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The women’s peace camp at Comiso, 1983: transnational feminism and the anti-nuclear movement

“…The Women's Inter national League for Peace and Freedom ' sp onsored the meeting that saw women from twenty-five countries talk about nuclear war and détente'. 99 For instance, the West German Protestant theologian and peace movement activist Dorothee Solle sp oke forcefully about the situation in Europe, 100 making the case for a 'new Euro pean peace movement organised by women for peace' and stressing that the role of women in 'the survival of the human sp ecies is crucial', as was their contribution to the fight against nuclearisation. 101 The Comiso women's participation in the Amsterdam conference and the numerous references to their movement during the proceedings both constituted a crucial recog nition of the irnportance of events taking place in the small Sicilian town.…”