(Imphal, India) In far eastern India, female activists stripped in front of the Assam Rifles anti-terrorism unit to protest over the alleged killing of a woman by paramilitary troops. They tried to storm the headquarters and failed.
"Rape us, kill us, take our flesh," the activists screamed....Apparently the woman died in a gun battle after being identified as an insurgent.
A couple aspects of this story are worth note. One is that there apparently is a viable feminist movement in eastern India. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the idea of feminism started in the U.S. So this story indicates that American leftism has been successfully exported to eastern Asia. However, feminists in India are not only focused and highly-charged women trying to change the political and social order, they are also women who allegedly use guns to do so.
The other aspect to note is that it appears the goals of feminists on both sides of the globe are the same. The only difference is that the Indian feminist movement is possibly linked to the use of weapons while the American feminist movement isn't. Of course, each movement operates in a totally different environment.
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