
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A PACIFIST, ANTI-NATO, AND ANTI-PUTIN FEMINIST?
26.5.2024
The Barricade/YOUTUBE VIDEO
Is there such a thing as a pacifist, anti-nato, and anti-putin feminist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIK_9DDXZI
Ulla Klötzer recently spoke at an online conference held in St. Petersburg. All these activities ”qualify” her, in today’s Manichean perspective, as a ”Putinist.” Because today, you have the right to self-identify as anything, except an independent voice seeking peace and cooperation. Today, when it comes to politics, your right to self-identification is canceled. You are not allowed to be neutral. And if you insist that you are, there will still be plenty who will label you.
We spoke with Ulla about the importance of anti-war, anti-NATO female voices in this tense context where we are constantly urged to align ourselves with one camp or another. We discussed the importance of peace and cooperation and the fact that replacing NATO militarism with Russian or Chinese militarism doesn’t get us very far.
Political commentary on war-related issues is dominated by men ready to deliver solutions. There are few female voices. Ulla Klötzer brings both her 75 years of life experience and several decades of pacifist feminist activism to the table. We invite you to follow her!