Alaso

<p>This sixth issue of <em>Alaso: </em>Martyr</p><p></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Martyr the word gracing this sixth issue of ALASO is a word used in everyday language to refer to a defenseless victim. However here we employ it in its political context. The martyr theme partially derives from liberation theology-one can't help but think of the martyrdom of Jesus-but also from decolonial and Third World liberation movements. The point here is not to be hyperbolic lest we fall into what Hortense Spillers describes as a pornotrope. In these pages we deploy martyr as an analytical framework through which to see the lives made indispensable by capitalist patriarchal and supremacist exploitation but also their resistance their connection to the land and their relationship with it-all fiercely opposed by this system.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This issue inaugurates our new rubric </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Menm Nou Menm Lan </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>(We Remain) where we welcome contributions from Black feminists from other countries. We felt it was essential that the first contribution come from Sudan. The Noon Collective a Sudanese feminist collective offers a perspective on the war in Sudan and its links to global policies of exploitation militarization and anti-Black racism. As in Haiti and the Congo Sudanese women's bodies are a site of ongoing genocide.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>Contributions by </em></strong>Katiana Altine Ana Belique Emma Clesca Stéphana Dorval Vanessa Jeudi Danièle Magloire Eiman Omer and Wyddiane Prophète</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Translation: </em></strong>Gaëlle Bien-Aimé Nathalie Cerin Anne-Doris Lapommeray Nadine Mondestin</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Illustrations: </em></strong>Corine Bond </p><p></p><p><strong><em>Publication director: </em></strong>Fania Noël </p><p></p><p><strong><em>Editorial assistant: </em></strong>Dashka-Rheyna Charlemagne and Anaïse Hector</p>