(Paris, 1909 - London, 1943) French writer. She belonged to a family of the Jewish bourgeoisie, she studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, where she was a disciple of the philosopher Alain and for which she received her doctorate with a thesis on Descartes. She subsequently taught philosophy at the Escuela Normal Superior (1931-1934).

Convinced that to understand the workers 'struggles one must share the living conditions of the proletariat, she dropped out of education and, from 1934 to 1935, was a worker in the Renault factories, an experience that she described in The Workers' Condition, which would not see the light of day until 1951. .

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), she Simone Weil went to the front of Barcelona, where she fought alongside the Republicans against the military uprising led by General Francisco Franco. Soon after, she went through a spiritual crisis and became close to Christianity. In 1942, in the framework of the Second World War, she joined the forces of Free France based in London.

• An Encounter with Simone Weil (FULL MOVIE)

• Human. Personality, by Simone Weil

• The Iliad or the Poem of Force

Hola Camaradas :fidel-salute-big: , Our Comrades In Texas are currently passing Through some Hard times :amerikkka: so if you had some Leftover Change or are a bourgeoisie Class Traitor here are some Mutual Aid programs that you could donate to :left-unity-3:

Here is a list of Trans rights organizations you can support :cat-trans:

Here are some resourses on Prison Abolition

Alexander, M - ‘The New Jim Crow’ (2010)

Davis, A - ‘Are Prisons Obsolete’ (2003)

Jackson, G. - ‘Blood in My Eye’ (1972)

Vitale A.S - ‘The End of Policing’ (2017)

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/angela-y-davis-are-prisons-obsolete

http://www.deanspade.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Building-an-Abolitionist-Trans-Queer-Movement-With-Everything-Weve-Got.pdf

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