2015 Feminist Night March: Slogan List

2015 Slogan List

GENERAL

Long live March 8, long live our feminist struggle!
Long live March 8! Long live March 8!
We will not abandon the nights, the streets or the squares!
The world would shake if women were free!
We want a world without bosses, pimps or shelters
Stop doing housework; let the world stop
Woman, life, freedom
Long live women’s struggle
Our labor, our bodies, our identities are ours.
We are not shame, not hymens, not property. We are feminists, we are feminists.
In the streets, at home, in parliament: feminists everywhere
Women everywhere are resisting
Women in rebellion, in the streets, at the barricades
We are not families, we are women
Let men’s violence end
Abortion is a right; the decision belongs to women!
Do not be silent, shout: trans people exist
Ayşe and Fatma, Emel and Sibel / Must be able to love one another
In the streets, at home, in parliament: lesbians everywhere
Women do not want war / Women do not want war, they want peace
Long live the Kobanê resistance.
For peace, we insist, we insist.
Murderer ISIS, collaborator AKP.
A thousand salutes to the women resisting in Kobanê.
Budgets for shelters, not war!

 

The streets are ours (chant leader) —- did you think they were yours? (women)
The nights are ours (chant leader) —- did you think they were yours? (women)
Our lives are ours (chant leader) —- did you think they were yours? (women)

 

Men, go home to care for children
Men, go home to cook
Men, go home to do the ironing
INVISIBLE LABOR, RAISE YOUR VOICE

 

Make noise against male domination
Make noise against sexism
Make noise against transphobia
Make noise against homophobia
Make noise against militarism
Make noise against capitalism
Make noise against violence,
Make noise against harassment,
Make noise against rape
MAKE NOISE AGAINST THE MASSACRES OF WOMEN

 

To militarism ——- No
To nationalism ——- No
To conservatism ——- No
To heterosexism ——- No
To capitalism ——- No
To patriarchy ——- No (3 times)
LONG LIVE OUR ORGANIZED STRUGGLE

 

FAMILY

We are women, not families; we are in feminist rebellion
We are women, not families; not in mourning but in rebellion
Motherhood is not a career; family is not our destiny
Prince Charming, do not bother coming!

 

Our lives …….. ours (women)
Your family …….. yours (women)
KEEP IT TO YOURSELVES

 

MALE VIOLENCE

Do not watch violence, intervene!
Not monstrosity, male violence!
Men, judiciary, media: do not form an alliance.
End the collaboration of men, the judiciary and the AKP.
Unjust provocation protects men
Not male justice, real justice!
If I say “No,” it means no; in harassment, the complainant’s statement is the basis
Femicide is political
Trans murders are political
Let hate murders end
Shout so everyone hears; let male violence end
Not coincidence, male violence
Massacres everywhere, the killers are in our homes
Not isolated incidents, male violence
Prevent murder, not divorce!
We will not be silent, we are not afraid, we will not obey
In marriage (chant leader) —- there is murder (women)
Massacres everywhere, the killers are in our homes
Men strike, the state protects them.
Özgecan’s killer: male state violence

 

Men’s love (chant leader) —- kills women (women)
We do not want love that kills (women)

 

From scolding to slapping (chant leader) —- do not give him another chance! (women)
From slapping to murder (chant leader) —- do not give him another chance! (women)

 

Pippa Bacca —————— here
Serra Sierra —————— here
Jesca Nankabirwa —————— here
NOT COINCIDENCE, MALE VIOLENCE

 

Sevim Zarif —————— here
Ayşe Yılbaş —————— here
Güldünya Tören —————— here
Ayşe Paşalı —————— here
Sevim Başar ———————— here
Meryem Yılmaz —————— here
Hanime Aslan …………………
Pınar İkiz …………………
Özgecan Aslan …………………
NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS, MALE VIOLENCE

 

Ignorance …. not
Illness …. not
Monstrosity …. not
Perversion …. not
Nature …. definitely not
PLAIN AND SIMPLE MALE VIOLENCE

 

AKP

We will certainly bring down the homophobic state
Budgets for shelters, not shopping malls
End harassment and rape in custody
State, take your hands off my body!
AKP, take your hands off my life
Tayyip, run, run, run, women are coming (slowly at first, then faster)
Enemy of feminists, Tayyip Erdoğan
Men, patriarchy, the AKP… We will not obey!!

 

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS:

I come home whenever I want (chant leader) —- NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (women)
I wear a miniskirt
I live with women and men
I live with women
I get pregnant and do not give birth
I get pregnant and have an abortion
I do not marry, and I get pregnant
I cover my head, I uncover it
I do housework if I want, or I do not
If I do not feel like it, I do not have sex
Yes, I am shameless
Yes, I am a feminist => NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS?

 

NO VOTES:

For opponents of abortion (chant leader) —- NO VOTES (women)
For misogynists (chant leader) —- NO VOTES (women)
For homophobes (chant leader) —- NO VOTES (women)
For killers of women (chant leader) —- NO VOTES (crowds)
NO VOTE FROM US FOR A SEXIST CANDIDATE!

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