AF3IRM Boston

Did you know there are societies that have no working concept or terminology for gender based violence, domination or r**e?

They're not patriarchal.

**eculture

The purple rose was engineered for profit. Designed to entice buyers with the novelty of the "exotic."

Patriarchy turns bodies, lives, and our very life force into commodities and markets. It manufactures material for consumption through s*xual and gender-based violence, trafficking, and fetishization.

But the same systems that produces exotification, exploitation, and harm? They are artificial.

And temporary.

Every February 14th, AF3IRM Boston and our sisters in struggle across chapters renew our commitments to ending the exploitation against women, children, and gender-oppressed people.

It's Monday after Super Bowl 60. The feeds are full.

And everybody's back to toiling away in debt peonage while also ducking unmarked ICE SUVs staking out our neighborhoods.

No time for a Canva'fied post graphic from us here in Boston today even if the entire show deserves a gorgeous tribute and analysis. We give what we can, when we can. Benito understands. Ricky, too.

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Nurses demand Congress abolish ICE, invest in health care Nurses demand the removal of immigration enforcement agents from communities, the abolition of ICE, and accountability for this administration’s crimes against all residents of the United States.

brought to you by s*x trade survivor Alice Glass who highlights how using someone’s hardship for your gratification is exploitation and never neutral. *xindustryresearch

It is hard to witness the armed brown and Black faces of state violence and not feel anguish.

How could we be doing this to our own?

This is not new. Neither is the grief.

As the 🇺🇸 lets another MLK Day pass while doubling down on its racist policy enforcement process against us all, we return to the clarity of his truth, and to the courage required to face the conditions of our lives.

“These facts should distress no one.”

“Unfit for self-government.”
“Needs to be run properly.”

That’s what U.S. imperialism sounds like, then and now.

From McKinley to Trump, and every administration before and in between, the script hasn’t changed.

In imperialist programs:
• Women and children make up the majority of displaced civilians.
• Sexual violence, trafficking, and exploitation increase wherever militaries and extractive industries operate.
• Girls’ access to education declines while maternal deaths and unpaid care burdens rise.

The women of AF³IRM declare:

📢 FUERA TRUMP DE VENEZUELA
📢 NO A LA INTERVENCIÓN DE EE.UU.

This year, the settler colony known as the United States marks 250 years since declaring political independence from Britain. In that time, it has built itself through stolen land, stolen labor, and permanent war- against Indigenous peoples, against Black and brown communities, against its own people at home, and against people, land, and life in every corner of Earth itself.

Expansion, extraction, genocide, r**e, and coercion are not deviations from U.S. policy. They are its foundation. A civilization built on theft, displacement, and endless violence places itself on a path toward self-destruction.

That trajectory is not hard to see.

What is hard is building connection and collective action as the present system implodes, finding one another, organizing survival, and creating something worthy of us all amid the wreckage.

Women have always borne the cost of the greedy games patriarchy plays across time and place. And we have always known: these schemes are self-terminating.

If you are a woman of color with anti-imperialist values and are looking for a political home, consider AF³IRM.

Chapters in:
Boston
Hawaiʻi
Los Angeles
New York City
San Diego

Organizing Committees are forming in new locations at this very moment. Learn more: www.af3irm.org

🗓 Day 1 of the Gregorian calendar for 2026 🍾🥂

⏳ 47 days until the Lunar New Year 🌙🌔🌕🌖🌙 🔥🐎

No matter which calendar we’re marking, a few things are certain around here: we usher in new years with humility, vigor, and in solidarity with our sisters in struggle.

And we greet our new years with plans.

Organize with us in 2026. We’re in motion, moving forward toward our .

Today, AF3IRM Boston concludes our observation of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence. This year’s emphasis was on Digital GBV, and as we assembled the series, we learned a lot and hope we shared some of that with you all.

We couldn’t cover every pressing issue, but we invite you to explore the full series posted here and share what matters to you- with the people that matter to you.

As we transition into 2026, we’re reminded of the urgency and necessity of our organizing work in Massachusetts. This is a region of the U.S. that prides itself on progressive policy, thought, and values, yet time and again, we see scant evidence that this is true. As women of color in MA, we know deeply and painfully that counting on systems and institutions that are part of a negligent and violent status quo is not the way to safety, to belonging, or to liberation.

AF³IRM Boston is more than research and posts; we’re a group of women of color who engage in grassroots organizing in our communities, sharing resources, knowledge, and support. Together, we take action across Boston and the surrounding areas.

Our regular meetings resume in January, and we invite you to reach out to see if we might be a good fit for you if you’re looking for a political home grounded in principled action. Organize and make change with us.