On Tuesday, March 7 at 7 p.m., the UMass Amherst Feinberg Series presents a free public event, “Feminists Against Empire: Resistance to U.S. Sanctions and Embargoes.” Hosted on the eve of International Women’s Day, this online panel of Latin American feminists will explore the relationship between patriarchy and U.S. imperialism, specifically the fatal impacts of U.S. sanctions against the Cuban and Venezuelan people. U.S. sanctions against Cuba have been in place for over 60 years, while as of 2019, U.S. sanctions against Venezuela have killed over 40,000 people.

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Panelists – including the Cuban journalist and activist Liz Oliva Fernández and the Venezuelan filmmaker and community organizer Alejandra Laprea – will identify the consequences of US policies for women and Black people. Panelists will also explore how revolutionary feminists are building small- and large-scale economic alternatives to capitalism. The presenters will be joined by popular educator Diana Sierra Becerra, a faculty member in the UMass Amherst history department who studies revolutionary women in Latin America.

The event, which marks Women’s History month, is part of the Feinberg Family Distinguished Series, Confronting Empire, which traces histories of U.S. imperialism and anti-imperialist resistance. The Feinberg Series is presented by the UMass Amherst Department of History in collaboration with the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy and more than three dozen university and community and university partners. Visit the Feinberg Series website for more information.

Recordings will be available on the Feinberg Series website after the event, with Spanish interpretation and closed captioning also available live. For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/feinberg-mar7