Queer Strike Italy book tour 13-18 April

Dear friends, We are delighted to let you know that a book of Wages Due Lesbians’ archive materials (mainly from the 1970’s/80’s) has been published in Italy by Asterisco Edizioni publishers SALARIO ALLE LESBICHE L’esperienza di Wages Due Lesbians/Queer Strike.  It has an introduction from Queer Strike and from the editor Olivia Fiorilli.  We are…

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Mothers Manifesto Regional Mothers’ Day hunger strikes

GWS will be supporting the Mothers’ Manifesto Regional Mothers’ Day 24hr hunger strikes starting on Sat 29 March. From Mothers Manifesto: Mothers Manifesto are holding one day regional hunger strikes over Mothers Day weekend across the UK. Do join us and please share with friends 💗🙌 We are calling for legislative change to ensure the…

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Wed 19 March: Stefania Barca, Book Club “Workers of the Earth” 6pm. Zoom Link

Stefania Barca’s talk with London Mining Network will be on-line via zoom (see link below).  It will be a hybrid format so you can also take part in person, by joining on zoom at Crossroads Women’s Centre.  All welcome.  This exciting book includes a chapter on WFH’s organising against “nuclear housework” and the UK’s nuclear…

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Visit Wages For Housework & English Collective of Prostitutes in major exhibition ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’

Wages for Housework Campaign & English Collective of Prostitutes in major exhibition Dear Friends,  As part of International Women’s Week celebrations, we’re planning a group visit to see ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE) on Sunday 9 March at 1pm.  If you would like to join us,…

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Ann Snitow Prize Ceremony honoring Margaret Prescod, Tuesday 10 December

Margaret Prescod, Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike and co-coordinator of Global Women’s Strike in the US, is being honored with the Ann Snitow Prize next Tuesday, December 10. Please join us in celebrating this important acknowledgement and hear more from Margaret, by registering for the award ceremony starting at 3pm US Pacific / 4pm Mountain / 5pm Central / 6pm Eastern / 11pm UK.

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Event: London Mining Network on Just Transition

We are speaking at this conference, Saturday 30 November 2.45pm, Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham N15 4RX. Women are central to a Just Transition,  resisting mining, corporate greed, and the state/military interests that back them.  GWS will talk about what we’ve learned working with women in farming and mining communities in Thailand, and in India.

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Save the date: 24 October: International Women’s Strike Actions

Spread the word – Women are rising A Week of Actions When women stop, everything stops. On 24 October 2024, women and allies from around the world will participate in the Global Women’s Strike, commemorating the historic 1975 Icelandic women’s strike, where women halted their unwaged and waged work in the home and outside, in…

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Wages for Housework Campaign in major exhibition – Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ at the Wellcome Collection (London) explores “the profound impact of physical work on health and the body. It delves into the stories of underrepresented workers and their rights within precarious and unsafe labour environments. From protests to healing practices, the exhibition unveils hidden histories of resistance and collective action.…

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