A new purple tide of anger sweeps Switzerland

Aude Spang, Françoise Nyffeler — 2023-07-02T10:16:00Z

The new feminist strike, which took place throughout Switzerland on 14 June 2023, has once again demonstrated the unequalled power of this movement and its capacity to mobilise. Already in 2019, the scale of the purple wave that swept through this right-wing country, unaccustomed to massive social struggles, took us by surprise.
Once again this year, hundreds of thousands of people in all the major cities shouted out their demands for a world of solidarity, for the abolition of (…)

- IV582 - July 2023 / Switzerland

One year later, the feminist strike remains mobilised and determined

Aude Martenot, Aude Spang, Tamara Knežević — 2020-06-21T06:30:04Z

Since the surge of 14 June 2019, the feminist struggle has not stopped, and the collectives have continued to organize. The purple wave, while certainly smaller, still managed to splash across the country on 14 June 2020.

- IV545 - June 2020 / Women, Switzerland

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A new purple tide of anger sweeps Switzerland

One year later, the feminist strike remains mobilised and determined