Posts by Global Women's Strike
Women of Colour to the Chakrabati Inquiry on Racism in the UK
We thought you might be interested in our statement which has been submitted to the Chakrabarti Inquiry“into antisemitism and other forms of racism including islamophobia, within the Labour party”. We would be glad for any feedback. We are also circulating the highly recommended submission from International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network UK, titled “An anti-racist movement versus…
Read More‘Evidence Against the Witch-Hunt, and the Racism that is Hidden by it’
“we do not believe that Labour is rife with antisemitism and weare outraged that antisemitism is being used to undermine the new anti-austerity,anti-racist and anti-imperialist Labour leadership. Below is evidence against thewitch-hunt, and of the racism in the UK which is hidden by it.” This is the submission from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)…
Read MoreSecurity Forces and Corbyn: Guardian Letter
The following is a letter written to the Guardian, in response to an interview with Unite leader, Len McCluskey: Len McCluskey says that the security forces are “involved in dark practices” to discredit Jeremy Corbyn (Len McCluskey: intelligence services using ‘dark practices’ against Corbyn, 23 July, andhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/25/len-mccluskey-adds-context-to-his-comments-on-mi5). McCluskey has been in politics long enough to…
Read MoreBernie’s Movement – Global Women’s Strike in NYT
On Tuesday, Ms. Grover invited me to a women’s speak-out event at a church downtown that was organized by the social justice group Global Women’s Strike. The event’s attendees skewed older and much more local than the protest on Monday did. Here were people invested in the unglamorous work of coalition building — activists on…
Read MorePress: Day of action says Black Women’s Lives matter too.
Black Coaltion fighting serial murderers: For two decades over 200 black women went missing in South Central Los Angeles. To remember the victims and get justice for their families, an International Day of Action was held in the US and UK during International Women’s week. Read our full article here below.
Read MoreThe Perspective of Caring Q&A
The Perspective of Caring Why Mothers and All Carers Should Get a Living Wage for their Caring Work A Q&A on caring, the vital human relationship that ensures survival and well-being, the international petition to get a living wage for this work, the origins of this demand and who supports it. By Nina Lopez, 2016.…
Read MoreResistance to USA’s Drone Assassination Programme
On 19 January, anti-drone grandmother Mary Anne Grady Flores was convicted to 6 months in jail. Her conviction sprang from her protest at Hancock Air National Guard Base (New York state) in 2013. Earlier this year, former drone operators blew the whistle on the US drone programme and wrote a collective letter to President Obama.…
Read MoreWomen and Sustainable Development
Para 247 of the Platform for Action agreed at the UN Forth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995. The fact that environmental degradation results in more work for women, and that eradicating poverty is indispensable to sustainable development, were included after lobbying by the International Women Count Network. The IWCN – with the support of…
Read MoreWork of Carers Sorely Needed
An article on the struggle to care in the face of austerity, written by Becka Seglow Hudson of the Global Women’s Strike was responded to last week in a letter, penned by care assistant in an elderly people’s home, Kate Thompson. ”I see examples of excellent care, small acts of kindness, compassionate treatment of those we…
Read MoreGlobal Women’s Strike Conference 2015
CARING, SURVIVAL & JUSTICE vs. THE TYRANNY OF THE MARKET INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 14-15 NOVEMBER 2015 Watch videos of the conference here: www.gwsconf15.weebly.com/
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