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« My sister, your fist is more symbolic than you know »

« On March 8, 1917, in Petrograd, February 23, 1917, on the Julian calendar, women textile workers began a demonstration that eventually engulfed the whole city, demanding "Bread and Peace"—an end to World War I, to food shortages, and to czarism. This marked the beginning of the February Revolution, which alongside the October Revolution, made up the second Russian Revolution. Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky wrote, "23 February (8th March) was International Woman's Day and meetings and actions were foreseen. But we did not imagine that this 'Women's Day' would inaugurate the revolution. Revolutionary actions were foreseen but without a date. But in the morning, despite the orders to the contrary, textile workers left their work in several factories and sent delegates to ask for the support of the strike… which led to mass strike... all went out into the streets." Seven days later, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote.

In 1917, following the October Revolution, Bolsheviks Alexandra Kollontai and Vladimir Lenin made IWD an official holiday in the Soviet Union. On May 8, 1965, the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet decreed International Women's Day a non-working day in the USSR, "in commemoration of the outstanding merits of Soviet women in communistic construction, in the defense of their Fatherland during the Great Patriotic War, in their heroism and selflessness at the front and in the rear, and also marking the great contribution of women to strengthening friendship between peoples, and the struggle for peace. But still, women's day must be celebrated as are other holidays." » [Wikipedia, on the settling of 8 March as IWD.]

@Satsuma i think you know my interests in that respect

yes it felt bad but not as bad as losing

i’ll give you a hint

https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh3/162/

@Satsuma do i want to be on dreamwidth

guess how i won

just won a game of pokémon trading card game online using almost exclusively this card

https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/ss-series/swsh6/76/

ppl who are like “i despair for the future of humanity”

wait until you learn about humanity’s past

lmao

too bad broken systems don’t evoke an empathy response the same as broken people

@nihilazo look up STUTS especially the album Eutopia