Global Women's Strike
Global Womenโs Strike is an international multiracial network campaigning for recognition and payment for all caring work for people and planet - a Care Income. It is co-ordinated by the International Wages for Housework Campaign and was launched by Selma James in 1972.
Upcoming Event : Resistance Exhibition – Day of Workshops and Talks – Saturday 12 November.
Event organised by Stonehenge Heritage Action Group, Global Women’s Strike and Resistance Exhibition Address : Black Door, Soho Studios, 17-19 Archer Street, London, W1D 7, United Kingdom. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐: ๐๐๐: ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐’๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐.๐๐๐๐: ‘๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐’ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐: ๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ fellow ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก:…
A ‘front loaded’ child benefit avoids the financial recognition mothers are campaigning for
As the Wages for Housework Campaign celebrates its 50th anniversary, money for mothers is increasingly on the agenda. The think tank Civitas proposes that parents with children under the age of four should be paid ยฃ8,000 a year to look after them. See here. This would be done by โfrontloadingโ child benefit, that is more of the…
Urgent Action Alert : Join with Haitiโs popular movement to strongly condemn the callย for an expanded foreign military occupation of Haiti!
Please endorse the letter below from Haiti Action Committee by endorsing the letter online. Or respond to this email with your name, contact info, and organization. Please also make calls to the officials listed below the letter. Turning to the UN Security Council, the OAS, and the US government to โstabilizeโ the crisis in Haiti is…
United Friends & Family annual march, Sat 29 Oct, 12 noon
Weโre joining the annual march again this Sat 29 Oct, assemble 12 noon, Trafalgar Sq. Please come to support and let your networks know. Look out for our banner. More info here: https://4wardeveruk.org/2022/10/uffc-announce-the-2022-annual-rally-demonstration/
Climate Justice and the women’s natural farming movement in Andhra Pradesh, India
Dear Friends, Many of you will know that the Wages for Housework Campaign, which co-ordinates the Global Womenโs Strike, and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, has broadened its demand for financial recognition for caring work to include also the care and protection of the planet we all depend on. Recently, in the course of supporting…
Free Mumia! Key hearing 26 Oct, Philadelphia
Dear Friends, PACKING THE PHILADELPHIA COURT This Wednesday 26 Oct in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal An important hearing is being held 26 Oct that could lead to reopening Mumia Abu-Jamalโs case, establish his innocence and secure his release. v Links to court live-stream & what you can do: linktr.ee/mumia v More info from Love Not…
Haiti: Fri 21 Oct. Stop US-Canadian intervention, 4-5pm
HANDS OFF HAITI! Friday 21 Oct 2022 4-5pm High Commission of Canada, Canada House, London SW1Y 5BJ Called by Caribbean Labour Solidarity. See more info: Haiti Action Committee Support Haitiโs Popular Movement by donations to Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. No to US and UN military intervention in Haiti โข US Stop Supporting Ariel Henry and…
Haiti Action Committee Condemns Calls for Expanded Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti
From Haiti Action <action.haiti@gmail.com> SF/Bay Area! Come Out To Protestย Expanded Foreign Military Intervention in Haiti October 26th, 4pmย ย San Francisco Federal Building 90 – 7th Street, San Francisco Turning to the UN Security Council, the OAS, and the US government to โstabilizeโ the crisis in Haiti is like pleading with arsonists to quell the fire they…
Fuel Poverty Action: Energy for all petition. Join us today on Downing Street at 1pm.
#EnergyForAll means giving everyone a free amount of energy โ that is enough energy, free, to cover the basics like heating, cooking, and lighting โ to give us all the security we need, taking account of peopleโs actual needs related to their age, health, and housing. They already have over 600,000 signatures demanding a universal basic energy guarantee. A number of…
Fracking Rears Its Head Again. We are talking to The Nanas Against Fracking, Lincolnshire.
Following the horrendous government decision to lift the ban on fracking forshale gas in the UK, Nanas against Fracking sent us the October 2022 FrackFree Lancashire Newsletter which we thought you might want to see โplease see attached. And one of the founding Nanas, Tina, wrote thisOpinion piece for the Guardian โ see below also…