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Vortrag & Diskussion am 18. Juli 2024 mit Emilia Prebeck

Wir fordern körperliche Selbstbestimmung für alle Menschen. Doch was bedeutet diese Forderung konkret? Im Workshop betrachten wir konkrete Kämpfe wie das Recht auf Schwangerschaftsabbruch und das Recht auf Gesundheitsversorgung für Trans*-Personen.

• Welche strukturellen und historischen Ähnlichkeiten zeichnen diese beiden feministischen Themen aus?
• Wie instrumentalisieren rechte Akteur*innen diese Themen, indem sie körperliche Selbstbestimmung für einige Menschen infrage stellen?
• Wie können wir gemeinsam für körperliche Selbstbestimmung und gegen rechte Meinungsmache kämpfen?

Das Queerfeministische Bündnis Augsburg lädt alle Interessierten zu einem antifaschistischen Vortrag mit anschließender Diskussion ein.

Datum: Donnerstag, 18. Juli 2024
Zeit: 19 – 20.30 Uhr
Ort: tba

Emilia Prebeck ist M. A. der Literaturwissenschaften mit Schwerpunkten u. A. im Bereich Gender- und Cultural Studies.

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Das Feministische Streikkomitee unterstützt das Queerfeministische Bündnis, das für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit kämpft.

Wer wir sind:

Wir sind ein queerfeministisches Bündnis. Das bedeutet für uns, dass wir den Kampf gegen das Patriarchat gemeinsam, intersektional und hierarchiefrei gestalten möchten. Wir handeln systemkritisch und verstehen uns als antikapitalistische Gruppe.

Was wir wollen:

Wir wollen versuchen, uns gegen jegliche Form der Diskriminierung zu stellen, wie zum Beispiel Sexismus, Rassismus, Queerfeindlichkeit und Ableismus. Wir fordern und verteidigen das Recht auf körperliche und sexuelle Selbstbestimmung!

Vor allem in Bayern ist der queerfeministische Kampf anstrengend aber wichtig, da es viel konservativen Gegenwind gibt. Deshalb finden wir es umso notwendiger, sich zusammenzuschließen und mit einem Bündnis unsere Kräfte zu vereinen.

Unsere Gruppe ist offen für alle Personen unabhängig von deren Gender. Schreibt uns
gerne eine Mail an queerfem_buendnis@tutamail.com wenn ihr mal vorbeischauen wollt.

Kein Papst, kein Staat, kein Patriarchat!

Feminist Fights against Fascists

Speeches during demonstration of Feminist Strike Comitee Aux

• Town Hall Square
  • f*strk aux
  • Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime (VVN-BdA Bayern e. V.)
  • Antifascist Parents Café
• World War II Memorial, Blaue Kappe
  • f*strk aux
  • ZAM e. V.
  • Flüchtlingsrat / Refugee council Augsburg
  • Integrationsbeirat / Integration Advisory Board Augsburg
  • Plattform Neue Frauen
• State theatre, Kennedy-Platz
  • f*strk aux
  • Oben-ohne-Kollektiv
  • QueerKollektiv
  • Frauenzentrum e. V.
• Town Hall Square
  • f*strk aux
  • GEW Hochschulgruppe
  • Verdi
  • Solidaritätsnetzwerk

Town Hall Square

Feminist Strike Committee Aux

So and now once again: hello and welcome to the 08th of march, which is the day of
the international feminist fight day. Wordwide are Flinta*s today at the streets – against discrimination, sexual violence, and structural sexism.

We all stand together against capitalism exploitation, and against the existing chance inequality. This year our motto stands for “antifascism is just possible with feminism”! Because feminism striking means – and always was meant – to put action against all kinds of inequality.

We are standing here, because we are keep going to reach equality for all human beings. The reason is feminism has an impact of everybody as well as the fight against the right-wing is a topic, which touches us all. In all parts of Germany is the motto of today “Feminists fights now”. Today it’s more important than ever, that we stand all together for our feminist ideals and move towards our feminist utopia.

At this demonstration there will be different speech contributions of various groups, which are the speech parts are separated into four speech blocks. You will hear different perspectives and the speeches show, how all of us, who are speaking up today to you, are in solidarity against the right-wing and meanwhile fighting for justice.

What they also will show, are the various forms of discrimination and at the same time how Inequality affects each other. Additionally, the contributions explain why there is such a need of acting now together. To achieve the goal or better say reach the mission to overcome/conquer the existing climate of hate and fission (“Us against the others”).

Us, the feminist strike committee Augsburg, call all humans and especially Flinta*
persons at the 08th of march to take action for the same human values at our streets.
With Flinta*s we mean women, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans and agender persons
as well as every human being, which doesn’t fit into the patriarchal structures.

We want to conquer this kind of structures cause in there are always existing people
who live on the costs of others.

We are fighting for a utopia, in which all people live without experiencing violence and
where all can live fully self-determined. In this utopia the value of a human being is not
measured with gender, work outcome, health, origin, looking/appearance or sexuality.
In this utopia everybody has the same possibilities of influencing, so the same impact.
Money or power doesn’t rise the voting weight of individual persons. In this utopia, we
are trying to treat us in a solidaric, power critical and responsible as well as tolerant way. In this utopia are reproductive tasks like raising children, care, washing, cleaning
and cooking not less worth than productive tasks. Therefore, to care about one
selves and others are in the focus of society.

We see the need of opposing with our feminist utopia the current political climate. In
addition we want to inform you about the reasons why everybody is able to get benefits
meanwhile right-wing ideology helps nobody. We want a good life for every human
and not just for some few. Let us continue fighting in the family, in the job, in our
everyday lives for this utopia. Antifascism is just working out well hand in hand with
feminism. And at the same time feminism just goes hand in hand with antifascism!

And now its time to give the microphone to our first speech guest, Martha is telling us,
why feminism and antifascism always belonged to each other.

Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime (VVN) – League of Anti-Fascists

I am Martha Metzger, and for many years I have been a member of the Frauenzentrum Augsburg (Women’s Center) and the Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes – Bund der Antifaschist*innen (Association of Those Persecuted by the Nazi Regime – Association of Antifascists).  

This organization was founded in 1947 by survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Thank you for allowing me to contribute something today on the topic of “Antifascism and feminism belong together”. Two minutes! This will be a demanding task. 

What does “antifascism” mean historically? In short: “Political action against fascism that exists worldwide and has also come to power in Germany.”  

Resistance is always directed 

• against fascist regimes
• against the deliberate destruction of any form of democracy
• against politics of war and conques
• against colonialism and imperialism
• against racism, sexism and patriarchy and
• against the exclusion and destruction of humanist, communist and feminist worldviews.

After 1945, German fascism initially seemed defeated and important women in the „feminist women’s movement“ were either murdered by the Nazis or lived in exile.  

But the Nazis were unable to eradicate anti-fascism and feminism: The fight for human rights and especially women’s rights continued. It is still an important task for antifascists and feminists today.

But beware! When the government calls its militaristic foreign policy „feminist“, it is not only stupid propaganda, but also a blatant lie and impudence!

Our motto as anti-fascists is: “Never again war – never again fascism!”

What does this have to do with feminism?

Antifascism and feminism come together in criticism of the structural, physical and mental violence against women and queer people of patriarchy and class society of economic and social inequality of land theft, hunger, climate destruction and genocide.   

Antifascism must be feminist!  

Let’s show resistance to patriarchy in the state, economy, family and religious communities!

No Justice – no Peace

Thank you. Our second speech is from the antifascism parents’ café. The group is an
example for many meeting points in Augsburg, at which political exchange find action.
Feel free to join to discuss, organize each other and build groups!

Antifascist parents café

Hello, I am a mother, feminist and founder of the Antifaschistisches Elterncafé (anti-fascist parent cafe). We meet once a month for coffee in the Grand Hotel under the motto “the private is political” and discuss children, education, politics and feminist issues. Or go to demonstrations together. It’s called a parents‘ cafe, but everyone and their families are welcome and we’re happy to have as much diversity as possible in the cafe.For me, the fight against fascism is inextricably intertwined with my feminist ideals, because at the end of the day it is about justice and the abolition of discrimination and oppression in our society. Fascism and right-wing ideas are based on patriarchal structures and the systematic devaluation of everyone who does not fit into the good middle-class white cis-hetero image. In order to effectively counter the current rise of right-wing forces, we must underpin our anti-fascist fight with feminist principles. And of course pass this on to our children so that together we can create a fair society across generations. You are cordially invited with your kids to the anti-fascist parents‘ cafe and if you don’t have children and would like to support the project, we are always looking for people who want to entertain the kids a bit, feel free to contact me or write to us on Insta. Thank you very much

World War II Memorial, Blaue Kappe

Feminist Strike Committee Aux

We are standing together here at the memorial of the victims of thewar and the destruction of the world war II., which was built in 1964. Worldwide died about 80 million people because of the Second World War. Not just soldiers and civilists died. In the NS Germany around 17 million people got systematically destroyed, because they didn’t fit in the view of the fascists. 17 million: That are the same number which Netherlands has as inhabitants.

In this society not every human life count the same. In this society difference wasn’t accepted and tolerated at all. All the ones, who thought, believed or lived differently were destroyed.
A huge amount ofpeople participated. Allthough there is the saying “never again”, the german society and politics keep going to drift towards the right-wing. Not just since the Correctiv-Recherche of the planed deportation clarifies, that the “never again” saying is not lived determined enough as well they show continuity, which never got denazified.

Xenophobic attacks are at a raising. The Ministry of the Interior counts over 2,400 attacks on refugees in 2023. Almost twice as many as in 2022 (wording „in the previous year“ because otherwise too many figures in a row). According to historian Harry Waibel, over 400 people were killed between 1990 and 2022 due to right-wing extremist motives. A sense of insecurity and fears of social decline in the middle classes are making right-wing and anti-democratic opinions more popular again.

We stand against violence and hatred. We stand against the slogans of the regulars‘ table that carelessly devalue people. We stand in solidarity with the people who declare this ideology to be the enemy. We show solidarity with the anti-racist and intersectional struggles in Augsburg, Germany and the world. This also includes the struggles against anti-Semitism, anti-ziganism and Islamophobia.

We stand in solidarity with feminist struggles worldwide: in Iran, women continue to protest against the regime, whose forces are deliberately targeting the eyes of protesters. In Turkey, the feminist movement is one of the strongest social movements, even though some of the protests in March 2023 were banned or the police tried to prevent them with pepper spray. Feminists in the Global South are fighting for climate justice and against racism, because economic, racist and sexist discrimination are mutually dependent and reinforce each other.

Feminist Fight Now!

The first to speak ZAM e. V., the association of Augsburg migrant organizations.

ZAM e. V.

Antifascism means fighting every form of political violence that produces structural conditions of oppression. Antifascism means destroying patriarchy and realizing an emancipatory anti-racist, queer-feminist perspective. It is no coincidence that male supremacy was and continues to be inherent in fascism. That’s why it’s clear to us that anti-fascism doesn’t work without the fundamental claim to attack the patriarchy and fight it in its entirety.

Audre Lourde once said „I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.“ Therefore, we stand for thinking and fighting in simultaneities and thus for a decolonial, anti-racist and anti- anti-Semitic queer feminism.

For us, patriarchy is to be understood as a condition across society and not to be externalized to so-called outside communities, but rather as violence that is and must be countered constantly and everywhere by a liberated perspective and the liberated body! We are the ones who carry the feminist day of struggle every day beyond March 8th and are also the ones who fight this fight until it is victorious.

Thanks to ZAM e. V. Now Augsburg Refugee Council speaks about the situation of queer
refugees.

Flüchtlingsrat Augsburg / refugee council

The conditions for a self-determined life for refugees in Germany are becoming increasingly difficult. If people make it into Fortress Europe at all in the future, they will be denied social participation by tightening laws or inhumane instruments.

Systematic exclusion is almost insurmountable, especially for groups of people who have been discriminated against multiple times. Today and here our focus will be on queer refugees.

What is missing?

There is a lack of awareness in the authorities, among psychologists or doctors, and in specialist knowledge in counseling centers – people are retraumatized, exposed and, in the worst case, deported.

What is missing?

There is a lack of appropriate accommodation with protection concepts – areas marked as shelters in regular accommodation are not enough – and accommodation for all „vulnerable groups of people“ together is also not enough. We want to emphasize: We NEVER recognize accommodation in shared accommodation and ANKER centers („arrival center“ for asylum seekers in Germany) as appropriate and humane accommodation. It is not possible to create safe spaces for ANYBODY here.

What is missing?

There is a lack of safe spaces for everyone. Who feels like they belong? Which rooms are accessible to whom? And which rooms are safe for whom? We all have to ask ourselves these questions. 

What else is unfortunately not lacking?

Right-wing and conservative voices and media. They place, legitimize and fuel anti-queer positions in society. At the same time, diversity has a place in right-wing discourse in order to incite racism and Islamophobia against groups. 

What else is unfortunately not lacking?

Right-wing politics under the guise of democracy.The list of so-called „safe countries of origin“ is to be expanded, the so-called „Returns Improvement Act“ (Rückführungsverbesserungsgesetz) is to facilitate deportations – including to countries where LGBTQI+ people are not protected, persecuted and even sentenced to death. GEAS (Common European Asylum System) will make it virtually impossible for people to arrive in Europe at all. And so much more. This is happening because of those in charge who are demonstrating with us against the right and who are taking to the streets with us today for women and LGBTQI+ rights.

So what can we do?

We must not look away. We must make voices and experiences visible – especially those that otherwise find little space in public discourse. We need to question and develop our own structures, exchange ideas, network and present and position ourselves as a common loud voice. We must think and organize anti-fascist struggles intersectionally.

Queer feminism can only be anti-fascist! Anti-fascism can only be queerfeminist!

Thank you. In a speech by the Integration Council, board member Hélène Ginsz-Kieffer answers
the question of what support foreign women have lacked in Germany to date.

Integrationsbeitrat Augsburg / Integration Advisory Board

Hello everyone. My speech is called „Supporting foreign women – it begins here and now“. I would like to explain why I chose this title…

As a board member of the Augsburg Integration Advisory Board (Integrationsbeirat), I would like to share an anecdote today. Discriminatory treatment of foreign women does not begin in distant countries, but here and now.

How often have I heard the sentence: „The poor women from abroad, they are mistreated, unlike here in Germany“. I would like to object to this today: the fight for more equality begins here and now in Germany, in Augsburg. It begins here and now.

Migrant women experience discrimination on a daily basis, no matter where they live, no matter where they work; they are disadvantaged not only as women, but also as migrants. I call that a double punishment. A double punishment as a refugee – in asylum accommodations and when learning the German language!

If funding for the integration of refugees is cut – and this was decided a few months ago in the Bundestag (parliament), it is primarily the women who suffer the most: there is a massive lack of places in German courses with childcare and there is a lack of space, protection and privacy for women in the shelters.

As the Integration Advisory Board, we are in dialog with associations such as „Tür an Tür“ or „Solwodi“. Both are calling for decentralized accommodation for asylum seekers with humane conditions and shelters for refugee women and their children. A double penalty for the so-called „compatibility of work and family“!

„Work and family“ – women are rightly demanding this today. Women who do not speak German and are overwhelmed by the bureaucracy have less access to childcare places for their children. This means more work for them in the household, less integration for the whole family and no opportunities to go to work. But these women want to work!

We on the Integration Advisory Board listen to the advice centers who tell us: „Registering children is too complicated for our clients“. Bavaria lacks 70,000 childcare places for children under 3 years of age, and a third of minors have a migration background. We appeal to Bavarian and local politicians: there must be enough childcare places for all children and the bureaucratic hurdles involved in registration of small children must be reduced!

A double punishment – on the labor market!

Women with a migration background are overrepresented in the low-wage sector: according to official statistics, the proportion of low-wage workers among foreign women is around 35 %, compared to around 15 % among Germans. These women work hard and receive little money for it, little money for housing and health, little money to be able to pay enough into their pension.

Our appeal to politicians: Wages in the low-wage sector need to be upgraded!
Our appeal to civil society and employers: there needs to be anencounter with migrant workers at eye level!

Women with a migration background suffer on many levels. „It gets them down“, says my advisory board colleague Gabi Opas, who runs programs on building self-confidence for these women with the Freiwilligen-Zentrum (Volunteer Center). She says: „They have experienced so many rejections. We want to empower them. We should all help them to believe in themselves again“.

To you, dear sisters and supporters of equality, I appeal today: Please treat these women as equals. Think in solidarity with them. Raise your voices, voices for these women – your female employees, colleagues, neighbors and friends need your courage and our solidarity. Get involved individually, help these women with their everyday challenges. Get involved socially, socio-politically for women with a migration background. It begins here and now with you. Thank you very much.

Thanks to Integrationsbeirat. The Plattform Neue Frauen talks about the significance of March 8 and the feminist struggle in the face of the global crises.

Plattform Neue Frauen

Hello dear women and dear comrades
Merhaba, kizkardeslerimiz
Hevale delal, Serseran Sercavan

Today, all over the world, women are taking to the streets to express their rights, their freedom, their bodies, their lives and our demands.

March 8th is the resistance and fight against the patriarchal society. A society that has oppressed women for thousands of years, enslaved them, exploited their labor and made them the second sex.

March 8th is the fight to reclaim our rights and freedoms that have been taken away from us.
March 8th is the fight to rewrite history with female gender consciousness, female language and purple colors.

That’s why I’m looking forward to celebrating this important day with all of you.
The general situation of women worldwide has deteriorated and their rights to self-determination are still restricted.

Attacks on male-dominated capitalist systems in the world are increasing. Women continue to be the direct target of imperialist war policies, male domination and exploitation.

The war between Ukraine and Russia, the war between Israel and Palestine that has turned into genocide, the deportation plans of the Nazi parties, fascist organizations like the AfD in Germany, the misogynistic policies of conservative, fascist governments hits women, immigrants and all other oppressed people the hardest.

All of these crises arise from male-dominated capitalist exploitation. Our nature is being exploited in all areas, from economics to healthcare, from education to ecology.
Nature is being ruthlessly plundered. And our future and existence is at risk.

For us women, the fight against racism, sexism and the organization of fascist structures is an extremely important issue. We cannot leave our fight to the state or governments.

Despite all male and state oppression, women take to the streets. Despite all the oppression, the world’s strongest movement is the women’s movement.

We defend the rights of women and LGBTI people.
We fight for gender equality and justice.
We fight against wars, militarism, destruction of nature, labor exploitation and racism in all areas.
We have to fight the cause. The cause is the patriarchal capitalist system.
Our feminist struggle is an anti-fascist struggle.
We women want a just world – a world free of violence.
We want a future without wars, crises and without a patriarchal capitalist system.
We will never walk alone, let’s strengthen women’s solidarity even further.

NI UNA MENOS, JIN JIYAN AZADI, Women Life Freedom, no means no
What we have to say
We have the power to make a difference!

State theatre, Kennedy-Platz

Feminist Strike Committee Aux

Feminist struggle is a struggle for life! People die from sexualized and sexist violence.
The outcry „Ni una menos!“ – „not one less“ – led to solidarity actions all over the world
in 2018. It was triggered by the murders of flinta*s in South America. In 2022, 89,000 feminicides, murders of women, were committed. Worldwide. As many people as can fit into the world’s largest soccer stadium. Highest level in 20 years.

Germany is no exception, as we will hear in one of the following speeches. Feminist struggle is also a struggle for bodies. Conservative and right-wing ideologies want to control the female body. They want to dictate who can give birth, who must give birth. Ultra-right-wing governments like in Poland, Texas or the USA ban abortions and thus kill women. In Germany, doctors have been allowed to provide information about abortion methods since 2023, but the social headwind in Augsburg and throughout southern Germany continues to cause a lack of care. No practice or clinic in Augsburg performs abortions. Medical training is by no means uniform throughout Germany.

Other methods and findings of gender-specific healthcare are also far from being included in all medical textbooks. Let alone in laws or guidelines. Health insurance companies continue to use the ICD-10 assessment guidelines, the so-called „Gender reassignment measures for transsexualism“ assessment guidelines. It excludes nonbinary people from receiving benefits and continues to classify transgender as a behavioral and personality disorder.

In a system in which such misinformation is used by the official side, one thing is for sure: gender-specific violence is on the rise. Transphobia and queerphobia are on the rise. Conservatives and right-wingers who divide people into norms and deviations and stir up fears are not least to blame. We oppose this generalization. We oppose this dehumanization, which is the cause of violence. We take a stand against the fear of the other that promotes this rejection – headless and baseless.

The Oben-ohne-Kollektiv now talks about anger, fear and hope in relation to the current demonstrations against the right.

Oben-ohne-Kollektiv

Hello, we are the Oben-ohne-Kollektiv („Topless Collective“) – we fight the sexualization of bodies and this fucking patriarchy – and we are angry!

How long should we continue to demonstrate before we are taken seriously? How many more times should there be violence against us before it stops? Until we are important enough? How often are we betrayed in our demands by a state that supposedly opposes fascism? Anti-fascism can only be feminist!

We are angry!

When will the femicides stop? The humiliation of bodies? The binary gender roles? Man or woman? Hello! Trans, non-binary and all other possible genders are REAL! We are already here! You can stop discussing our existence!

And I’m glad that I’m angry and not, as usual, depressed.

I am glad that I can share my anger with you, become stronger and more confident in my demands. I feel safe in smashing the patriarchy together with you.

Thanks for being there!

But where are the 30,000 from a few weeks ago who demonstrated against the AFD? Is feminism suddenly too political for them again?

Of course it was important and also encouraging that so many people took to the streets. Because right-wing ideas must never remain unchallenged! And nevertheless, after the protests, many of us are left with feelings of powerlessness and helplessness. Because we can’t be sure that all of these 30,000 are really standing behind us. Especially when it matters.

Yes, where are the 30,000 today, on „feminist day of struggle“? Where were the 30,000 two ago at the memorial demonstration for the racist attack in Hanau? What means your “All together against fascism” if you don’t seem to understand what Fascism really leads to? What it means for marginalized people now that the right is gaining strength?

Those around me often ask me why I am advocating so much against the right. But many people don’t seem to understand that I don’t feel like I have a choice.

For me, being against the right does not mean going to a demonstration once a year because there is such a nice atmosphere there. For me, fighting against the right means fighting to ensure that I can still have an abortion here in Germany in 10 years if I don’t feel like having a child. For me, fighting against the right means that I can still hold hands with my girlfriend on the street without having to be afraid of being hit in the face by a fascist. I can’t choose to fight against the right. Not if I have to be fucking afraid for all the trans, queer, disabled, Jewish and/or BIPoC people in my life that the AfD, let’s be honest, would like to see dead.

But we don’t let our family, friends, neighbors and comrades be taken from us. This is what we fight for!

So yes, I’ll be happy when we finally no longer just take to the streets with the same 100 Antifas, but suddenly there are 30,000 people there. But then please also understand that we need to know that you really stand behind us and behind the people who are already drastically feeling the shift to the right. That you stand behind us even if our protest is sometimes more radical than yours. And that you don’t come at us with horseshoes if, for example, we block anti-abortion activists again, as we will soon do in Munich, because no one else will do it. Because you understand that we must fight the battle NOW. And we can’t just leave it to the state and the government, because they themselves are supporting these right-wing forces – just look at the asylum policy. Because you understand that we need stable Antifas and, above all, stable F*antifas (feminist Antifas) in order to combat right-wing structures, especially locally, in our neighborhoods!

So show solidarity! Join forces, organize!

There are fascists in every city – form gangs, destroy them!

Thanks you so much. We would like to send a content note in advance. The Queerkollektivs talks below about trans-hostile violence, murder and structural trans and queer hostility.

QueerKollektiv

It’s March 8th again. It’s International Day for Feminist Struggles again. Like last year, we once again have the privilege of giving a speech today. Last year in our speech we remembered Brianna Ghey, who was murdered in England a year ago, on February 11, 2023, because she was a trans* woman. She was only 16 years old.

A year has passed and nothing has changed. The injustices have persisted, which is why we must continue to denounce them. We live in a reality in which constant violence and discrimination are part of everyday life for many trans* people. This reality also includes over 114 femicides in Germany in 2023 and, as of two weeks ago, 17 women are already victims of patriarchal violence this year.

We feel like we repeat ourselves too much, but what else can we talk about?
About the dehumanizing fetishization of queer identities that is still widespread? About TERFs who, under the guise of protecting women, not only stir up hatred towards trans* people, but also reach a level of sexism that even CDU regulars would distance themselves from?! The self-determination law doesn’t seem to be a big priority in the government; instead, gender bans in schools are being discussed. And fuck, as if it weren’t enough that the fascist AfD is reaching peak numbers in the polls, while the government parties and CDU are paving the way for them, or are immediately adopting the AfD’s demands themselves. Now we also have to worry that soon any asshole will be able to create AI-generated deepfake revenge porn with only a few clicks. The tools for this are fully promoted on Instagram and social platforms.

We would like to tell you that something has improved. We would like to give a perspective that something is improving and not denounce the same grievances every year. So what should we talk about?

A year ago we stood on this stage and thought of Brianna Ghey.This year, on February 8, 2024, 3 days before Brianna’s death anniversary, Nex Benedict dies. One day after they were beaten in a school bathroom in Oklahoma for being non-binary. Nex was also only 16 years old. We’re still dying. All around the world. People are still bullied, insulted, rejected, raped and murdered simply because of their marginalized gender identity. This violence does not come out of nowhere. It is the result of decades of misogyny and queer hostility. And here in Germany too, conservatives and right-wing populists often try to play us off against each other so we don’t have time to defend ourselves against them.

But we won’t let ourselves be divided! We know that we can only win the fight against patriarchy together! That is why we must think and lead various liberation struggles against discriminatory and exploitative realities together.

We will not forget Brianna, Nex and all the others who were taken too soon. And we will fight together! Against the patriarchy, against the right-wing shit, until no one, anywhere, has to suffer because of their own gender identity!

All of us together for feminism!

Laura from Frauenzentrum Augsburg is the last speaker at this halfway point. Her focuses on an important representative of the Afro-German community. May Ayim fought against racist violence yesterday, today and tomorrow – including in her poetry and shows that we all must not give in to hatred.

Frauenzentrum e. V. (FZ)

Hi, I’m Laura and I’m speaking for FZ today.
I am white and endo cis female.

Why is that important? It is important because I want to use the opportunity to speak here to give space to a topic that white women in the fight for feminism cannot remain silent about: The history of Black women in Germany and today here in particular of May Ayim.

At the moment I find particularly important to raise the voices of those who have always been the first to lead political struggles. Especially because they are the first to be attacked. And because they are the ones whose voices, even on days like today do not have the chance to be heard.

A big thank you to Sidney, who helped me a lot in writing this text. In Germany, February has been celebrated as Black History Month since 1990. It is often ignored that Black people in Germany have a long history and that the achievements of Black people, the resistance against colonialism and racism deserve recognition.

Black German historiography is characterized by resistance against colonialism, as well as the later resistance against racist terms and labels and the strengthening of an Afro-German community. Black German emancipation is always interwoven with feminist and queer struggles. The struggles and achievements of Black history and the present in Germany deserve attention – even beyond the 28 days of February.

With this in mind, I would like to read two poems by May Ayim. May Ayim is one of the most prominent representatives of the Black community in Germany. Her words and works have not only led to the visualization of Black people living in Germany, but also to the publicity of a history long thought to be lost.

Among other things, she was co-editor of the 1986 published book „Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out“, which gave reason to found the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland (Initiative of Black people in Germany). She was a lecturer at Berlin universities and published numerous poems and essays.

Germany in Autumn (1992)

it is not true
that it is not true
so it was
first at first and then again
so it is
Kristallnacht:
In November 1938
first splintered window glass
then
again and again
human bones
of Jews and Blacks and
the Sick and the Weak and
Sinti and Roma and
Poles and Lesbians and
Gays of and of
and of and of
and and
first a few then many
more and more:
raised the hand and taking part
cheered and applauded
or gawked in secret
how she
and she
and he and he
and he and she
first now and then
then again and again
yet again?
one single case:
in November 1990
Antonio Amadeo from Angola
in Eberswalde
was beat to death
by Neo-Nazis
his child born soon after
by a white German woman
their house soon after
destroyed
oh, well
and the police
arrived so late
that it was too late
and the newspapers’ words
were so clipped
that it was like silence
and no image on TV
about the murder case
no commentary on the incident
in newly unified Germany
which likes to call itself
much too eager reunited
in this town and that
first houses
then people
burned
first East then West
then all across the country
first at first then again
it is not true
that it is not true
so it wasso it is:
Germany in autumn
I shudder to think of winter.

Feminist anti-fascism must become practical. So let us, in the words of May Ayim, ‚remain borderless and brazen‘.

Town Hall square

Feminist Strike Committee Aux

We have arrived at the last station of our demonstration. The contributions before have made clear our common struggle against fascism, racism, queer and trans hostility. However, our struggle is not over as long as capitalism rules.

Capitalism feeds on injustice and inequality. This economic system generates profit through exploitation. The capitalist system reinforces the inequalities that people are already exposed to. That’s why our fight goes beyond Equal Pay Day. Politicians are ignoring the emergency in the care sector, which has been obvious even before the pandemic. 22.5% of people working in this vital sector have a history of migration. Four out of five carers in this group are female. Without this care, this society cannot survive.

And yet we are all guilty of this every day. Those who live under capitalism live at the expense of others. We benefit from people doing care work for us. We outsource our care for the elderly to poorly paid care workers. Our housework are done by cleaning staff, who are rarely registered. Without workers in the low-wage sector, supermarket shelves would remain empty and parcels would be left lying around.

In 2022, 23% of women were paid low wages, compared to 16% of men. We recognize the achievements that unions have made so far in the fight for workers‘ rights. But capitalist oppression can also be seen globally: when workers in the textile factories of Bangladesh strike for months for decent working conditions – and the FDP still blocks the EU supply chain law. The global North continues to live at the expense of the global South. Conservative, neoliberal and right-wing parties deny this responsibility, whether in relation to climate catastrophe, the causes of flight or the continued colonial legacy. The policy of deterrence at the EU’s external borders, which the German government has just agreed to, directly implements the AFD’s policy of isolation. Fighting feminist now therefore also means fighting against capitalism and nationalism.

Representatives of the GEW university groups are now talking about the need to oppose the AFD.

GEW Hochschulgruppe

“Anti-fascism can only be feminist.” We as the university group of Education and Science Union (GEW) are pleased to be taking to the streets with all of you today under this motto. The news reports about the meeting where the deportation of those seeking protection in Germany and German citizens was discussed and in which members of the AfD and the CDU/CSU took part, was a wake up call for many people regarding the shift to the right in society and drove hundreds and thousands of them onto the streets.

Right-wing and right-wing extremist actors have always tried to divide people and turn them against each other. They want to push socially disadvantaged groups to the margins of society and beyond. They declare those who advocate liberation from oppressive systems declare their enemies.

We have experience with these strategies from a feminist perspective. Today I’m going to talk about the AfD’s anti-feminist politics, but it’s worth mentioning that parties to the left of the AfD are not immune to sexism because of this. As is clear from the AfD’s basic program, the AfD relies exclusively on the traditional family with a full-time mother, father and many children – of course only families that the AfD would describe as „German“. Financial support for studying or buying a home is then tied to having children. And counseling centers are supposed to harass unwanted pregnant women, not to get an abortion.

As a union for the education and science sectors, the AfD’s hostility to queers and its insistence on maintaining rigid gender role models deserve special mention. They claim that informing students in school that queer people exist and are human is „indoctrination“. If it was up to them, scientific research about socially determined gender differences in the field of gender studies should be withdrawn from any state funding. Gender differences are supposedly only biologically determined and are therefore „natural“ and „desirable“. Accordingly, the AfD says there is no alternative to a one-sided emphasis on traditional role models, especially in schools and kindergartens. Based on such specious arguments, educators who advocate for gender equality and the safety of queer people become enemy number 1 in the AfD’s education policy.

From a feminist perspective, we also have a great treasure of forms of resistance against these strategies of fascist misanthropes! We have a wealth of approaches for solidarity! And we have – as we can wonderfully see today – a great wealth of wonderful people who fight in an anti-fascist and feminist way!

Thank you. At the beginning of the 20th century, workers organized the first struggles for women’s suffrage and better working conditions with the help of free trade unions. Sigrid from
the trade union verdi talks today about the gender pay gap, which is even higher in
Bavaria than the German average.

Verdi

Dear feminists,
dear colleagues,
dear friends,

Today, we gather to celebrate International Women’s Day, a day that honors the achievements, challenges, and future prospects of women worldwide.

On March 8th, millions of women fight for more rights and against their discrimination, disadvantage, and oppression.

At ver.di, as a trade union, we are fully aware of the significant importance of equality and fair working conditions, especially concerning the lives of women. We advocate for working hours that fit life demands, for the redistribution of care work, for incomes that secure livelihoods, and for closing the wage gap between women and men!

Just two days ago was the Equal Pay Day – the day until which women effectively work for free because they unjustly receive less pay than men. In Bavaria in 2023, men earned an average of €26.85 per hour, while women only earned €21.24. This amounts to a gender pay gap of 21 percent in Bavaria. Nationwide, women earn on average 18 percent less. In Bavaria, Equal Pay Day should therefore be set on March 17th this year.

The history of the labor movement is inseparable from the fight for women’s rights. Women have played a crucial role in unions, fighting for equal pay, job security, and fair treatment in the workplace. However, we must recognize that the journey towards gender equality is not yet complete.

Women play a unique and irreplaceable role in our society and in the workforce. They not only contribute to economic growth and societal stability but are often the main support for their families. Nevertheless, many women still face many obstacles such as wage inequality, prejudice, discrimination, and unequal opportunities for advancement. At the end of their working lives, they face poverty.

As a trade union, we advocate for the rights and interests of all our members, regardless of gender, race, or background. However, we still must ensure daily that women in the workforce are treated equally and have the same opportunities as their male counterparts. This means fighting every day for fair wages, equal promotion opportunities, safe working conditions, and societal change – and especially for our women.

Gender equality is not just a matter of fairness but also of economic sense. Studies show that companies and societies that promote gender diversity are more successful and resilient.

By ensuring that women are represented in all areas of the economy and public life and receive equal opportunities and recognition, we can create a fairer and more sustainable society.

Therefore, I call on all of you to continue to stand up for women’s rights and support our efforts to promote gender equality. Join a trade union and let us together fight for everyone to have the same chances and opportunities, regardless of gender.

Because only when women are treated equally can we create a fairer and more solidarity society for all.

Thank you. The Solidarity Network talks about the effects that capitalism and war have on
the world’s workers – especially those affected by multiple forms of discrimination.

Solidaritätsnetzwerk

Dear Augsburgers,
Dear demonstrators,

I’m Sarah and I’m speaking for the Augsburg Solidarity Network today. We are taking to the streets today to demonstrate against war, high prices and the patriarchy.

We are the women of the working class – we don’t own corporations or big machines or huge fortunes. We are the ones who stand in the factories and sell our labor while those in power enrich themselves from our work.

In times of crisis, we feel all the more clearly that we are even more oppressed and exploited than our male colleagues. This particular oppression based on gender is patriarchy.
Today we still receive significantly less wages and lower pensions.
We are often forced into unsafe working conditions and often have poorer educational opportunities.
An increase in poverty means an enormous burden for countless working class women in particular.

It is obvious that this situation is also getting worse due to increasing militarization. While billions are being invested in weapons, we don’t get even a cent – on the contrary: real wages have fallen sharply in recent years due to inflation.

During wars and while fleeing, women are increasingly confronted with sexual violence. Domestic violence, stalking and femicide are still part of our reality.

But we know that as working class women we can unite and fight back: We see all over the world what resistant women achieve: In Kurdistan, our sisters are building a society that defends democratic and women’s rights, consistently combats patriarchal violence and enables women to self-determine. In Afghanistan, women organize education for women and put their lives at risk. Thousands of women are fighting against fascism in Iran.

In Germany, too, we women are showing that we can no longer accept everything: be it in the strikes in hospitals or daycare centers or in the protest actions against the wars in Israel/Palestine or the Ukraine.

The fight for our liberation unites all sections of the working class oppressed by patriarchy. This is why we must stand shoulder to shoulder with the fighting LGBTI+ movement and smash the patriarchy together!

Let’s take action today against war, high prices and patriarchy!
We know that capitalism and male domination will be smashed!
Join this fight!
Women who fight are women who live!

Thanks to Solinetz.Think globally, act locally. Let’s fight feminist together. Because anti-fascism can only be feminist. Many thanks to all the speakers, the supporters, the sign language
interpreters and all people who made this possible.

Workshops, Infostände & Musik am 2. März auf dem Rathausplatz Augsburg

Am Samstag, den 02.03.2024 verwandeln wir den Rathausplatz gemeinsam mit Augsburger Aktivist*innen in einen feministischen und antifaschistischen Aktionsplatz: In Workshops und Gesprächsgruppen, an Infoständen, bei Vorträgen und mit Musik kommen wir mit interessierten Passant*innen ins Gespräch. Dabei geht es um Geschlechtergerechtigkeit, Antirassismus, Antisemitismus, Queerfeminismus und Antikapitalismus. Alle Interessierten sind sehr herzlich eingeladen!

12 – 13 Uhr: zwei Workshops zeitgleich, klick für Details

Catcalls of Augsburg:
Antisexismus gemeinsam auf die Straße bringen.

Gemeinsam mit euch wollen wir am 02.03 den Rathausplatz mit unseren Forderungen gestalten. Dafür wollen wir euch einladen gemeinsam mit uns eure Ankreidungen dauerhaft festzuhalten und damit ein Zeichen gegen Sexismus und Diskriminierung setzen. Der Workshop ist open for all gender.

Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes – Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten:
Feminismus und Antifaschismus.

Was sind Kennzeichen des Antifaschismus? Wie passt Feminismus und Antifaschismus zusammen, oder gehören sie unabdingbar zusammen? Als Beispiele werden feministische Antifaschistinnen vorgestellt. Input von Martha Metzger, Mitfrau im Frauenzentrum Augsburg und in der VVN-BdA

13 – 14 Uhr: zwei Workshops zeitgleich, klick für Details

Oben Ohne Kollektiv:
Austausch zu Körper im Faschismus: Widerstand und Perspektiven

In einem gemeinsamen Austausch setzen wir uns mit der Verbindung zwischen Körper, Sprache und dem Aufkommen faschistischer Ideologien auseinander. Wir beleuchten, wie das Patriarchat und der Faschismus miteinander verflochten sind und diskutieren, inwiefern eine antipatriarchale Gesellschaft auch antifaschistisch ist. Unter dem Framing „Verletzliche Körper“ erforschen wir, wie Körper im Faschismus bewertet und kontrolliert werden. Unser Ziel ist es, nicht nur auf bestehende Probleme hinzuweisen, sondern Perspektiven für den Widerstand zu entwickeln.

Medical Students for Choice:
Was jeder über Schwangerschaftsabbrüche wissen sollte

Nach einem kurzen Crashkurs über die Anatomie von Uterus, Vulva, Vagina, etc. geben wir euch einen Überblick über den Schwangerschaftsabbruch – von der rechtlichen Lage, über den konkreten Ablauf mit medizinischem Hintergrund bis hin zur Versorgungsproblematik. Wir möchten damit allen Teilnehmenden das vermitteln, was unserer Meinung nach jeder über den Schwangerschaftsabbruch wissen sollte; egal, ob man selbst (ungewollt) schwanger werden kann oder nicht.

14 – 15 Uhr zwei Workshops zeitgleich, klick für Details

GEW: Gewerkschaftlicher Widerstand gegen Faschismus

Wir beleuchten die Rolle von Gewerkschaften in antifaschistischen Kämpfen. Basierend auf die Geschichten verschiedener Antifaschistinnen arbeiten wir Erkenntnisse für die heutige Praxis gemeinsam heraus.“

SOS Humanity:
Retten statt Rechtsruck: Zivile Seenotrettung in Zeiten rechter Abschottungsdiskurse

Mehr als 28.000 Menschen haben seit 2014 ihr Leben im zentralen Mittelmeer verloren. 28.000 Menschen mit individuellen Geschichten – aber alle mit denselben grundlegenden Menschenrechten. Während faschistische Kräfte in Deutschland und Europa derzeit versuchen, die Entrechtung marginalisierter Gruppen immer weiter voranzutreiben, wird eine starke und solidarische Zivilgesellschaft immer wichtiger. Wir wollen Euch daher die Möglichkeit geben, mehr über die zivile Seenotrettung im zentralen Mittelmeer – eine der tödlichsten Fluchtrouten der Welt – zu lernen und Raum für eure Fragen und Diskussionen bieten“ Referentin: Sarah B., Studentin & zivile Seenotretterin Trigger-Warnung: Tod; Folter; physische, psychische & sexuelle Gewalt; Sklaverei

15:15 – 15:45 Uhr:

offene Probe des Corner Chors, der Augsburger Flinta*-only-Chor mit den Hits „Periode“ oder dem Song zu Mietenwahn und Wohnungsnot.

Ab 15 Uhr veganer & glutenfreier Eintopf

Das Kochkollektiv Knoblauchfahne verpflegt uns mit heißem Eintopf auf Spendenbasis – solange der Vorrat reicht.

Ab 16 Uhr Konzerte

16:00 – 16:30 Uhr Maria Moctezuma
16:30 – 17:00 Uhr Gündalein

Durchgehende Aktionen & Infostände, klick für Details 

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Augsburger Frauen/Feminist*innen & Frauenzentrum: Infostand zu feministischen Ideen im Wandel der Zeit

Zusammen mit den Besucher*innen wollen wir charakteristische Begriffe aus 45 Jahren feministischer Geschichte sammeln und diskutieren.

Feministisches Streikkomitee & andere: Bastel- und Infostände

Linksjugend: interaktive Stellwand zu feministischen Utopien

Feministische Utopien erkämpfen! „Was wollt ihr denn noch?“ Diese Frage wird Feminist*innen seit über 100 Jahren gestellt und nach jeder (Teil-)Umsetzung ihrer Forderungen entgegen geworfen. Wahlrecht, Lohngerechtigkeit, Gleichstellung? Wir sagen: All das und mehr! Patriarchale Strukturen sind nach wie vor allgegenwärtig und gerade in den letzten Jahren ist ein Erstarken rechter antifeministischer Bewegungen zu beobachten. Vor diesem Hintergrund fällt Feminismus nicht vom Himmel. Gleichzeitig glauben wir fest daran, dass eine andere Zukunft möglich ist, wenn wir sie nur in Angriff nehmen. Um dies zu verdeutlichen, wollen wir eine feministische Utopiewand gestalten, die allen die Möglichkeit gibt, ihre persönlichen feministischen Kämpfe sowie ihre Visionen einer feministischen Utopie zum Ausdruck zu bringen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch und die Diskussion mit euch. Denn gewinnen können wir am Ende nur gemeinsam! Unsere Idee wäre also mit einer interaktiven Stellwand und einem kleinen Infostand evtl auch mit Sitzmöglichkeiten präsent zu sein. Unser Logo findet ihr im Anhang. Meldet euch gerne, wenn ihr noch Fragen habt! Wir freuen uns schon sehr!

mehr*kollektiv: interaktives Kunstwerk „feministischer Spaß mit Dosen“

Verändern statt konservieren: Gemeinsam mit euch gestalten wir ein interaktives Kunstwerk aus lebensmittelechtem Weißblech.

Vintage & Krätze: Kleidertausch

Work around 6: Infotafel zu (Zwangs-) Prostitution im NS-Faschismus – eine vergessene Geschichte

Den Platz für Feminismus nutzen wir dieses Jahr, um Schlaglichter auf einen vergessenen Teil der deutschen Geschichte zu werfen: den Umgang des NS-Regimes mit Prostitution und dem Schicksal der Deportierten in den sogenannten „KZ-Bordellen“. Wir sind Workaround6, eine offene Diskussionsgruppe, die sich monatlich kritisch mit den Themen Sexualität im Allgemeinen und konkreter im Bereich der Sexarbeit / Prostitution und der Sexindustrie im Generellen auseinandersetzt. Wir stellen eine Infotafel auf dem feministisch besetzen Platz auf und hoffen so die Schicksale von den betroffenen Frauen und queerer Menschen sichtbar zu machen.

Kinderbetreuung

Komm gern mit deinen Kids. Unsere Kinderbetreuung bespaßt die Kinder, während du an einem Workshop teilnimmst oder dich an den Ständen umschaust.

Awareness-Konzept auf dem Platz

Es gibt vor Ort ein Awareness-Team, das du jederzeit kontaktieren kannst, wenn du Redebedarf hast oder Unterstützung benötigst. Wir sind an unseren bunten Warnwesten erkennbar. Jeder Impuls zu uns zu kommen ist wichtig und darf befolgt werden. Melde Dich bitte lieber einmal zu viel als einmal zu wenig! Du bestimmst deine eigenen Grenzen und entscheidest, was für dich eine Überschreitung darstellt und auf welche Weise du Unterstützung benötigst. Der ausgewiesene Bereich, welcher dem Awareness-Team zur Verfügung steht, bietet die Möglichkeit, gemeinsam dein Anliegen zu bearbeiten.

Aufruf zur Kundgebung und Demo

Antifaschistisch geht nur feministisch! Feministisch kämpfen jetzt!

Kommt am 8. März um 16 Uhr auf den Augsburger Rathausplatz – wir gehen auf die Straße gegen Ungleichheit, Diskriminierung und Gewalt, denn: Feministisch kämpfen heißt gegen Faschismus kämpfen!

Zieht mit uns vom Rathausplatz zur blauen Kappe über den Kennedy-Platz am Theater und zurück zum Rathausplatz!

Barrierefreiheit auf der Demo

Bei Bedarf, gibt es die Möglichkeit, an dem Demozug in einem von uns gestelltem Fahrzeug teilzunehmen. Eine Kinderbetreuung wird es ebenfalls geben.

Der Demozug wird von einem Awareness-Team begleitet, das ihr an bunten Westen erkennen könnt.

Es gibt Dolmetscher*innen in deutscher Gebärdernsprache für die Redebeiträge und Demoverpflegung bei der Abschlusskundgebung durch das Kollektiv Knoblauchfahne.

Aufruf zur Demonstration am Feministischen Kampftag, dem 8. März 2024

Zunehmender Fremdenhass, Transfeindlichkeit, Verschärfung des Asylrechts und Geheimtreffen zur Planung von Deportationen – rechtes Gedankengut und menschenverachtende Politik greifen wieder um sich. Linke und feministische Gruppen kämpfen schon lang gegen Rechts, denn:

„Wir-gegen-die-anderen“ ist uns zuwider! Unsere linke Bewegung lässt sich nicht spalten! Faschistische, neonazistische, rechte Hetze hat in unseren Utopien keinen Platz!

Komm zur Demonstration auf den Rathausplatz!
Freitag, 8. März 2024, 16 Uhr

Feministisch kämpfen heißt gegen Faschismus kämpfen! Am Feministischen Kampftag gehen FLINTA*-Personen auf der ganzen Welt gegen Ungleichheit, Diskriminierung und Gewalt auf die Straße. FLINTA* steht für Frauen, lesbische, inter, nicht-binäre, trans, agender und alle anderen Personen, die nicht ins patriarchale Weltbild passen.

Unser Feminismus richtet sich gegen ein Weltbild, in dem die vermeintlich Starken „besser“ sind als die vermeintlich Schwachen; in dem die Stimmen von Reichen mehr zählen als die der Armen; in dem ein Mensch mit Hochschulabschluss mehr wert ist als ein Mensch an der Supermarktkasse. Unser Feminismus ist deswegen schon lange antifaschistisch!

• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der alle Menschen gleich viel wert sind.
• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der wir unsere Leben solidarisch organisieren statt egoistisch und auf dem Rücken anderer.
• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der unbezahlte Sorgearbeit die Aufgabe aller Menschen ist und nicht abhängig vom Geschlecht.
• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der alle Menschen und insbesondere Frauen und Queers ihr Leben frei leben können, ohne konservative Rollenbilder und Unterdrückung.
• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der Politik auf wissenschaftlichen Fakten und nicht auf Angst beruht.
• Wir kämpfen für eine Welt, in der nicht wieder sagbar wird, was zur Vernichtung von Jüd*innen, Sint*izze, Rom*nja, körperlich und geistig Beeinträchtigten, queeren Menschen, politischen und geistlichen Gefangenen, Kommunist*innen und unzähligen Kriegsopfern geführt hat.

Deswegen ist unser Antifaschismus feministisch. Er ist eine Kampfansage gegen alle rechten, neofaschistischen und neonazistischen Bewegungen. Er ist eine Kampfansage an das patriarchale System.

• Denn Patriarchat, Faschismus und Kapitalismus bedienen sich der Ungleichheit von Menschen, um Macht für wenige zu sichern.
• Patriarchale und rechte Strukturen teilen die Abwertung von Frauen, leugnen die Existenz von lesbischem, inter, nicht-binärem, trans, agender und sonstigem Leben, das nicht in das heteronormative Weltbild passt.
• Und: Patriarchat und rechte Ideologie behaupten, sich für den „kleinen Mann“ einzusetzen. Dabei schaden sie durch ihre toxischen Männlichkeitsideale auch cis Männern.

Unser Feminismus stellt sich an die Seite von Menschen, die in unserer weißen Mehrheitsgesellschaft täglich von Diskriminierung betroffen sind: von Rassismus, Antisemitismus, Islamfeindlichkeit und jeder Art von Fremdenhass. Die betroffen sind von Sexismus, Misogynie, Queerfeindlichkeit, Transfeindlichkeit und allen Formen von geschlechtlicher Diskriminierung. Die betroffen sind, von Abwertungen in Bezug auf Bildung, Beruf, Status, körperlicher oder geistiger Beeinträchtigung.

Kommt zum Feministischen Kampftag am 8. März! Lasst uns sichtbar und hörbar werden! Und lasst uns am 2. März Banden bilden um gemeinsam für unsere feministischen Utopien und gegen Rechts kämpfen zu können!

Demonstration gegen patriarchale, konservative und sexualisierende Strukturen!

Am Donnerstag, dem 15. Juni 2023, holen wir uns die Nacht und die Straße zurück:

• Wir, sind es leid, dass Geschlechterrollen und Machosprüche uns das Feiern vermiesen.
• Wir sind es leid, dass Frauen, inter, non-binary, trans, agender sowie Personen, die nicht in die heteronormative Clubwelt passen, auf dem Heimweg verfolgt, bedrängt, belästigt werden.
• Wir sind es leid, dass Künstler*innen wie Drag Queens von konservativen Kräften vorgeschrieben bekommen, welche Auftrittsorte für sie angemessen sind.
• Wir sind es leid, dass Künstler*innen und Musiker*innen auf den Bühnen und in den Clubs von Augsburg noch immer unterrepräsentiert sind, weil der Mainstream eine Pimmelparty ist und es offenbar auch bleiben will.

Kommt zur Take Back The Night Demo am 15. Juni 2023
20 Uhr | Ulrichsplatz | flinta* only

Wir wollen Flinta* Personen sichtbar machen! Deshalb ist unsere Demo flinta* only. Das bedeutet, dass sich Frauen, lesbische, inter, non-binary, trans, agender und alle anderen Personen außerhalb des binären Geschlechtersystems den Raum nehmen, der ihnen zusteht.

Die Grundsätze unseres Awareness-Konzepts sind einzuhalten! Mackertum, Rassismus, Homo- & Transfeindlichkeit, übergriffiges Verhalten oder sonstige Diskriminierungsformen haben hier keinen Platz – entsprechendes Verhalten führt sofort zum Platzverweis.

Kennt ihr diese Situationen? Dann holt euch mit uns die Nacht zurück!

„Ich habe Konzertkarten gekauft. Ich will in Vorfreude, auf einen Abend unter Gleichgesinnten, den Alltag hinter mir lassen und die Musik genießen. Ich habe Konzertkarten gekauft und freue mich seit Wochen auf diesen einen Abend mit meiner Lieblingsband. Und trotzdem weiß ich: Dieser Abend kann ganz schnell kippen. Denn viel zu oft kaufe ich Konzertkarten und bekomme sexistische Kackscheiße obendrauf.“ Konzerte und Veranstaltungen in alternativen Szenen sind nur vermeintlich sicherer: Mackerhaftes Verhalten, Queer- und Transfeindlichkeit sowie Übergriffe passieren überall.

Erzählt uns nichts von den „richtigen Bands“ und durchlöchert uns nicht mit nervigen Fragen, weil wir Merch von eurer Lieblingsband tragen. Hört auf uns in unangenehme Monologe in Warteschlangen zu verwickeln! Ihr wiederholt euch – das langweilt uns! 

Wir haben genug von: „Kann ich nix dafür, wenn es zu wenig gute Künstlerinnen gibt. Wir würden die schon buchen.“ Einige Veranstalter können oder wollen einfach nicht über ihren Tellerrand schauen. Viel zu oft greift das sogenannte Ähnlichkeitsprinzip: Dudes buchen andere Dudes. Wir haben genug von dieser „Buddykultur“! 

Take Back The Night: Was wir fordern!

Wir wollen mehr queere und weibliche Künstler*innen auf Bühnen! Wir wollen mehr Flinta*s hinter und vor dem DJ-Pult! Und wir wollen eine Gesellschaft, in der Drag Queens & Drag Kings Kindern vorlesen dürfen, ohne dass konservative Politiker*innen „Kindswohlgefährung“ rufen und damit auch noch Wahlkampf führen können. 

Zeigt euch solidarisch feministisch – nicht nur, wenn ihr dabei cool ausseht und Pluspunkte erntet, sondern auch, wenn ihr dafür Gegenwind bekommt. Wir brauchen keine Beschützer, die uns ungefragt aus dem Moshpit retten. Verteidigt euch und eure Kumpels nicht mit „Wir sind ja nicht so welche!“ – seid ruhig und hört euren Freund*innen zu!

Nachtleben sicherer & gerechter machen

Solange das Nachtleben nicht sicher für alle Frauen, queere und Transpersonen ist, ist keine von uns sicher. Niemand sollte auf einem Konzert Angst haben müssen. Darauf haben wir ein Recht! Wir wollen ein Awareness-Konzept, das Konzerte und Clubbesuche für alle sicherer macht. Wir kämpfen gemeinsam mit viele anderen feministischen Initiativen für alle, die aus dem Nachtleben verdrängt werden. Wir wollen tanzen. Ohne Sorgen. Und deswegen holen wir uns die Nacht zurück! 

Kommt zur Take Back The Night Demo am 15. Juni! Gemeinsam tanzen wir vom feministischen Streikkomitee mit euch durch die Augsburger Innenstadt!

Lasst uns feministisch gegen Gewalt an FLINTA* kämpfen, ein Zeichen gegen Diskriminierung setzen und die Nacht zurückerobern!

Abschließend: Keine Band, keine Veranstalter*in, kein Clubkollektiv kann garantieren, dass Shows oder Parties nicht von toxischen Arschlöchern besucht werden. Deshalb achtet auch aufeinander! Schaut nicht weg, wenn was passiert! Seid aufmerksam! Dein Körper gehört dir. Das heißt, du entscheidest, wer diesen Körper, DEINEN Körper, wann und wie anfasst. Egal ob während des Konzerts, in der Warteschlange vor der Bar oder später auf dem Weg nach Hause.

„Was würde dir helfen?“ – „Solidarität“ Fotoausstellung zu Care-Gerechtigkeit!

Faces of Moms* und das Feministische Streikkomitee rücken Fürsorge als unbezahlte Care-Arbeit in den Fokus. Mit wenigen Ausnahmen leisten weiblich gelesene Personen weltweit mehr unbezahlte Care-Arbeit als Männer, unabhängig davon, ob sie noch zusätzlich einer Berufstätigkeit nachgehen oder nicht. Und dies bedeutet für die meisten Mütter und primären Sorgepersonen strukturelle Ungleichheit.

In Fotografien von Alltagssituationen, Plakaten, Zitaten, Demobannern und Schildern zeigen die Fotografin Natalie Stanczak und die feministischen Aktivist*innen den Kampf um Sichtbarkeit. Sorgearbeit muss gesehen werden! Und Sorgearbeit braucht Solidarität – denn das ist der erste Schritt zu mehr Gerechtigkeit für Care-Arbeitende – egal, ob bezahlt oder unbezahlt!

Wann übernimmst du Verantwortung? Wann bist du solidarisch?

Ausstellung im Café des Grandhotel Cosmopolis bis 10. Juni 2023
Öffnungszeiten: Dienstag bis Samstag 10 – 22 Uhr

Midissage am Freitag, 12.05.2023, 19 Uhr
Gespräch zu Solidarität & Care-Gerechtigkeit mit Melinka Karrer

Zum Augsburg Journal Reporter Beitrag „Zehn Macherinnen zum Weltfrauentag“

„Weltfrauentag? Haben wir das ganze Jahr!“ schreibt die kostenlose Zeitung „Augsburg Journal Reporter“. Die Begründung dieser These: Augsburg sei die bayerische Stadt mit den meisten weiblichen Spitzenkräften.

Dieser Einstieg suggeriert, dass nur am Weltfrauentag, Frauen das Sagen haben. Der Weltfrauentag oder, wie wir ihn nennen, der Feministische Kampftag ist nicht dazu da, ein einzelnes Blitzlicht auf die Leistungen von Frauen zu werfen. Sonst wäre er nur Symboltag ohne Einfluss.

Top Ten Frauen: weiß, privilegiert, leistungsbereit

Aber weiter im Text: Wer sind die Top Ten zum Frauentag? Weiße Frauen in einflussreichen Positionen, die den Lesenden Tipps geben wie „Machen! Wirklich, es ist dieses einfach machen!“ und „Gebt nicht auf, ihr müsst stets einmal mehr aufstehen als hinfallen.“ Diese neoliberale, protestantische Geschichte von der lohnenden Leistung – zum Kotzen. Unter den „Macherinnen an der Macht“ ist neben der Oberbürgermeisterin, der Universitätspräsidentin und einer Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Stadtsparkasse auch Susanne Wiegand, CEO der Renk Group, die in der Titelgeschichte als Heldin der Rüstungsindustie gefeiert wird.

CEO eines führenden Rüstungsunternehmens – natürlich nicht in High Heels

Ihr Porträt als Führungskraft kommt natürlich nicht ohne sexistische Klischees aus: Nach der Schilderung ihrer Frisur und ihrer Kleidung folgen die Schuhe: „Dazu flache Schuhe natürlich. Denn Wiegand ist eine der wichtigsten deutschen Rüstungs-Managerinnen. Dazu passen keine High Heels“. Als ob weibliche CEOs natürlich in High Heels unterwegs wären – sind sie doch das einzig wahre Zeichen weiblicher Macht.

Der Artikel besteht aus verschiedenen Zitaten, die die CEO anderen Medien gegeben hat, unter anderem „Manchmal bin ich die einzige Frau in Besprechungsrunden. Das ist ein Privileg.“ Diese Form des Journalismus ist dazu prädestiniert, Aussagen aus ihrem Zusammenhang zu reißen und ein unklares Bild einer Person zu hinterlassen: Was ist ein Privileg? Dass sie als Frau an den Verhandlungstisch gelassen wird? Als Auszeichnung für ihren Fleiß bzw. ihre Leistung? Dass sie in ihrer Art den männlichen Verhandlungspartnern gleicht?

Problematisch ist außerdem, dass der Artikel Wiegand als Prophetin des gestiegenen Sicherheitsbedürfnisses feiert: Seit Mai 2021 setzte sie als CEO bei Renk angeblich konsequent auf den Ausbau der Rüstungssparte „und lag damit richtig“. Denn der russische Einmarsch in die Ukraine veränderte laut Augsburg Journal Reporter das Image der Rüstungsindustrie: „Die Rüstung, das war eben immer die böse Ecke der deutschen Industrie“. Und zitiert wieder Wiegand: „Das ist seit Februar 2022 anders: Auf einmal sind wir notwendig geworden.“

Wir kritisieren

1. den fehlenden Kommentar zur Auswahl von ausschließlich weißen, privilegierten Frauen
2. die unreflektierte Erzählung des „Einfach machens“ als Schlüssel für Erfolg als Frau bzw. Erfolg in dieser Gesellschaft
3. die Stilisierung von erfolgreicher Weiblichkeit ausschließlich im Zusammenhang mit Macht und Profit.
4. das Loblied auf „den richtigen Riecher“, um mit Krieg Geld zu verdienen, während in Krisengebieten die Fälle von geschlechtspezifischer Gewalt wie Vergewaltigungen explodieren.

1. Eröffnungskundgebung Rathausplatz: internationale Kämpfe
2. Zwischenkundgebung St. Ulrich: anti-sexistische Kämpfe
3. Zwischenkundgebung City Galerie: anti-kapitalistische Kämpfe
4. Abschlusskundgebung Rathausplatz: Arbeitskämpfe

Eröffnungskundgebung Rathausplatz

Feministisches Streikkomitee Augsburg (F*streik Aux)

Die Krisen stecken im System!

Das diesjährige bundesweite Motto der feministischen Streiks & Demos zum 8. März. Unsere Antwort auf die multiplen Krisen der Systeme: Feministisch streiken weltweit!

Von der Evakuierung eines Augsburger Altenheims bis zur Schließung der Bobinger Geburtshilfe – die Krise des Gesundheitssystems ist real. Die Konflike in den nur ohnehin spärlich vorhandenen Unterkünften für Geflüchtete spitzen sich nicht erst durch den Krieg in der Ukraine zu. Die Energiekrise trifft unterdessen vor allem Augsburger Geringverdienende, darunter vor allem Alleinerziehende. Wir wissen: Die Krisen stecken im System! Wir wissen: Kapitalismus und Patriarchat sind dafür verantwortlich! Wir wollen das nicht hinnehmen! Wir streiken!

Welche Menschen wohnen in Alten- und Pflegeheimen, in denen oft unmenschliche Zustände herrschen? 61,6 Prozent sind Frauen. Welche Menschen arbeiten in der Pflege mit teilweise untragbaren Arbeitsbedingungen? Etwas mehr als drei von vier Pflegefachkräften sind Frauen. Welche Menschen gehören zu denjenigen, die am Existenzminimum leben? 17,5 Prozent der deutschen Frauen waren 2021 von Einkommensarmut betroffen, im Gegensatz zu 15,7 Prozent der Männer. Auch bei den Geringfügigbeschäftigten ist der Anteil der Frauen größer als der der Männer. Und im Alter rächen sich außerdem die sogenannten „unterbrochenen Erwerbsbiographien“ von Frauen: Alleinstehende Frauen über 65 gelten zu 20 Prozent als arm und das liegt an häufigerer Teilzeitbeschäftigung und Verdienstausfall durch Kinder- und Angehörigenpflege.

Wir sprechen von Frauen, weil die Daten nur weiblich gelesene Personen erfassen. Dennoch ist klar, dass auch andere nicht als männlich wahrgenommene Personen – FLINTAs – die Benachteiligten in diesem System sind. FLINTAs meint Frauen, lesbische, inter, nicht-binäre, trans, agender Personen und alle, die nicht in die binäre Logik der cis-männlich dominierten Welt passen. Darunter auch Schwarze Personen, Menschen der BIPOC Community. Ebenso Menschen, die sich nicht der Verwertungslogik der kapitalistischen Welt unterwerfen können oder wollen. Am meisten trifft es die, die zu mehreren der genannten Kategorien gehören. BIPOC steht für Black, indigenious people of colour, also Menschen, die nicht weiß sind. 

Wir sagen Nein zu diesem männlich dominierten System? 

Auf der ganzen Welt rebellieren FLINTA-Personen gegen die Unterdrückung durch patriarchale und kapitalistische Systeme: gegen die Kriege, die die Herrschenden auf dem Rücken der Bevölkerung austragen; gegen die Klimakatastrophe, die von zu vielen Entscheidungsträger*innen noch geleugnet, ignoriert oder befeuert wird; gegen rechte Kräfte, die mit ihren rückwärtsgewandten, menschenverachtenden Ideologien immer mehr Macht auf sich vereinen. 

Der Slogan „Jin Jiyan Azadi“ (Frauen Leben Freiheit) der revolutionären kurdischen Bewegung hallt aktuell durch die von Frauen angeführte Revolution im Iran in der ganzen Welt wider: von Lateinamerika über Rojava (Nord-Ost-Syrien) und Teheran bis nach Europa! Als lautes Zeichen gegen die Einschränkung und Verweigerung von Menschenrechten. Gemeinsam kämpfen wir die feministischen Kämpfe für eine Gesellschaft, in der ein gutes Leben für alle möglich ist. Gemeinsam kämpfen auch wir gegen Geschlechterungerechtigkeit, für sexuelle und körperliche Selbstbestimmung und für „eine Welt, in die viele Welten passen“ – wie die Zapatista-Bewegung es ausdrückt.

Wir, das Feministische Streikkomitee Augsburg, solidarisieren uns mit den feministischen Kämpfen weltweit und mit denen vor unserer Haustür. Die Krisen stecken in den Systemen! Sie sind hausgemacht und wir haben es in der Hand, diese Ungerechtigkeiten zu beenden!

Wir fordern:

• Bezahlte Care-Arbeit, denn systemrelevante Tätigkeiten wie Kinderbetreuung, Pflege von Angehörigen, Freund*innen, aber auch Fürsorge gegenüber sich selbst darf nicht zur Überlastung bzw. zum existenziellen Nachteil werden.
• Keine Profite mit Gesundheit & Care! Die Probleme im Gesundheitswesen entstehen nicht zuletzt durch die Privatisierung von Gesundheitseinrichtungen, die mit Sorge-Arbeit Geld verdienen müssen und die Profite über das Wohlergehen der Patient*innen stellen. 
• Schutz vor Gewalt & eine sichere Unterkunft bei Gefährdung. Die Plätze in den Frauenhäusern des Bezirks kommen bei weitem nicht an die gesetzlichen Vorgaben heran. FLINTAs in Geflüchtetenunterkünften benötigen besondere Schutzangebote. Zudem mangelt es an Schutzräumen und Beratungsstellen für Queers und trans Personen.
• Bleiberecht für alle, denn kein Mensch ist illegal. Fluchtgründe dürfen nicht über das Bleiberecht und den Wert eines Menschen entscheiden. Zumal viele Menschen durch den Klimawandel ihre Existenzgrundlage verlieren werden, wodurch sogenannte Wirtschaftsfluchtbewegungen drastisch zunehmen werden.
• Sichere medizinische Versorgung für Schwangere, Gebärende & Personen, die sich für einen Schwangerschaftsabbruch entscheiden. Personalnot und Klinikschließungen gefährden dieses Menschenrecht in der Region sowie in ganz Deutschland!   
• Zeit & Möglichkeit für politische Teilhabe! Überlastung durch Lohn- oder Care-Arbeit, Sprachbarrieren oder das Gefühl der politischen Machtlosigkeit dürfen Menschen nicht von einer aktiven Beteiligung abhalten.  · politische Unterstützung für politisch verfolgte Aktivist*innen, FLINTA & LGBTQIA+ Personen im Iran, in Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Rojava über die Solidaritätsbekundungen hinaus

Feministisch streiken weltweit: das ist unsere Antwort auf Patriarchat und Kapitalismus. Für eine Welt, in der alle ein gutes Leben führen können – das ist unsere feministische Utopie. 

FLINTA weltweit kämpfen für diese Utopie. Doch sie kämpfen unter sehr unterschiedlichen Bedingungen. 

Das Aktionsbündnis JinJiyanAzadi_Aux spricht über die Bedingungen der mutigen Menschen im Iran, die für Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit kämpfen.

Im Anschluss daran spricht Lea für ZAM e. V., dem Zusammenschluss Augsburger Migranten(selbstorganisationen) über Solidarität im Konkreten.

Dilan von Yeni Kadin Plattform Augsburg rückt anschließend die feministischen Kämpfe in der Türkei in den Fokus.

Jinjiyanazadi_aux

Am feministischen Kampftag wollen wir FLINTA feiern, die für gleiche Rechte sowie für die Verwirklichung eines demokratischen Systems kämpfen. Nach fünf Monaten der Jina- Revolution wollen wir einen Blick auf die endlosen Kämpfe der Personen im Iran, auch schon vor 2022, werfen.

Die Frauenbewegung bildete sich schon vor der islamischen Revolution von 1979 und reagierte auf die nicht gleichberechtigte Geschlechterverhältnisse. Nach 79 bildeten sich vermehrt Bündnisse, wodurch die Bewegung enorm wuchs, denn FLINTA wurden stärker unterdrückt denn je. Um den politischen Aktivismus lahmzulegen, wurden sie durch das Regime inhaftiert, gefoltert und zu erzwungenen Geständnissen im nationalen Fernsehen gebracht.

In den 80er Jahren, als Gott für das Regime das Größte war und als die Mütter von Khavaran in den Wartezimmern versammelt waren, um die Habseligkeiten ihrer hingerichteten Kinder abzuholen, verbündeten sie sich und begannen den ewigen Kampf gegen die Herrscher der Islamischen Republik, bis zu ihrem letzten Atemzug.

Sie prangerten die Islamische Republik für Inhaftierung, Folter und Hinrichtung der politischen Aktivist*innen an.

Die Studentenbewegung und die Zunahme der Präsenz von FLINTA an Universitäten in den 90er und 2000er Jahren brachte die Bewegung in eine neue Phase – die Verfassung und frauenfeindlichen Gesetze werden kritisiert.

Der Unterdrückungsapparat und unterstützende extremistische Gruppen nehmen zu Serien an Säureangriffen in der Stadt Isfahan, Messerangriffe und mysteriöse Morde an FLINTA und die kürzlich großangelegten Chemiegas Angriffe auf Mädchenschulen sind Beispiele für den ungehinderten Terrorismus durch die Verbündeten des Regimes mit dem Ziel, der Gesellschaft Unsicherheit und Angst einzuflößen und Frauen zurück in die Position von „Kinder, Küche, Religion“ zu drängen, zusätzlich zu den Einschränkungen, die die Verfassung und das islamische Strafgesetzbuch für FLINTA vorsehen.

Die Unterdrückung hört nicht auf und dennoch funktioniert sie nicht mehr, der gesellschaftliche Wandel, der nicht mehr mit dem aktuellen Regime und seinen Traditionen und Gesetzen vereinbar ist, ist sichtbar: FLINTA sitzen in Umwelt-NGOs, Sozialwerken und LGBTQI- und Menschenrechts-NGOs

Wir wollen deutlich machen: Schon vor der Revolution unter dem Leitsatz „Frau, Leben, Freiheit“ gab es viele Beispiele von Rebellionen durch Frauen gegen das System.

Hier ist zu erwähnen dass der Leitspruch der Revolution Jin Jiyan azadi, also Frau Leben Freiheit, Grundlage, Leitidee und Parole der kurdischen Freiheitsbewegung ist. Diese hat den Ansatz, dass eine Gesellschaft nur so frei sein kann, wie es die Frauen in dieser Gesellschaft sind.

Der Tot von Jina Mahsa Amini war der Auslöser einer neuen Bewegung für die Rechte von FLINTA und die aktuellen versuche, die Bewegung zum Schweigen zu bringen zeigen erneut den tiefen Hass des Regimes auf FLINTA. Dieses System kann nur durch die Unterdrückung überleben.

Es ist offensichtlich, dass die Protest- und Frauenbewegung im Iran, sich nicht länger der islamischen Diktatur beugt, und früher oder später wird sie siegen und zu einem neuen Modell in der Welt für den Kampf um die Menschenrechte werden.

ZAM e. V.

Wir verbünden uns mit den kurdischen und Iranischen FLINTA, die eine Perspektive auf einen Sturz des Regimes und einen Wandel des Systems überhaupt erst eröffnet haben.

Wir verbünden uns mit den kurdischen Freiheitskämpferinnen und Frauen in Rojava, die den Kampf gegen Sexismus und Patriarchat als wichtigsten Kampf ansehen und allen eine Perspektive bieten, die nach einer Welt streben, die auf die Befreiung der Frau, auf ökologischen Prinzipien und sozialistischen Werten beruht.Sie wollen eine Perspektive bieten, wie sich eine Gesellschaft ohne Unterdrückung und Ausbeutung selbst organisieren kann.

Wir verbünden uns mit den Frauen in Afghanistan, die gegen die Vorschriften der Taliban, die Frauen und Mädchen daran hindern, ihre grundlegenden Rechte auf Meinungsäußerung, Freiheit und Bildung wahrzunehmen, gegen dieses Regime auf die Straße gehen, trotz Angst vor Verhaftung, Folter und Mord.

Wir verbünden uns mit den feministischen Kämpfen in Lateinamerika, die neben den klassischen Kämpfen des Feminismus wie dem Recht auf Abtreibung, gegen patriarchale Gewalt und politische Partizipation eine radikale Infragestellung des neoliberalen Kapitalismus z.B. in Chile kämpferisch einfordern.

Wir verbünden uns mit allen feministischen Kämpfen weltweit, die gegen die Unterdrückung und für Gleichberechtigung kämpfen.

Ich bin nicht frei, solange noch eine einzige Frau unfrei ist, auch wenn sie ganz andere Ketten trägt als ich!

Audre Lorde

Yeni Kadin Plattform Augsburg

Hallo liebe Frauen und liebe Genossinnen

Merhaba, kizkardeslerimiz
Hevale delal, Serseran Sercavan

Heute überall auf der Welt gehen die Frauen gegen das Patriarchalische kapitalistische System auf die Straße.
Der 8. März ist ein Aufruf zum Widerstand.
Der 8. März ist der Kampf um die Rückeroberung unserer Rechte und Freiheiten, die uns genommen/gestohlen wurden.
Der 8. März ist der Kampf, um die Umschreibung der Geschichte mit einem weiblichen Geschlechterbewusstsein.
Der 8. März ist ein Widerstand und Kampf gegen die patriarchalische Gesellschaft.

Eine Gesellschaft, welche Frauen unterdrückt, versklavt, ihre Arbeitskraft ausbeutet und sie zum zweiten Geschlecht macht. Mit der aktuellen wirtschaftlichen Krise und den steigenden Preisen hat sich die Verarmung drastisch zugespitzt. In dieser Krise steigt auch das Gewalt Potenzial gegenüber Frauen und Kindern genauso der Rassismus und der Sexismus.

Gewalt gegen Frauen ist zu einer Femizide geworden. Tagtäglich verlieren weltweit fast 150 Frauen ihr Leben durch männliche Gewalt. Männliche Gewalt, wegen der wir unser Blick auch seit Wochen in den Iran richten.

JINA AMINI wurde zum Symbol des Freiheitkampfes, und mit JINA AMINI erhebt sich nun ein SLOGAN Jin Jiyan Azadi auf der ganzen Welt. In Iran schreiben Frauen weiterhin Geschichte mit ihrem Kampf gegen das Patriarchat, in dem sie Tot und Folter riskieren.

Schauen wir in die Türkei: Unter dem AKP Regime hat die Gewalt gegen Frauen um 1.400 % zugenommen.

1.400 %. Lasst es auf euch wirken.

Der Druck auf die Frauen nimmt zu. Abgeordnete, Journalistinnen, Studentinnen werden verhaftet, Frauen werden in der Öffentlichkeit belästigt. Die Rechte und Freiheiten werden angegriffen. Rechte, welche Frauen auf Kosten ihres Lebens errungen haben. Die Frauen in der Türkei wissen ganz genau, dass eine viele dunklere Zeit bevorsteht, wenn sie nicht das Patriarchat bekämpfen. Trotz aller Unterdrückung von der männlichen und staatlichen Gewalt gehen sie auf die Straße.

Die Frauenbewegung macht Hoffnung. Denn die stärkste Widerstandsbewegung in der Türkei ist die Frauen Bewegung. Dort schließen sich Frauen aller Nationalitäten (Türkische, kurdische, armenische, assyrische Frauen) zusammen und verteidigen ihre Rechte und kämpfen für die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter.

Auch möchte ich paar Wörter zu Istanbul Konvention sagen.

Die Istanbul Konvention fordert die Beseitigung der Diskriminierung von Frauen und die Beseitigung aller Ungleichheiten. Es wurde von vielen europäischen Ländern unterzeichnet. Das Dokument garantiert die Bekämpfung der männlichen Dominanz und fordert die Stärkung der Frauen. Die Istanbul Konvention ist ein sehr wichtiger Schritt und großer Erfolg im Rahmen der Prävention von Gewalt gegen Frauen, und trotzdem werden seine Anforderungen nicht erfüllt.

Wir schauen in die weite Welt und sehen all die Korruption und Unterdrückung. Eine Wirklichkeit, die unsere Freiheit und unser Leben gefährdet. Eine Wirklichkeit die wir verändern müssen. Der Mann profitiert am patriarchalisch kapitalistischen System. Er wird diese Wirklichkeit nicht ändern.

Für eine Änderung müssen wir uns zusammenschließen.

Denn wir Frauen wollen eine gerechte Welt – eine gewaltfrei Welt.
Wir wollen eine Zukunft ohne Kriege und Krisen und ohne patriarchalisch kapitalistische System.

Wir werden niemals alleine gehen, lass uns die Solidarität der Frauen noch weiter stärken. JIN JIYAN AZADI 
Frauen Leben Freiheit
Nein heißt Nein

Zwischenkundgebung St. Ulrich

F*streik Aux

Ein Schauplatz des feministischen Kampfes sind die Körper von Flinta* Personen. FLINTA* ist eine Abkürzung und steht für Frauen, Lesben, intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinäre, trans und agender Personen.

Wir stellen uns gegen alle patriarchalen Kategorien, in die unsere Körper gepresst werden: nicht schön genug, zu schön, zu fett, zu dürr, zu groß, zu klein, zu schwarz, zu asiatisch, zu bleich, zu viele Kinder, zu wenig Kinder, zu jung, zu alt, zu sexy, zu tomboy – die Liste ist endlos.

Wir sind keine Objekte, wir sind unsere eigenen Subjekte – mit all unseren Stärken, Schwächen, Eigenschaften und Merkmalen. Wir alle haben solche patriarchalen Denkmuster verinnerlicht und es ist an uns allen, diese aktiv zu verlernen. 

Besonders perfide sind die Angriffe von selbsternannten Feministinnen auf die körperliche Selbstbestimmung von trans und inter Personen unter dem Deckmantel ihres Feminismus. 

Auf dem Rücken von trans Personen wiederholen sich hier patriarchale Argumente: Sogenannte Trans Excluding Radical Feminists, kurz TERFs, weisen trans, agender und inter Personen fremdbestimmt deren biologisches Geschlecht zu oder leugnen schlicht die Existenz der Kategorien Trans und Inter. Sie verteidigen die binäre Geschlechtsstruktur. Nicht verwunderlich, dass TERFs vermehrt den Schulterschluss mit rechten Strukturen eingehen. TERFs oder Rechte – beide wollen die binäre Kategorie der „Frau“ beschützen und verstärken hierbei patriarchale Denkmuster und Geschlechtskategorien. Das ist nicht feministisch und solidarisch, sondern spaltend und ausgrenzend. 

Ausgrenzung statt Solidarität – das ist nicht unser Feminismus! Wir solidarisieren uns mit den feministischen Kämpfen von trans, agender und inter Personen. Für das Recht auf körperliche Selbstbestimmung aller! 

Das bestehende System nutzt Stigmatisierung und Hass, um die körperliche und sexuelle Selbstbestimmung von FLINTA*s einzuschränken.

• Dazu gehören einengende Rollenklischees wie sie Frau Tacheles serviert! im Redebeitrag anspricht.
• Dazu gehört die skandalöse medizinische Versorgungslage, die sich Schwangere in Augsburg ausgesetzt sehen, wie die Medical Students for Choice ansprechen werden.
• Dazu gehört die Bigotterie in Bezug auf weiblich gelesene Körper, über die das Oben-Ohne-Kollektiv sprechen wird.
• Dazu gehört die Diskriminierung und das Othering von queeren Personen, also , die Zuschreibung, „anders“ oder nicht „normal“ im Sinne der heteronormativen Gesellschaft zu sein. Darüber wird Miranda Ala sprechen.
• Abschließend wird die Queer-AG des Offenen Antifa-Treffens noch etwas zur Situation von Transpersonen, zu Gewalterfahrung und TERFs sagen. Hier nochmal der Hinweis: Das Awareness-Team ist für dich da, wenn du dich unwohl mit den Inhalten fühlst und wenn du reden möchtest.

Frau Tacheles serviert!

What I want

I want the obvious.
I want, the equality that is not up for negotiation,
that was promised to me on paper,
but does not arrive in reality and in our daily lives.

I want my worth NOT to be measured,
by the color of my skin,
my sexual orientation and
and certainly not by my genitals!

I want,
a life without the straitjacket of role clichés.

I want to decide about my body,
without having to justify myself to anyone.
My body my choice

I want the female orgasm to have the same value as the male one.

I don’t want your fear,
because your fear infiltrates my brain,
locks me up and sets limits where there should be none.

I want more shamelessness.
Because a free mind is followed by a free body that unhinges the world.

I want to move freely,
because my life is a presence event
by day and by night.

I want moral courage.
I want us to break through the glass ceiling, because we need a breath of fresh air.
I want, free development without the constant phrase in my head „what will people think?“
I want a life away from the perfectionism mania.
No, I want to fall on my face and be able to get up again with momentum!

I want honesty,
that otherwise remains unspoken,
that opens eyes.

I want open conversations.
In which we put everything on the tray for everyone to see.
So that we recognize,
that reality has nothing to do with the clichés constantly produced in the media,
but with you and with me
in the here and now.
I want that we also get rid of our prejudices
and that we stop criticizing each other.

I want us FLINTA*S to demand more participation from men.
Good parenting is not dependent on gender.
Trust fathers more,
don’t ignore them, but involve them.
and teach them the knowledge that you have received since childhood.

Patriarchy does not die out on its own.
It must be carried to the grave.
Every day a little bit.
With every gesture that is rejected.
With every stupid saying that is countered.
With every person who raises their voice against injustice.
With every demand until it becomes a matter of course.
With every protest that finds more and more supporters.
With every man who recognizes that community is not at home in power imbalances and equality is a path we must walk together.

I want my courage to ignite yours.

Women unite!
Women in power!

Medical Student for Choice

Hello everyone,

We are Katja and Greta, medical students in Augsburg and part of Medical students for choice which is a part of the group Critical Medicine Augsburg.

A safe, timely and affordable absorption is a human right. That’s not just our opinion but that of the World Health Organization as well as Amnesty. Abortion is an essential part of bodily autonomy and as such fundamental for gender equality, equal opportunities and a free life.

Why is it so hard, for a person carrying an unwanted pregnancy, to get an abortion?

It starts with finding a doctor. In Augsburg there is not a single one that officially performs an abortion after counseling  — at 1000 people carrying an unwanted pregnancy and are thus forced to travel at least to Munich. That is an unacceptable gap in the provision of medical care. Augbsurg not the only and by far not the worst example. People all over Germany are affected by this tight supply situation.

On top of that, abortion is heavily stigmatized by the public. According to § 218 of the German penal code punishable by law. According to opponents murder and often harshly judged by friends and family. This stigmatization doesn’t only affect the person carrying the unwanted pregnancy but is also enforcing the inadequate provision of medical care as it is a lot harder for doctors to offer abortion.

Lastly, not only contraceptives are very expensive. Also abortion is and most of the time both are not covered by health insurance.

You shouldn’t have to go to another city for a human right. You shouldn’t be stigmatized for making use of a human right and you shouldn’t have to pay for a human right.

That’s why we demand:

• A supply of abortion that is covering the needs!
• Free contraceptives and health insurance that covers abortion!
• No more stigmatization of abortion!
• No more §218!
• For a self-determined and free life!

My body – my choice!

Oben-Ohne-Kollektiv

I wake up and I’m still hanging around a bit sluggish, but I know, today will be my day! So first shower, that’s gonna wake me up for sure. I cover myself briefly and scurry into the bathroom. Uh, fresh the window was open during the night. So quickly under the warm shower and finally the sooting water runs over me. Oh yeah, freedom, fresh, wet.

Being out of the shower, I’m already fresher. A short question is sent to me: are my roommates here? Yes, the coffee machine is running. So I wrap myself in my towel, just in case, and run back to my room. Off I go to get dressed for the feminist strike day. I look forward to this all year! First, the purple sweatpants get put on and then it’s my turn. And: I am bagged, until today it is actually unclear to me why. Yes, why am I always bagged? Everywhere I am hidden, covered, and not discovered. Not even my contours are allowed to be seen, no. I am not allowed to be a part of this body. I am too visible without a bra layer over me, I am offensive without a bikini over me, I am censored on the Internet, in the news they discuss about me.

I feel used because only trimmed I am needed. Yes, when it comes to sex, then they show me, then they put me on display. Only then I am needed. Then I have space. Yes, life as a nipple on breasts is not so easy. If only everyone knew that.

Last summer, for example, I was swimming in the outdoor pool. Well, I wasn’t swimming. I was squeezed into tops and could only get a glimpse of the water. I wasn’t allowed to ride the slide… And I wasn’t allowed to feel the sun on me and hang out like so many do. Many nipples hang freely in the summer, they bounce, and swing and jump. What do they have what I do not have? Isn’t the question actually: what do I have that they don’t have? Exactly. I have sexualization. Because I am attached to breasts, I am sexualized and staged. In the open-air swimming pool I tried to defend myself, I just wanted to be free, I peeked out for a moment, made room for myself and what did that get me? The pool attendant came and I was packed away again – so the statement of the green party apparently didn’t help.

But we did not want to stop and we remained uncomfortable. We complained and continued to fight – we established a connection with the green party. But they said we were too loud, too much, too offensive, too complicated, too naked. Rewrite the bathing rules? That would be too controversial an act. „Theoretically it is not forbidden to swim with nipples, but to make a big fuss about it? What does the CSU have to say about that?“

I didn’t care! Therefore we remained persistent- kept on asking, made suggestions: we need signs and education, so that everyone finally knows it and can feel free and safe!!!

„But no, that would be too risky!“ Fighting for equality yes, but only quietly and within our means and only with broad social acceptance. And also only if it does not disturb anyone, and if it is not so much effort, and if I can smile while doing it.

But that’s just no good, and that’s why we are here today, because today we say: NO!

I just want to chill, not justify myself, be free, hang out! Not ashamed of myself, but accept what I am. I want to have ease, be allowed to exist. I don’t want to have to stand on a podium and discuss my justification for existence.

That’s why we’re doing it together today, being properly loud, taking the space and room we deserve. Literally letting off our anger and nipples! With many nipples, flags and hanging breasts.

We will nipple the patriarchy away!!!

Miranda Ala

My name is Miranda Ala. I’m 30 years old, born in the Allgäu region of Germany, where I grew up.

I’m of Albanian descent and I was raised based on the traditions and rules of my family. How to be a proper woman, or how to be a proper man was a big part of that.

What I’ve learnt:
Cover your body if there are men around. Keep quiet and let men talk. Serve them, hide your feelings, suppress your needs, smile, be gentle and easy, step back and accept, that men always get away with their behaviour.

I’m a German Albanian woman. And I’m queer. But there is no queer in the world of my family. There is the determined life: man, woman, big wedding, at least two children. And of course look nice, so your man stays with you.

But that’s not who I am. I’m different. That’s what I’ve thought for so many years. I was ashamed, I hid, I got depressed and unhappy.

I had to follow my heart, but I didn’t know, that I could loose my family, my roots, everything. And I did it. I took my way. I burned down old bridges and built new one.

After ten years of being out in the open, finding myself and my voice, I’m able to stand here. I’m able to say, that I am a German-Albanian feminist – and have been ever since. I not only identify as German Albanian woman, because without that privilege of being born in Germany, my chances for an independent life as unmarried woman were bad.

I’m a part of that country and here’s my home. I’ve realized that I’m not that different and that I belong to a wonderful community. As a queer woman with migration background it’s all about: keep it up, trust and just do it. It’s worth it. There are solutions, perspectives, support and meaningful role models.

It took a long time for me to realize: the first feminist I’ve met was my own mother. My mother freed herself from an unhappy marriage while she was living in a foreign country with her two children. She wished for a better life for her children and herself – and made it happen. She was the first woman in our Albanian family who got divorced. “Scandalous!” said our relatives, but a blessing for us.

I’m very thankful for the experience because I learn so much. I’m thankful for the German system, even if there is some work to do. Here is room for more good:

• healthier thoughts and behaviour, which can save lives and open perspectives.
• organizations who work on accessibility and diversity.
• awareness for the necessity of feminism

Feminism is creative thinking.
Feminism means following your heart, being brave and authentic.
Feminism means taking new ways to prepare a good life for the next generations.

Queer-AG OAT

Since the speech came in on short notice we didn’t have the time to translate it. We’re sorry.

Interim rally City Galerie

Fstrk Aux

The crises are in the system – and the system is called capitalism!

Capitalism cements inequalities. Inequalities that are used to justify the exploitation of certain groups of people.

In the capitalist system, every human being has a value, which is based on the mostly random allocation of value to characteristics such as nationality, education, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability to work and others. All people experience different degrees of discrimination depending on these characteristics – be it racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, classism, ableism and more.

The system plays privileged people against the less privileged: Man against woman, white against Black, rich against poor.

We reject this inhumane system!

Critique on capitalism needs feminism; needs anti-racism; needs anti-classism!

Only if we overcome devaluation and exclusion of certain groups of people is an end to capitalism possible! And only by ending capitalism is the end of devaluation and exclusion possible!

Fight with us for the anti-capitalist feminist utopia and an end to injustice!

Because we dream of a world in which neither reproduction nor production are subject to profit seeking of only a few people. Capitalist systems profit especially from the exploitation of reproductive activities, i.e. care work: this means tasks that keep people productive or alive: Cooking, washing, cleaning, childcare, care for the elderly and sick. These activities are still mainly carried out by FLINTAs (women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender people). Be it at home and unpaid or in low-paid care & education jobs. These activities continue to be made invisible and devalued. But one thing is certain: these activities are crucial in order for the capitalist system to work. It is only through care work that people can do wage labour at all. Without care work, the system would collapse! Hence our slogan: When we strike, the world stands still!

The crisis in the care sector also shows that the pursuit of profit is not compatible with humanity.

Globally, the labour power of FLINTA persons is thus exploited in two ways: as unpaid care work and in low-paid wage work. More frequent part-time employment and „baby breaks“ are also responsible for poor fincancial security at old-age and an ongoing financial dependency, which often also causes patriarchal violence.

We demand:

– Paid care work, because system-relevant activities such as childcare, caring for relatives and friends, but also caring for oneself, must not become an overload or an existential disadvantage.

– No profits with health & care! The problems in the health system are not least due to the privatisation of health institutions, which have to make money with care work and put profits above the well-being of the patients.

We also dream of a different way of working! A factory without bosses, like the collective VIO.ME in Thessaloniki. The workers occupied their company after it went bankrupt and have since been producing environmentally friendly soaps, which are also sold by Die Seiferei in Augsburg. Production, sales, personnel management – the tasks in the factory rotate in a fixed rhythm, everyone pitches in and decisions are made on a grassroots basis. This system has been working for 10 years. And it is threatened again and again from the outside – a fund company has bought the factory’s land and the workers fear for their utopia. We support the struggle of VIO.ME & other lived utopias, of which there are many in the world.

We demand:

– meaningful economic perspectives instead of profit and growth at any price.

– a system that creates time & opportunity for political participation! Overwork due to wage or care work, language barriers or the feeling of political powerlessness must not keep people from active participation.

But we also dream of a world where people have the freedom to pursue a profession regardless of financial, bureaucratic, moral or physical constraints. We demand political decisions that make it easier to enter care professions. We demand political decisions to adequately pay for and value care work. Politics and society must create humane conditions for workers and patients.

We demand political framework conditions that on the one hand effectively combat human trafficking, but on the other hand make self-determined sex work possible – unencumbered by pointless visits to the authorities and stigmatising health instructions.

We also demand an anti-racist immigration policy that does not divide people into undesirable „economic refugees“ and desirable professionals. The dying at the EU’s external borders must stop! We demand that refugees & other immigrants can live here under humane conditions and do not have to constantly fear for their residence status or for being deported.

Not least, we dream of a system that takes the climate crisis seriously: Capitalism is causing the climate catastrophe, because it exploits natural resources – similar to care activities – which are at the same time the basis for all economic activity. Environmental damage & CO2 emissions are externalised from costs and ignored. If these were included into costs, there could no longer be a „business as usual“ in the economy – it would just not be „profitable“.

Without a shift away from the consumption that capitalism demands and encourages, we are certain to miss any climate goals. It is no coincidence that we are standing in front of the City Galerie for this anti-capitalist part of our demonstration. Climate catastrophes destroy livelihoods, kill people and cause large-scale refugee movements. They often affect women even more than men, most severely people in the Global South. Meanwhile, it is also women & FLINTA, especially in the Global South, who are at the forefront of the fight against the climate crisis. The effects of the climate catastrophe, already clearly visible today, will worsen if neither governments nor economy are willing to take effective measures, such as expanding public transport and cycling or a speed limit on motorways. Let’s take it into our hands to build pressure from below!

In the following, the Offenes Frauentreffen Ausgburg and the Rote Jugend Schwaben talk about their anti-capitalist and anti-patriarchal demands. We would like to point out that the contributions explicitly deal with violence. Talk to the awareness team if you are not feeling well and/or need to talk.

Offenes Frauentreffen Augsburg

Dear comrades, dear friends

All over the world, we are witnessing women taking to the streets to fight for a world beyond their oppression. These struggles are consistently tried to be smashed by the state. Looking at Iran we see how the struggles of women, who are fighting for nothing less than their future and their freedom, are tried to be extinguished with the highest form of aggression by the state. They do not shy away from confronting the protesters with violence in the streets, which even leads to deaths.

Looking at the women in Rojava, we see, how they are fighting for a self-determined life. Their self-governing structures are repeatedly attacked by the Turkish military.

But we don’t have to look that far for a fight against patriarchy. Even here we women suffer under the patriarchal system, because it goes hand in hand with capitalism.

The unpaid care work of women, as well as the low pay of of so-called „women’s professions“, is essential for capitalism and ensures the survival of this system, along with other mechanisms of oppression.

Therefore, there will never be real, sustainable solutions to our problems in this social structure. We will always be exposed to everyday sexism and constantly have to do underpaid or even unpaid work.

But we are not exposed to this situation without a fight. Because if we put down our unpaid care work, we have the possibility to declare war on this system and together build up pressure from below!

Let us take an example from our strong and courageous sisters worldwide!

When we’re on strike, the world stands still! For a life in freedom!

Rote Jugend Schwaben

Today is march 8th. The origins of march 8th come from the workers‘ movement in the Soviet Union.

On March 8, 1917, women textile workers in Russia went on strike, ending the February revolution. 90,000 people marched the streets and fought for higher wages, better working conditions, shorter working hours and defended themselves against the unreasonable living conditions in capitalism. The German socialist Clara Zetkin then named March 8th the International Women’s Day to honor the role of women in the February Revolution.

Since then, on march 8th, we have been taking to the streets to draw attention to the situation of women in capitalism. Because even 106 years later we still have to fight for equality! As women, we face countless burdens everyday.

We are beeing threatened with sexual harassment everytime we leave the house – Sexual harassment beeing one of the many instruments of the patriarchy patriarchy – to keep us feeling small and weak, so that we don’t dare to rebel against this patriarchal system! And if we fight back, they won’t believe us: neither in our everyday life nor in court! This country, its  Officials and its judges, prefer to believe the perpetrators than those affected. Especially women from Working class find it difficult to defend themselves against sexual harassment in the workplace, considering these are usually subject to a strong economic dependency. The state and capital will not protect us!

We need to combine a structure of self-defense-mechanism among women with women’s solidarity with other Women, practice, learn and live this combination!

So believe your sisters when they tell you about an assault. Support and protect each other! This state will not protect us, our sisters will!

In addition to the everyday danger of sexual harassment, women take on the majority of the unpaid housework: cleaning, cooking, washing, raising children. Proletarian women usually bear double the burden, since they are not only employed, but in addition to their paid work they take care of the unpaid housework. The unpaid work performed by women is neither valued nor rewarded. It remains invisible and becomes the subordinate to paid work.

Women are also exposed to a mental and psychological burden. In addition to the unpaid housework, many of them organize the everyday life of the family: the child has to go to school, the laundry or the shopping has to be done, and so on .

We demand that everyone, especially men, help their mothers and wives with the housework and help organize everyday life to a noticeable extent and to take responsibility for themselves!

And finally, we demand that unpaid work will be socialized!

In addition to the unpaid housework, most women are also workers. They will often be pushed into part-time jobs by gender roles. As a result, women earn less than men and are therefore more subject to economic dependencies. In addition, women are still not paid equally. We demand safe and decent working and living conditions! We demand that women earn the same wage as men!

A year ago, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine began. It is clear to all that war means death, suffering and Devastation. But the situation of women in war is rarely addressed. Not only do they have to watch their brothers and sons serve as cannon fodder for Capitalists to serve and die, women in particular fall victim to a specificweapon of war: rape. Rape is a common act of war committed by soldiers to prove once again the dominance of men over women and to demonstrate power over territory gained through war.

We challenge you all to fight wars worldwide! We demand an end to rape as a weapon of war!

But why is all that? Why are women still suppressed, after more than 200 years of struggle?

The answer is: capitalism has still not been overthrown!

Patriarchy and capitalism are closely intertwined and only with the fall of capitalism patriarchy will also fall and all genders will have the opportunity to lead a liberated life! Gender roles emerged to protect capitalistic structures. In addition, queer people get oppressed as a way of sanctioning patriarchal structures if you dare to rebel against gender roles.

Capitalism benefits from maintaining patriarchy. so It is convenient for capitalism that we do unpaid housework, it pushes us into the so-called women’s jobs with lower wages or stimulates our consumer behavior through crude beauty ideologies.

Capitalism benefits from keeping us women small and that we, thanks to female socialization, are way less likely to become revolutionary personalities in the first place.

In order to overthrow patriarchy and liberate all genders, capitalism must be deprived of its economic basis. Abolish Private ownership of factories, schools, universities, hospitals, so that the first prerequisites of women’s liberation can be met! Socialism is the first prerequisite for women’s liberation.

The second requirement is a social revolution within socialism. The Women’s revolution can only be over when all sexist and capitalist behaviors have been eradicated from our society.

The liberation of women is only over when our queer comrades-in-arms are not afraid of violence and discrimination and can lead an equal life!

Women’s liberation will end when all genders are liberated!

And therefore: join the fight against capital and patriarchy! Let’s tear down the foundation of patriarchy together! Down with capitalism! Down with the patriarchy!

Bread and roses for the workers! For socialism! For the women’s revolution!

Closing rally Townhall Square

Fstrk Aux

Feminist struggles for equal pay have a tradition.

The Goals of the „Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein“ (General German Women’s Association), founded in 1865, were right of women to gainful employment that secures their livelihood, equal pay for equal work and improved education for girls. The association was a reaction to the Lex Otto, a law that forbade women to publish newspapers or work as editors.

Patriarchal ideologies were responsible for occupational bans, voting bans and the depriviation of women & queers. Feminists at that time tried to achieve equality through the right to education and work. Labor unions played an important role as organising groups in this context. Today, the women’s associations of Verdi or DGB campaign for issues of equality at work.

Last week, workers in the public transport sector went on strike. This was followed by warning strikes in hospitals and at the public utility company. Today, workers in day-care centres and social institutions are on strike. The strikes show how much the system depends on these mainly flinta*-dominated professions. We stand in solidarity with the strikers & support their demands.

Silke Klos-Pöllinger from the Equal Pay Day Alliance and Verdi now speaks about their demands for equality at work as well as retirement provision.

In a passionate poem, the DGB women put their demands succinctly.

Ver.di

Dear women, dear participants,

Today, so many different groups are here to jointly set an example for real gender justice in this country. Together we do this every year with the Equal Pay Day Action Alliance, which was out and about yesterday in the city centre with information, and for which I have the honour of speaking again today.

I am a labor unionist: because I know and want to convince that women have to organise and unite to fight for better wages, salaries and working conditions. In Augsburg and everywhere. Because nothing works alone!

 It is a scandal that in Germany women still earn on average 18 percent less than men. In Bavaria it is even 21 per cent less! That sets us almost at the bottom of the league in Germany.

It is a scandal that far too little is still being done to remove the many obstacles that prevent women from participating equally in working life: Too few childcare options, too few flexible working time models, too few part-time management positions, no fair sharing of unpaid family work, still far too many mini-jobs without social security!

It is a scandal that in typical female professions in the health sector, in trade, in the services, they are still paid less than in typical technology-oriented so-called male professions!

Many employers shouldn’t be surprised if they can’t get any more skilled workers. Those who are looking for skilled workers cannot do without women! They have to change working conditions and create better framework conditions. So finally: upgrade women’s jobs – not only through recognition and praise, but through financial upgrading and fair pay!

The trade union ver.di is currently on strike in the collective bargaining round in the public sector: today, for example, workers in the municipal social and educational services went on strike. Please support your female colleagues and other public sector workers and stand in solidarity and argue for them wherever you can. This is also women’s solidarity in action.

We want higher wages for women-dominated professions in the service and social sectors! But women not only earn less than men, women also receive on average 45 % less pension than men. That is why we also demand a compensation of the pension gap of women, a curbing of female old-age poverty and more pension points for child-raising and care periods!

Dear women, dear FLINTA*, dear all: Let’s finally break down the barriers to women’s equal participation in working life and stand up with us labor unions, with the Equal Pay Day Alliance, for a future-proof, sustainable and gender-equitable world of work!

DGB Frauen

Without their own pay
women are in a bad way.

If you want to give everything to children,
choose professional life!

Bare your teeth to women‘s stress –
shorter working hours for all!

Good mothers are smart
want to be more than a housewife

Create for every little one
a good daycare spot!

Us women want equal rights
We can steal roses too

Tell every child:
Women into MINT!

Care work and helping the weak
are both not only women’s business

I shout with loud voice:
My body my choice

Mini-jobs and low pay
leaves some women sidelined

and in the end
the pension is missing.

A regulation so unfair we had no words:
Stop tax breaks for married couples!

Whatever we wear, wherever we go –
yes means yes, no means no.

Fight for a better world:
Equal work, equal money!

If someone believes that politics
is not for her and not chic at all
then she is thinking wrong.
With these games she only helps the wrong targets.

Every day on March 8th –
Break the heart of the patriarchy!

Fstrk Aux

Labor unions can make an important contribution when it comes to feminist rights in the workplace.

But, what about the people who are not organised? What about jobs that are invisible and that are mainly done by migrant people. What about unpaid care work, housework, raising children, caring for relatives?

In order to draw attention to these problems, Latin American activists in particular are resorting to general strikes – and thus shut down large parts of the national infrastructure. In 2016, the Argentinian movement Ni una menos used the general strike as a form of protest against gender-specific violence against women and queers. The movement denounces this violence as a structural problem and focuses on the unequal treatment of flinta*s. Inspired by the Argentinian feminist movement, the Feminist Strike Committee Augsburg was founded in 2018.

When we strike, the world stands still – the motto of the international Feminist Strike Day makes it very clear that we are many. And that we have to organise ourselves.

We declare war on the crises of the systems! We stand in solidarity with feminist struggles worldwide! 8 March is every day!

The Yeni Kadin organisation now invites everyone to join in Kurdish dances. We stand in solidarity with Kurds worldwide who are fighting for their right to exist in Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq.