Posts by Global Women's Strike
“Universal Credit – a hostile environment for women”. Article in Morning Star.
SELMA JAMES AND SOLVEIG FRANCIS | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 Women are more likely to be single parents and carers, which is why the attacks on welfare under the universal credit policy have been an act of political misogyny, writes SELMA JAMES and SOLVEIG FRANCIS THE FURY against universal credit (UC), imposing destitution and even…
Read More£1 trillion worth of unpaid housework, figures show
The article by Lindsey German of Counterfire with its juicy quote about “unpaid work” was passed on to me, and I was delighted to receive it. [It said:] “The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has estimated that the amount of unpaid household work carried out in the UK is worth £1.24 trillion a year. The value has…
Read MoreMedia: Invisibility would undermine carers’ struggle for equity
THE IRISH TIMES, Fri, Jul 13, 2018 By Maggie Ronayne Family Carers Ireland estimates there are 200,000 family carers, but the means-tested carer’s allowance is only €214 per week for caring for one person. Abolishing the Constitution’s recognition of caring work done within the family would be a disservice to those doing this work.…
Read MoreDonate: URGENT Help grassroots women get to DC for Poor People’s Campaign final week of actions!
URGENT FUNDRAISING APPEAL!Support the networks of the Global Women’s Strike (GWS), Women of Color in the GWS and Payday men’s network delegation to DC to take part in the final week of the 40 Days of Action launching The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival! The week of June 18-23, multi-racial grassroots…
Read MorePress: Windrush scandal victim died under ‘enormous stress’ Camden New Journal 24 May 2018
24 May, 2018 — By William McLennanNEIGHBOURS of a man who died while under “enormous stress” caused by thegovernment’s clampdown on children of the Windrush generation have said that his treatmentwas “disgusting”.Dexter Bristol, 58, collapsed and died in the street outside his home in Holborn. Police toldneighbours at the time that he had suffered a heart attack.…
Read MoreUS Poor People’s Campaign launch 6 weeks of action
14 MAY 2018 – POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN LAUNCH SIX WEEKS OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES A new multiracial mass movement has been growing in the United States. The Poor People’s Campaign: a National Call for Moral Revival (PPC) is launching its first nation-wide event on May 14, the day after the US Mothers’ Day. Through highly publicized, non-violent…
Read MoreScreening of “In Prison My Whole Life” part of the International Offensive to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, in which over 500 organisations took part.
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. Award-winning journalist & Black Panther wrongly imprisoned for over 30 years. Public meeting & film showing Saturday 24 March 2018 – 7pm Crossroads Women’s Centre 25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DX
Read MoreThe Global Women’s Strike has evolved into a worldwide protest
Decades after Iceland’s ‘day off’, our women’s strike is stronger than ever Selma James The Global Women’s Strike has evolved into a worldwide protest with myriad demands Thu 8 Mar 2018 06.00 GMTLast modified on Thu 8 Mar 2018 13.12 GMT ‘As a result of Poland and Argentina coming together, the International Women’s Strike was formed.’ Women march in…
Read MoreSelma James in Hunger Magazine
Selma James in Hunger Magazine “READ THE MOST INSPIRING QUOTES FROM THE WOMEN OF HUNGER 14” “In the recent months what has happened is that women in prominent positions have complained about what they suffer, and that has been very useful. It can be even more useful when they include the rest of us in…
Read MoreEqual Pay article by Selma James for What Women Want report
WHAT WOMEN WANT 2.0 EQUAL PAY: SELMA JAMES Co-ordinator of the Global Women’s Strike and author of Sex, Race & Class – The Perspective of Winning “[I want] wages for housework. Equal pay. Safety from violence and bullying.” Equal pay was a defining theme in the responses to the What Women Want 2.0 survey, showing…
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