Viewpoint Magazine: Care Work and the Power of Women: An Interview with Selma James

Julie McIntyre March 19, 2012PDF In their 1972 pamphlet The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community, Selma James and Mariarosa Dalla Costa presented an original and influential analysis of “unwaged work.” This concept, which identified the care work that women do in the home as an essential element of the reproduction of capitalism, opened…

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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…

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Protesting 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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Mothers March leaflet

Date: Saturday, 12 March 2011 – 12:00pm – 4:00pm Location: London All welcome Assemble 12 noon: Trafalgar Square (north side) Speak-out 2pm: Room G2, SOAS, London Sign language interpreter School of Oriental & African Studies, Thornhaugh St, WC1H OXG For Everyone’s SURVIVAL & WELFARE End Cuts, Poverty & Discrimination Invest in caring not killing WOMEN, MEN, YOUNG, OLD BRING YOUR DEMANDS! French   Italian    Portuguese   Russian   Spanish   Swedish  Turkish Everywhere people…

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Letter to the supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal from the Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in GWS and Pay Day Men’s Network.

Dear supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal,                                                                            Mumia, as he is known to millions, has been fighting for a new trial free of racism.  In December, a petition on Mumia’s behalf will be filed before the US Supreme Court centered on the key issue: that racism kept some Black people off the jury which convicted Mumia. If the…

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Coming to Galway, Photography Exhibition, 12-16th March.

  The Global Women’s Strike invites you to an inspiring exhibition of 30 beautiful colour photos with captions by and about the lives of women participating in the Strike in many countries. Dublin Arts Block, University College Dublin, Mon 5th – Fri 9th March.  Hosts: UCD Students’ Union.   Coming to Galway:  National University of Ireland, Galway…

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