Sex work, gender and immigration controls: Moving Gender Workshop
Organised by the International Union of Sex Workers, Education Not for Sale Women and others as part of the No Borders camp (19-24 September - see www.noborders.org.uk)[Full Story ]
20 Feminist Fightback conference, 20 October 2007
Back for a second year, the Feminist Fightback activist conference is organised by a group of socialist feminists, including the Education Not for Sale student network. It aims to bring together feminists from a wide range of perspectives to debate ideas and develop practical strategies for fighting women’s oppression and exploitation.[Full Story ]
audio - Bristol CWU explain current round of postal strikes
Here's an interview with Kevin Beazer regional secretry of the Communication Workers' Union in Bristol.[Full Story ]
Film showing, speakers and social in solidarity with women and workers in Iran
This night of discussion in solidarity with women and workers in Iran is being organised as part of Ideas for Freedom, the weekend of socialist debate and discussion organised by Workers' Liberty.[Full Story ]
How Legal is the UK New Deal for Employment?
The UK government is trying to "force" people back into work with a number of programmes notably the New Deal. However, mandatory courses can be put in place in which poor people could loose all their benefits, and become homeless.[Full Story | 12 comments ]
London socialist feminist discussion group - starts this Friday
"No women's liberation without socialism, no socialism without women's liberation..."Following the successful dayschool on "The case for socialist feminism" on 21st April, socialist feminist activists in London are setting up a weekly reading and discussion group on socialist feminist ideas.
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Fundraiser for Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Saturday
On Saturday, come and help raise money for Iraq's most high profile radical women's organisation.[Full Story ]
Support Blood Service workers! - IWW leaflet
Here's the link for a leaflet from the IWW in support of NBS staff in dispute with management over service cuts + 600 looming job losses.[Full Story ]
Dayschool on class, capitalism and women's liberation, 21 April
Come and discuss the politics of socialist feminism at this dayschool on Saturday 21 April.[Full Story ]
The case for socialist feminism: class, capitalism and women's liberation
An opportunity to come and discuss socialist feminist ideas.[Full Story ]
Update on abortion rights march, Saturday 3 March
Please support and take part in the march for abortion rights taking place on Saturday 3 March.[Full Story ]
The Campaign Against Prison Slavery
The Campaign Against Prison Slavery is a group set up to try to expose the reality of prison labour, how little of it teaches skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offending.[Full Story ]
New service for budding volunteers
Volunteering and gap years. A rip off, right? Why should we pay some filthy rich company to work for free on a project in a developing country? Can't we give them the money direct? Positive lobbying and active protesting!...[Full Story ]
Feminist Fightback update: stop the war, abortion rights, Iraq and Iran
An update on things happening in the coming period: feminist leafleting on Stop the War demo and banner-making at LARC; marching for abortion rights; supporting Iraqi and Iranian women.[Full Story ]
Kent Union blocks Coke boycott
Members of University of Kent Union voted against ending the near-monopoly on soft drinks held on campus by Coca-Cola at their AGM on Tuesday evening, and blocked moves to join the growing international boycott of the company, which is accused of human rights violations and environmental injustices.[Full Story | 2 comments ]
PROTEST FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, 3 March
Come and join this protest for abortion rights in central London on Saturday 3 March...[Full Story | 5 comments ]
How do we get a radical, campaigning student movement?
A day of political discussion, training and planning for student activists organised by Education Not for Sale, No Sweat and Students Against Sweatshops. Come and join other student activists to discuss how can we argue for, organise for and campaign for radical ideas in the student movement.11.30-3.30pm, TGWU Transport House, Theobalds Road, Holborn, London
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Tug Workers To Block The Docks?
The port of Liverpool could be shut down by a series of tug strikes, bringing back memories of the dockers’ dispute in the 1990s. Workers are angry that they are currently registered in the Channel Islands, and therefore lose their 12.5% National Insurance payments.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Sweatshops, workers and international solidarity
No Sweat's annual conference takes place in London on 25 November.[Full Story ]
Living the Co-operative Principles
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