Feminism and social movements: Notes on hope and despair

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F e m i n i s m a n d S o c i a l M o v e m e n t sFeminism and social movements: Notes on hope and despair | INTRODUCTIONAt the time of writing this editorial, the effects of wars, ecological crises, neoliberalism, poverty, human rights abuses, land enclosures and gendered violence are affecting vulnerable communities and people along intersectional lines. These injustices, as they are occurring in many parts of the world, have violent histories whether it be genocide, slavery, commons theft, or sexual violence. At the same time neo-fascist politics celebrating divisiveness, hate, racism, transphobia and sexism are sweeping through the political realm internationally, sometimes overtly and sometimes more subtly. geographical, organisational, and temporal divides.