Nada Elia: We are fighting racism, and racism does not exist without sexism, without homophobia, without classism, without ableism, without violence. This is something we need to understand and center in our struggles. History shows again and again that partial solutions, solutions that prioritize certain oppressions over others, are not solutions. They cement, upon achieving a first success, the hierarchy of oppression they had neglected to address during the struggle. Gender is a universal example. As we look at struggles throughout history, we cannot help but notice the irony of the assumption that “first we solve the national problem, then we tackle the women’s agenda.” Yet women are an intrinsic part of the nation. More here.