“I was in the Young Lords, and one of the points in the original program was ‘Revolutionary Machismo’. Machismo is reactionary, so you can’t have revolutionary machismo. We women weren’t having it. So we made a very different kind of statement. ‘We want equality for women. Down with machismo and male chauvinism.’”

Denise Oliver-Velez, born on this day in 1947, is a former member of both the Young Lords and Black Panthers, as well as an American professor, activist, and community organizer. Oliver-Velez is an adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz.

Oliver-Velez was a member of both the Young Lords and the Black Panther Party (BPP), and fought to make the Young Lords a less chauvinistic and more feminist organization. In 1970 Oliver-Velez was appointed as Minister of Economic Development, becoming the highest ranking woman in the Young Lords.

In addition to her activism with the Young Lords, Oliver-Velez was also an AIDS movement activist, publishing ethnographic research as part of HIV/AIDS intervention projects. She has also worked in public broadcasting and community media for many years, becoming a program director and co-founder of WPFW-FM in Washington, D.C., Pacifica Radio's first minority-controlled station.

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  • amber2 [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    idk enough to make a post about it, but it looks like pelosi is cancelling her trip to taiwan? apparently she's making a trip to singapore, japan, and south korea but is not commenting on taiwan at this time, possibly cuz the biden admin intervened? i guess threats work

    • vaguevoid [she/her,they/them]
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      2 years ago

      if she's cancelling her trip to taiwan, that's pretty good. i guess the US won't be having a war with china over taiwan after all.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Surprised it got that far. As much as Trump made hawkish rhetoric on China mainstream, covid revealed how vulnerable supply chains are and how long it takes to normalize after a shock. Even if they were confident they could keep US casualties low and the war localized, it would be insane just to cut trade ties with China.