In his statement, Koutsoumpas said this year’s International Women’s Day comes amid a rapid escalation of war following what he described as the ‘dirty US–Israeli attack on Iran’.
‘Following in the footsteps of the great women’s labour struggles that we honour today, the women of the people, through their participation in collective action, can arm themselves with endurance and strength and claim their lives and the future of their children, and demand Greece’s disengagement from the war,’ he said.
He added that ‘the way out for women lies in the conflict with the system of exploitation that gives birth to tragedies like the one in Tempi and the Violanta biscuit factory, because it weighs the protection of human life, motherhood and the family with the criterion of cost to the state and benefit to the groups.’
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