Global Women’s Strike
Honour Mothers, Honour all carers
Free Margaretta D’Arcy, Free Shannon
Dear friends, Please find below a statement from Global Women’s Strike demanding that our dear friend and colleague Margaretta D’Arcy, be released. She has been jailed for three months in Ireland, for protesting the use of Shannon’s civilian airport for US wars. She is only allowed one phone call a day and two half-hour visits…
Read MoreBotched police raid: My 18 months of hell after race charge.
A disabled mother has hit out at police after they charged her with racially assaulting an officer during a raid on her home. Download the full article here below
Read MoreLetter of thanks from Margarett D’Arcy
Dochas Women’s PrisonMount JoyNC RoadDublin 7 (posted 25 Feb 2014) Dear Women, I am overwhelmed with your support and amazed with your energy, it is hard work when the State incarcerates women who are doing the work that the Irish State should be doing. Protecting our neutrality, bringing justice, affirming its devotion to the ideal…
Read MorePetition: End poverty of mothers & children. Recognize caregiving work. Support the RISE Act and Reintroduction of the WORK Act.
Jun 30 2013 Global Women’s Strike, Women of Color in the Global Women’s Strike, and Every Mother is a Working Mother Network #Gender Rights and IssuesTarget:US CongressRegion:United States of AmericaWebsite:everymothernetwork.net 21.6% of US children live in poverty, more than in any other major industrialized country. Mothers are the primary caregivers everywhere in the world, working…
Read MoreHow Can Women Defeat Austerity? Selma James talks at Maynooth.
Founder of the Wages for Housework campaign and coordinator of the Global Women’s Strike, Selma James brought a lifetime of movement experience to bear in this electrifying talk. Asked to speak to organisers’ needs in the current crisis, she spoke to a roomful of 30 activists and researchers passionately, clearly and incisively for an hour…
Read MoreDanny Glover supports Global Women’s Strike campaign for Haitian people
Protesting Operation “Hope and Recovery”
Refusing opportunism in our movement What is Operation “Hope & Recovery”? After the uprisings, a group appeared calling themselves “Black leaders”, led by Lee Jasper (Co Chair, BARAC) and staged a rally on 19 August 2011. Panel speakers were all men except Diane Abbott (who spoke and then left). Parents – code for single mothers…
Read MoreProtesting Operation “Hope & Recovery”: refusing opportunism in the movement
What is Operation “Hope & Recovery”? After the uprisings, a group appeared calling themselves “Blackleaders”, led by Lee Jasper (Co Chair, BARAC) and staged a rally on 19 August 2011. Panel speakers were all men except Diane Abbott (who spoke and then left). Parents – code for single mothers – were blamed for the riots.…
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