[Smashpatriarchy] Fwd: What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced?

[Peter Gill]

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From: Vikki Reynolds <reynolds.vikki at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity
against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced?
To: Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com>


HI Peter
I'm humbled you've invited me
I teach at VCC tues nights next term
so if its nighttime on 29 I can't make it,
tues nights no good
and if this means you can't have me that's cool
thanks for the invite
its exciting
i appreciate your tentativmness and caution
and i celebrate we can't be paralyzeda s allies
and trying to hold ourselves to perfect actions is impossible and gets us
stuck in theory an dmeetings'so i think this is a grand move and I am
heartened by it
peace and imperfect soldiarity vik

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Vikki
>
> We are Solidarity Against Patriarchy, a group of mostly male-identified
> people who are organizing to do anti-patriarchy work within and beyond
> radical communities. We recognize and acknowledge interlocking forms
> oppression, including but not limited to sexism, racism, colonialism,
> disableism, transphobia and homophobia, classism, and speciesism. We
> acknowledge that male privilege and male supremacy exist, and we want to
> dismantle it both socially, culturally and individually within ourselves.
>  We aim to work in mutual aid while being in solidarity with those
> oppressed by patriarchy, and also recognizing our own stake in dismantling
> this system. Our work involves unlearning patriarchal beliefs and
> behaviours in their implicit and explicit forms collectively and
> individually. We work through consensus and in non-hierarchical
> structures. While we recognize that our work will be within a community and
> cannot be done in isolation, we do not want to burden those oppressed by
> patriarchy with the work of teaching us how to dismantle our own privilege.
>
> One form our work will take is to organize panels and other events that
> feature women speaking on / about patriarchy. Our intention is to do the
> "bottom line" work of finding spaces, creating and distributing promotional
> material, setting up and taking down, etc. in order to make space for women
> to speak.
>
> We are writing to invite you to speak on a panel that addresses the
> question, "What is solidarity against patriarchy?" What does solidarity
> against patriarchy look like for you? How is it practiced? We have
> tentatively scheduled the panel for Jan. 29, possibly at the Mt. Pleasant
> Neighbourhood House.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> In solidarity,
>
> Peter and Solidarity Against Patriarchy (SAP)
>
>
>
> <http://spartacusbooks.net/>
>
>
>


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