Selma James
Complain to Woman’s Hour about their sexist reporting on “parental alienation”
Selma James to Woman’s Hour I am appalled by Woman’s Hour’s report on ‘parental alienation’ (26 April 2016) provoked by Families Need Fathers’s march the day before. You reported on ‘parental alienation’ which has notoriously been used by fathers, including violent fathers, to discredit the mother who is most often the caring parent, and to…
Read MoreStatement: End Discrimination: Respect Human Rights And Restore Shamina Begum’s UK Nationality
END DISCRIMINATION: RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESTORE SHAMINA BEGUM’S UK NATIONALITY For clarification and/or further information, kindly contact Charles Hector (+60192371100 easytocall@gmail.com), Selma James ( +44 20 7482 2496, gws@globalwomenstrike.net ) and/or Nina Lopez ( +44 20 7482 2496, law@allwomencount.net ) Kindly report on this statement, OR alternatively cause it to be published in your…
Read MoreSelma James in Stylist Magazine
What the rise of the ‘cleanfluencer’ tells us about women’s lives in 2019 SHARE TWEET Written byAlix Walker Alix Walker is editor-at-large at Stylist magazine. She works across print, digital and video and could give Mary Berry a run for her money with her baking skills. ‘Cleanfluencers’ are the latest social media stars to sweep…
Read MoreWomen of Colour GWS: International Women’s Day statement – 8 March 2019
As we celebrate, we also struggle and re-energise all our campaigns for justice. The hostile environment has caused such deep suffering, and whipped up racism against communities of colour, and therefore all of us. A damning Parliamentary report (6 March 2019) lays out how the Home Office is continuing the brutal treatment of Windrush survivors and…
Read MoreEnd 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…
Read MoreLaunch of Marxism, Colonialism, and Cricket
Selma James in Il Manifesto: «Per affermare il valore della cura, sciopero globale»
INTERNAZIONALE Intervista. La cura è un’attività umanizzante, si diventa un essere umano completo quando si rende l’altro centrale nel proprio operato, oggi gli uomini stanno imparando Selma James Selma James, classe 1930, è un’autrice e attivista statunitense, da molti anni residente a Londra. Ha scritto insieme a Maria Rosa Dalla Costa «Potere femminile e sovversione…
Read MoreCardiff People’s Assembly hosting an event with Selma James, “Women Race and Class: Uniting Our Struggles”.
Selma James – on struggles of women 21 Nov 2017 /Oindrila Gupta On 30th November, Cardiff People’s Assembly is hosting an event with Selma James, “Women Race and Class: Uniting Our Struggles”. men and women on a protest against austerity (picture credit: Cardiff People’s Assembly) Selma James, celebrated author and the founder of the international Wages for Housework…
Read More“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…
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