How does a social movement sound? And how does the sonic memory of a Feminist Strike rumble in the heads of women and LGTBQI+ activists who occupied the streets on March 8th last year? The present article is an attempt to build up a story of the feminist radio initiative Radio 8M, which a group of media activists from the autonomous feminist movement in Madrid set up to cover live the events of the second Feminist Strike that took place on 8 March 2019. The March 8th Commission is a platform that brings together independent feminist activists to organise International Women's Day activities and demonstrations. It works at a regional level with different general assemblies and working groups that coordinate at a country level through national meetings. Although this Commission has been gathering for decades and has had a wide repertoire of contention and has made several advancements, the actions called for in the past two years (2018 and 2019) grew exponentially in number and reach. What was innovative about them? On the one hand, the Commission called for a Feminist Strike in four fields of action that would draw attention to structural violence and inequalities. This included a labour strike, a caring strike, an educational strike and a consumption strike. This action, which was inspired by the strike carried out by Icelandic women in the 1970s, was so disruptive that every actor in the public sphere-the political class, unions, media, etc.-were unexpectedly shaken. On the other hand, the specific instance of a highly publicised gang rape trial in Spain called 'La Manada' caused high levels of outrage among the population-especially women-who mobilised to participate in the Feminist Strike and the demonstration on March 8th. Both Feminist Strikes were incredibly challenging and demanding for all of us taking part in their organisation. The complexity of the action demanded a complicated and painstaking organisational structure. For instance, in 2018, Madrid's March 8th Commission started with just four working groups 958646F ER0010.
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