End Police rape, brutality, killings in Nigeria #EndSARS: 

In blatant disregard for the lives of fellow African people, Nigerian police areattacking protesters, but we are heartened at the bravery and determination of people in the massive protests against police killing and brutality and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The movement in support of the uprising in Nigeria is growing worldwide. Read our statement in support…

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GWS on the 1st UK-wide Youth Strike 4 Climate #FFF

The Global Women’s Strike was happy to support the 1st UK-wide Youth Strike 4 Climate #FFF in Parliament Square on 15 February. Several thousand multi-racial resolute school students gathered in Parliament Sq and blockaded the traffic. Actions were planned in at least 60 towns and cities across the UK, from Cornwall to the Highlands.  Young women…

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8 March: picket Royal Courts of Justice 12-2 pm

WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S STRIKE? ● The first Global Women’s Strike (coordinated by the Wages for Housework Campaign – WFH) was called for 8 March 2000, inspired by the 1975 Iceland women’s Day Off and a strike call by women in Ireland ● In 2016 women in Poland stopped work against anti-abortion laws ●…

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Please sign: Unison petition to repeal two child limit to Universal Credit +Tax Credits

Dear Friends Please sign, and circulate the Petition to the UK Government and Parliament: Repeal the two child limit to Tax Credits and Universal Credit http://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/233887 Tweet from Unison, 11 Jan 2019 http://twitter.com/unisontweets/status/1083665095304101888 UNISON – the union‏ @unisontweets The decision not to extend the 2 child limit to families that had their third child before 6…

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Thur 21 Feb: Another kind of Question Time w Leanne Wood & Natalie Bennett

Another kind of Question Time               We welcome to London     who will be joined by   LEANNE WOODformer leader of Plaid Cymru   (Party of Wales)       NATALIE BENNETTformer leader of   the Green Party         Chaired by Selma James   7-9 pm Thursday 21 February Crossroads Women’s…

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