Palma will live again this November 25, a day of vindication marked by division. For the third consecutive year, the city will host two parallel demonstrations, convened by feminist groups with their own trajectories and approaches. Both marches will coincide in time(18.30 hours), but will start from different points and will travel separate routes.
The day is part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, a date that every year mobilizes thousands of people in Spain and has become a thermometer of the social pulse of a violence that organizations and authorities consider persistent and transforming.
The Moviment Feminista de Mallorca: «Machismo kills, the feminist struggle is sustained».
The demonstration called by the Moviment Feminista de Mallorca will start at 18.30 h from Plaza de España. The route will advance along Alemanya Avenue until reaching the Plaza del Tub, where the final manifesto will be read.
Under the slogan «Machismo kills, the feminist struggle is sustained», the collective insists that it is «essential» to continue taking to the streets because macho violence continues to cross the lives of women. As they emphasize: «We will not tire of saying it: machismo kills».
The Moviment Feminista recalls that this violence is «specific and structural», and that it affects women «regardless of age, origin or social position». Therefore, they call for a massive mobilization: «Only with the conviction and strength of everyone will be able to achieve the pact of zero tolerance with male violence».
Transfeminist Coordinating Committee: focus on the rise of violence and hate speeches
The second demonstration, organized by the Coordinadora Transfeminista de Mallorca, will also begin at 18.30, but from Porta Pintada square. Its route will advance to the Plaza de Cort, where the manifesto will be read.
This march is articulated under the slogan «Combat male violence, militate feminist», focusing its message on the «worrying upturn» of male violence and the rise of hate speech, especially among young men. The collective claims that this phenomenon is a reaction to the advances of the feminist movement, fueled by: «Digital platforms and reactionary influencers».
The Coordinadora points directly to the extreme right as: «One of the main engines of the regression that women’s rights are suffering». As they denounce, this political sector seeks: «To promote a return to traditional gender roles and reinforce a model of white women, submissive and relegated to domestic life».
Another axis of the transfeminist message is the constant transformation of sexist violence. The collective warns that: «Not only do they not diminish, but they transform and intensify» in forms such as sexual aggressions, vicarious violence or digital control, phenomena that organizations across the country have registered as increasing.
Criticism of the State and denunciation of repression
The Transfeminist Coordinating Committee also points to the role of the State, denouncing a: «Toughening of repression against social movements» through the gag law and the use of police force. This situation, they consider, calls for strengthening the structures of collective organization as a tool of resistance in the face of: «Institutional repression».
For this reason, they make a clear appeal: a collective response «to hatred, precariousness and sexist violence».
A 25N with two marches, a common goal
Although Palma is again divided into two manifestations, both share the same purpose: to make visible and combat male violence in all its forms. The coexistence of both routes underlines the plurality of the current feminist movement, with diverse visions, debates and strategies, but with a common starting point: not to stop occupying the streets as long as violence persists.
