Latin American Feminist
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Inference draws 1200 TAXCO, Mexico-From Oct. 19 to Oct. 24 more than 1200 women from all over Latin America gathered here to discuss the role of women in politics at the fourth Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Conference.
In previous years, similar conferences were held in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, but the Mexican conference was the largest and the broadest. Central America was well represented, including 48 women from Nicaragua. For the first time Cuba sent a delegation, and there were even 50 Chilean women who came in spite of the repression of the Pinochet dictatorship.
The combative nature of the participants marked the kickoff rally. The role of women in the struggle for national liberation and against repression were unifying themes of the evening. The crowd rose to its feet again and again with chants such as: "Without the participation of women there can be no revolution," "Liberation for political prisoners," and "Without women there is no democracy."
The organizers of the event sought to define feminism as the theory and practice of the autonomous struggle for women's liberation. However, the presence of women from Central America-and the presence of peasant women, trade unionists, and "pobladoras" from shantytowns from all over Latin America-had a profound effect on the nature of the discussions which took place throughout the week.
The December issue of Socialist Action will feature excerpts from various workshops at the conference as well as special interviews with Luz Vasquez Martinez, a leader of the Mexican women's garment union, 19 de Septiembre; Rosario Ibarra, presidential candidate for the Mexican PRT; Dorotea Wilson, representative from the Atlantic Coast to the Nicaraguan National Assembly; and Olga Maria Pinosa, leader of the Nicaraguan Confederation of Agricultural Workers. Los Angeles: "The Arias Plan: Will it Bring Peace to Central America?" Speaker: Alan Benjamin, Editor, Socialist Actic Friday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. ILGWU Hall, 675 S. Parkview (1 block West of Alvarado)
Minneapolis: "Contragate/Nicaragua: The Untold Story of the Secret Wa Speaker: Jeff Mackler, co-Na Secretary Socialist Action.
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 12 noon Univ. of Minnesota Time & place to be announced