Violence and Freedom- Exploring the Use of Violence to Liberate the Oppressed

The role of violence in liberating people from the ruling party must be intertwined with the concept of freedom. According to Herbert Marcuse and Frantz Fanon, regardless of whether it is as transparent as racial discrimination or a weak law that deprives human rights under the capitalist system, every form of violence is the only one for hatred conquest system It is a reasonable objection. In order to understand the relationship between system freedom and violence, we must determine the meaning of the term "violence" while trying to understand the means necessary to accomplish this.

Liberation from all forms of violence and repression is included in the struggle of reproductive justice. Domestic violence, economic violence, ethnic violence, environmental racism and violence, gun violence, and freedom from state-approved police violence are fundamental human rights that Reproductive Justice extends. In the two days of Monica Simpson, Sister Song, and Reproductive Justice, participants are ready to integrate RJ into our work and realize that it already exists in our daily life. What's next?

Reality: Sexual violence often intersects with other forms of violence and oppression. Migrant Max talks about sexual violence faced at work often and causes a fight against sexual violence in the workplace. Fighting labor inequality, foreign phobia and group imprisonment should always include sexual violence as an important part of releasing from oppressive systems. If you are at school, look for opportunities to conduct projects and research related to sexual violence. Sexual violence is still one of the most reported crimes in the United States, especially in Latin America and immigrant communities, information on the occurrence of sexual violence is still limited.

Sexual violence spans all socio-economic boundaries. However, various suppression such as racial discrimination, gender discrimination, classicism, homosexuality, ability and age discrimination can create obstacles that can be abused by sexual violence. For example, a traditionally repressed group (Southern Poverty Law Center, 2010) such as undocumented documented immigrants who work in restaurants, but not all those who have experienced sexual violence. Regardless of when and where the incident occurs, sexual violence can have a significant impact on people's work. Sexual violence does not have to take place in the workplace and should not be done to influence the employment of survivors by colleagues. When sexual violence occurs in the workplace, employees are threatened, harassed, and may feel dangerous. Absence, interruption of work, and severance of experienced employees are only a small part of the costs directly incurred by employers due to sexual violence.