In capitalist societies, exploitation of human beings and the natural world is part of a system that is renewed and adapts over time through mechanisms such as colonisation and colonialism, land grabbing, the subjugation of Afro-descendant and Indigenous peoples, the imposition of gender binaries and the distancing of human beings from nature. The feminist economy highlights how capitalism appropriates not only the products of paid work but also the work needed in order to supply workers, i.e. unpaid care work that reproduces labour at a lower cost than if such services had to be paid for. In this way, the oppression of women, girls and other feminised identities sustains the very system that oppresses them, as well as life itself.

In our understanding, it is impossible for us all to participate in this model because the capitalist, patriarchal, colonialist system is fuelled by the sacrifice of lives and territories and requires growing exploitation to perpetuate the cycle of accumulation that underpins it. As we see it, there is a structural contradiction between the processes by which capital is accumulated and lives are sustained and as long as capital and its needs are prioritised, lives will always be under threat. This is what we call the capital-life conflict.

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We understand the commons to be everything that is needed to sustain life with dignity. This includes seeds, water, air and soil, as well as cultural diversity and the knowledge and expertise that allow us to feed ourselves, communicate, educate ourselves, maintain productive processes and enjoy rest, recreation and pleasure. The commons also encompass public services, such as education, healthcare, energy, digital services, transport and other services that are vital for us to live full lives. The concept of the commons is rooted in cultural practices whereby territories are shared, and the gifts of nature are managed to protect and preserve what is common to the community over the long term. For us, territory is more than just a geographical space; it is the material, emotional, cultural, communal network that enables and sustains life.

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Violence against women is used as a way of excluding women from the public sphere, limiting the free exercise of their economic and political rights. Women pay with their lives, physical and mental health, for working outside the home instead of staying within the private sphere as dictated by patriarchal culture, for going to school or university, for ‘daring’ to live their sexuality openly. In the context of criminalisation of social movements and of protest, repression against women activists engaged in the struggle often takes the form of sexual violence. This is systematically repeated in every place where women put their bodies on the line to stop the advance of transnational corporations over nature, vital territories and ways of life. Furthermore, discrimination against women is compounded by the intersection of different modes of oppression: they are discriminated against for being women, but also because of their skin colour, language, race, ethnicity, class (and financial situation), religion, sexuality.

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Our feminist vision links war to the patriarchy and capitalism, calls for demilitarisation and promotes a culture of peace that goes beyond a mere absence of war. We fight for the rights of women in conflict zones and for an end to the use of rape and slavery as tools of war and we rise up against the impunity of aggressors, states and armed groups. Our actions against war and militarisation call for women to be included in peace negotiations, advocate civil disobedience in response to aggression, seek to build transnational networks and reject imperialism.

For an active vision of peace to become a reality, we must fight for the full, active recognition of women’s rights, for equal participation of women in peace processes, for the eradication of poverty, violence and exclusion, for the promotion of solidarity and for an education that does not promote violence or sexist behaviours.

Lasting peace can only be achieved by deconstructing and transforming relationships between men and women. This process is not only influenced by race, class and sexuality, but also by the construction of gender that shapes women’s lives. The way in which society understands gender has a considerable impact on perceptions of women in wars, on the roles assigned to them and on the severity of the consequences that they face for challenging traditional gender norms.

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