Selma James
Event: Selma James & Nina Lopez at Gender, livelihood & impact of Covid
Tuesday 1 Sept, 2.30-4.30pm: Selma James and Nina Lopez speaking at conference session on: Gender, livelihood and the impact of Covid organized by the Feminisms and Degrowth Alliance. To register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/economy-and-livelihoods-after-covid-19-tickets-116083505891 This session is organized by the Feminisms and Degrowth Alliance (FaDA). It contains intersectional feminist reflections on Covid-19 and the politics of social reproduction, the Care Income, and…
Read MoreEvent: Selma James speaking at McStrike #StrikeforBlackLives Solidarity Zoom Rally. Sun 19 July 2020.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020 10:26 AM 0 On July 20, 2020, members of the McStrike’s sister union, SEIU will take action across the United States in a Strike for Black Lives. Join The McStrike’s Zoom Solidarity Rally to show your solidarity and raise up our voices as together we forge a path forward to demand racial…
Read MoreThe Independent: I founded the Wages for Housework campaign in 1972 – and women are still working for free
Forget basic income, those who care for people and the planet deserve to be recognised for the unpaid work they already do Selma James 1 day ago 25 comments In 1972, a paper I wrote was discussed at the women’s liberation conference in Manchester. It had six demands: the right to work less; the right…
Read MoreCamden New Journal: Let’s value the work of human survival
Marking International Women’s Day on Sunday, Selma James argues the long-overdue case for a Care Income 06 March, 2020 — By Selma James IT’S almost 50 years since I marched, with thousands of others, behind the women’s liberation banner. Groups formed all over London and the UK, discussing what in our lives we wanted to change. Everything!…
Read MoreGrazia: The Problem Of Invisible Labour – And Why YOU Should Down Tools This International Women’s Day
For International Women’s Day on 8 March, Grazia commissioned an exclusive survey that revealed women are still doing more at home. Writer Sally Howard, whose new book is about all the work women do to keep a household running smoothly, isn’t surprised… BY SALLY HOWARD | POSTED5 HOURS AGO On 8 March 2018, a year into my infant…
Read MoreMorning Star: The crucial work that women do is often overlooked
Women’s caring role in society means we end up doing a ‘double day’ whether we like it or not, writes SELMA JAMES WHEN the women’s liberation movement began in 1970, groups sprang up all over London and all over Britain. You would have a meeting and establish some of the things you wanted to discuss…
Read MoreWe must remember all victims of the Nazis
CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL – Letters 30 January, 2020 http://camdennewjournal.com/article/we-must-remember-all-victims-of-the-nazis We must remember all victims of the Nazis • WE remembered the victims and survivors on this 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation, including those currently persecuted, as Gareth Murphy’s letter said (Remember the Gypsy and Roma victims, January 23). There seemed little space for…
Read MoreSelma James & Women of Colour GWS sign letter: We stand with Jeremy Corbyn – just as he always stood with us
Selma James writes an open letter to Chris Williamson
SELMA JAMES MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 OpinionWe are in the midst of an anti-left witch-hunt Dear Chris, I read your statement in support of Jeremy Corbyn and your article in the Morning Star and was struck by your honesty, clarity and determination to win for Labour in this election. Though I wish you were running as…
Read MoreSelma James speaking at Latin America Conference 2019, Saturday 23 November
Black lives Matter: Resisting Trump from Haiti & the Caribbean to the US In the era of Trump, racism is on the rise in the Americas, but countries such as Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela show that the cause of black liberation can be advanced with self-organisation and progressive policies. The history and current uprising in…
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