more violence with impunity ♀ that they cease the sale of weapons. Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 – Madrid Tr...

Women in Black against the war - Madrid invite you to a vigil in black and in silence Sunday 4th January 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. IN THE PUERTA DEL SOL (Madrid) next to the horse statue FACING THE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA By the Government of Israel Women in Black Against War (Madrid) cry out: To the government of Israel, ♀ that they stop the war in Gaza ♀ that they draw a halt to the policy of war in Gaza and the Occupied Territories ♀ that they comply with the resolutions and treaties of the UN, Rome and Geneva. To Hamas, ♀ that they cease firing rockets and concern themselves with the interests of their citizens. To the government of Spain and the European Union, ♀ that they stop the war in Gaza ♀ that they not permit the Government of Israel to perpetrate more violence with impunity ♀ that they cease the sale of weapons. Let us expel war and violence from history and from our lives C/ San Cosme y San Damián, Nº 24, 2º 28012 – Madrid .....................