Feminist Anti-War Resistance
Feminist Anti-War Resistance Феминистское антивоенное сопротивление | |
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Abbreviation | FAR (English) FAS (Russian) |
Leader | Collective leadership [1] |
Psychological services director | Sasha Starost[2] |
Founder | Daria Serenko[3] and unnamed activists |
Founded | February 2022 |
Ideology | Feminism Anti-war movement Liberal democracy |
Political position | Big tent |
Colours | Yellow Blue |
Website | |
Telegram page | |
Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR or FAWR,
On 23rd of December, 2022, the Russia's Ministry of Justice added the movement to the so-called list of "foreign agent".[5]
Manifesto
In a manifesto released on the group's Telegram channel, the group called on feminists around the world to come together to oppose the war launched by Vladimir Putin's government:
Today feminists are one of the few active political forces in Russia. For a long time, Russian authorities did not perceive us as a dangerous political movement, and therefore we were temporarily less affected by state repression than other political groups. Currently more than forty-five different feminist organizations are operating throughout the country, from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, from Rostov-on-Don to Ulan-Ude and Murmansk. We call on Russian feminist groups and individual feminists to join the Feminist Anti-War Resistance and unite forces to actively oppose the war.[6]
An English translation of the manifesto was published in
Activities
On 8 March 2022,
We, the women of Russia, refuse to celebrate March 8 this year: don't give us flowers, it's better to take to the streets and lay them in memory of the dead civilians of Ukraine.[8]
The protests extended to embassies as well as monuments, and took place across 94 Russian and international cities,
Activists have continued to innovate protest tactics: writing anti-war slogans on banknotes, installing art objects in parks, wearing all black in public as a sign of mourning, handing out flowers, or simply crying in the
the situation changes every day. What was acceptable yesterday does not work today. A week ago, you could go out wearing black and hold a white rose in your hand. Now you will be detained for that. This is what happened to our activist Anna Loginova from Yekaterinburg. She received nine days of administrative arrest.[4]
International responses
On 17 March 2022 151 feminists signed Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, framing themselves in solidarity with the FAR manifesto and Russian feminist anti-war activity. Signatories included
References
- ^ María R. Sahuquillo (2023-03-10). "Activist Daria Serenko: 'Russia is a terrifying country for LGBTQ+ people'". EL PAÍS. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ^ Anna Bobrova (2022-11-03). "«Мы родились в ситуации горящей жопы». Как устроено Феминистское антивоенное сопротивление". Теплица социальных технологий (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ Virginie Pironon (2023-04-09). "Guerre en Ukraine : la militante antiguerre russe Daria Serenko se bat contre le régime de Vladimir Poutine". Franceinfo (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ a b c "The Feminist Face of Russian Protests". The Moscow Times. 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Human rights activist, an Internet freedom organization, and the Feminist Anti-war Resistance movement added to Russia's list of 'foreign agents'". Meduza. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ a b Feminist Anti-War Resistance (27 February 2022). "Russia's Feminists Are in the Streets Protesting Putin's War". Jacobin. Translated by Anastasia Kalk; Jan Surman. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Ella Rossman (10 March 2022). "How Russian feminists are opposing the war on Ukraine". OpenDemocracy. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Aliide Naylor (10 March 2022). "Amidst a Crackdown, Russia's Anti-War Artists and Activists Try To Reclaim the Streets". ArtReview. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian Feminists Stage Anti-War Protests in 100 Cities". The Moscow Times. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Феминистское Антивоенное Сопротивление" [Feminist Anti-War Resistance]. Telegram. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto". Specter Journal. 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Manifesto: Feminist Resistance Against War". 14 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Russia's women are fighting back against the war in Ukraine". OpenDemocracy.net. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 Jan 2023.
- ^ ""The right to resist." A feminist manifesto". Commons. 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 Jan 2023.
External links
- "Феминистское Антивоенное Сопротивление" [Feminist Anti-War Resistance]. Telegram (in Russian).