“The women’s strike made us protagonists in history.” On a heatwave evening on a busy street corner in Bethnal Green, the shouts of “Marielle vive” and “Jin, jiyan, azadi” rang out. These chants — the first commemorating Marielle Franco, a black feminist socialist organiser from the Maré favela of Rio de Janeiro who was assassinated earlier […]
Hundreds of sex workers, feminists and human rights activists mobilise outside Parliament against Trump-inspired law that would endanger sex workers and empower exploiters On Wednesday July 4th, hundreds of sex workers, feminists and human rights activists took to the streets to oppose the introduction of dangerous and misguided, Trump-inspired legislation which would push sex workers […]
Unionisation of Workers in the Sex Industry [+] The Decriminalisation of Sex Work [+] Feminist Education About Sex, Violence And Power [=] The Red Feminist Horizon What follows is an outline of the Women’s Strike Assembly’s current industrial strategy for the sex industry; the establishment of a UK national campaign to demand and win the decriminalisation […]
Defend Rojava | Defend the Women’s Revolution Women’s Strike Assembly has launched a fundraising effort to support our Kurdish sisters – Jin, Jiyan, Azadi | Women, Life, Freedom! Women’s Strike Assembly Shop is now taking orders for tees, sweatshirts, vests, posters and totes. Printed and shipped to order – end of July 2018 >> ORDER HERE […]
The International Women’s Strike in the UK began with women coming together to explore our visions of the red feminist horizon – what it could look like and how we could get there. The Women’s Strike is not a one-day event set to coincide with International Women’s Day each year – it’s not an activist […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday 8 March 2018 Protester is arrested at the Department of Health and Social Care, London Trans women and their allies were peacefully protesting the Department of Health this morning to call urgent attention to the failings in the provision of healthcare for trans people. 7,000 people have pledged to go on […]
Tomorrow, 8th March, women will strike from waged and unwaged labour. These are some of the songs that have been getting us in the mood to strike. With bangers ranging from Dolly Parton’s legendary anti-work anthem to M.I.A.’s critique of border control, we’ve got you covered. Riot grrls, women rappers, socialist classics, Beyoncé and anti-austerity […]
For immediate release: Tuesday 6 March 2018 7,000 people have pledged to go on strike this Thursday. In the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp, this is the next step in a global movement to end gendered and sexual violence. 2K people will meet at 1pm in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 5BE 61 University […]
As many academics, lecturers and tutors have been involved in the current historic strike over cuts to university pensions, the Women’s Strike is being joined and supported by members of the grassroots organisation Pension Reform Group. This group is made up of women who are effected by and fighting against the government’s decision to change […]
Media requests and comments: Noshin: 07842715333 email: info@womenstrike.org.uk Women’s Strike in the media: Red Pepper – 20 Feb 2018 Sunday Herald – 4 March 2018 Pluto Press – 5 March 2018 a-n – 5 March 2018 The Guardian – 5 March 2018 gal-dem – 6 March 2018 Verso – 7 March 2018 Left Foot Forward […]
