This is not my voice
This is the voice of Zhina Amini, a young woman killed by the Hijab Police
This is not my voice
This is the voice of Zakariya khial, a teenager killed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards
This is not my voice
This is the voice of Minoo Majidi, a woman killed by the executioners of Islamic Republic in Kermanshah
This is not the voice of one person
This is the voice of millions of Iranians
This is the voice of struggle
This is the voice of Revolution
And not only the voice of revolution in Iran
This is the voice of women’s struggle all over the globe
This is the voice of Kurdish women
This is the voice of Afghan women who still fight under the Taliban Regime
This is the voice of women of Yemen, Lebanon, and Palestine
But this is not only the voice of middle-eastern women
This is the voice of Latin American Women
And North American women who, again, are fighting for the rights to abortion
This is the voice of Sarah, the British woman killed by police
This is the voice of Ukrainian women who are fighting against a fascist invader
This is the voice of African women
This is the voice of Indian women
And not only the voice of women
This is the voice of all sexes and genders
This is the voice of queer society
This is the voice of Sareh Sedighi, a queer activist who is in danger of execution
And not only the voice of queer communities
This is the voice of workers
This is the voice of the urban poor
The subaltern
This is the voice of all marginalized communities in the world
This is the voice of strike in Kurdistan
This is the voice of striking workers all over Britain
This voice points to the chains that shackle our feet and hands
This is the voice demanding to awaken our minds
The voice that wants to get rid of any form of oppression
To dismantle oppression and exploitation
This is OUR voice
This is OUR voice
We don’t expect solidarity from the British State, because it is part of the oppression itself
We want solidarity and help from our comrades
Since, more than anytime, we need international solidarity
Without international solidarity we are alone
In the situation that the Islamic Republic is killing people and shutting down the internet
In the situation that the Islamic Republic is arresting our comrades and torturing them
We have to raise our voice
Our voice should be reached to all the oppressed
Should be heard on every street
So that we all be emancipated from oppression
Since we have nothing to lose but our chains
Solidarity!
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