Democratic Palestine : 10 (ص 28)

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Democratic Palestine : 10 (ص 28)

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We were able to educate people about Zionist prop-
aganda and we were able to explain the difference between
Judaism and Zionism. The comparison between our struggle
and other struggles was always important for us. On the Pales-
tinian level, despite current political differences, the Palesti-
nian women at the conference were able to work together with
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one line. There were no conflicts among Palestinian women at
all. We all gave priority to the Palestinian national question and
to working together to achieve the aims of our struggle. Our
very presence was important so that people who had ques-
tions about the Palestinian movement would have someone to
talk to. @
Women in Struggle
The Philippines
Palestinian women at the Nairobi Women’s Con-
ference interviewed two women from the New
Communist Party of the Philippines on the histori-
cal development of their struggle, the current situ-
ation and the women’s struggle. Below we print an
excerpt focusing on women’s mobilization:
Our first women’s organization named literally «To Strug-
gle» was established in 1971. Women first initiated activities
among students in support of nationalism and democracy.
Nevertheless, martial law was declared in 1972. The govern-
ment banned all legal organizations including this first
women's organization. It went underground and many of the
women went to the countryside and led guerilla fronts. Some of
them have already died. One of its chairpersons, a woman
activist called Lorena Barros, headed one region and formed a
unit of the New People’s Army. She was killed in 1976. «To
Struggle» organized peasant women in the 1970s and 1980s
to support armed struggle. They formed women’s peasant
associations. At that time, women's issues were only studied.
In the last few years,we are trying to integrate women’s issues
into class and national issues. There has been a need to draw
the largest number of women into the struggle. To do this we
have to attend to the concrete conditions of women which
include their problem of oppression as women.
«To Struggle» is now in the forefront in the revolutionary
participation of women. All the organizations in the various
sectors have established «To Struggle» cells. The open
International Women's Day march in Manila

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