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Looking over the past two decades, we see close ties between gender-related attitudes and political ideology. A law seems to exist that sexism and heterosexism almost always travel alongside reactionary types of nationalism.

— Elizabeth Martinez

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Women do both, raise a family and participate in the struggle, we have to make them connect.

Interview (2011)

The very concept of collective responsibility for human well-being is under attack by neo-liberalism all over the world.

The problem of locating photos often confirms the indifference to women’s presence in history, as reflected in the media, books, historical records, museums, university libraries.

We do not want a few Chicanas to get better jobs, higher salaries, while everyone else continues to be exploited.

Viva La Chicana and All Brave Women of La Causa (1971)

Here is a call, a most urgent call, for Rainbow Warriors: something ancient, something new.

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