Dolores Cacuango, also known as Mamá Doloreyuk, was a leader in the fight for indigenous rights in Ecuador born on this day in 1881. She was active in the Glorious May Revolution of 1944 and co-founded the Indigenous Federation of Ecuador (FEI).

Cacuango was born to enslaved people in San Pablourco who worked the Pesillo Hacienda near Cayambe without being paid. She had no access to education due to her lack of resources, and learned Spanish while working as a housemaid.

In 1930, Cacuango was among the leaders of the historic workers' strike at the Pesillo hacienda in Cayambe, which was a milestone for indigenous and peasant rights. During the Glorious May Revolution in Ecuador, Cacuango personally led an assault on a government military base.

The same year, with the help of Ecuador's Communist Party, Cacuango co-founded the Indigenous Federation of Ecuador (FEI), an early group in the fight for indigenous rights. She also helped establish some of the first bilingual indigenous schools.

Dolores Cacuango, la rebelde líder indígena ecuatoriana que luchó por la educación y la tierra

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  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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    1 year ago

    i'd argue you've substituted the term fascism for a general idea of injustice, the end of which is a much more philosophical question than fascism specifically

    Could be shrug-outta-hecks I'm definitely going by a very vague, more abstract definition for the term than you are.

    physical 'superiority' of males is a social phenomenon

    I'm not trying to argue, I genuinely don't understand this. Are AMAB people not generally physically stronger than AFAB people?

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      1 year ago

      differences in 10-20% in strength/height are relatively minute and almost all research has been conducted in milennia old patriarchal social structures. subjectively, socialist nations' women tend to be regarded as stronger, just after decades and 1/2 generations of imperfect equality. it's my belief that a couple centuries of gender equality would actually flatten these out