UK Gender Newswire Archive
Religion - is - Politics!
11-05-2013 08:52
Given the re-emergence of 'armed' fundamentalist religion in the middle east and the calls for Shariah law to become operational in the UK and Europe this article considers how and why religion has started to challenge for political power and how mainstream politics often mimics the form of a religion.New Anti- Fascist film trailer - 'No Pasaran'.
02-05-2013 15:24
Ding Dong! Thatcherism and sexism are alive
24-04-2013 17:10
Margaret Thatcher is part of a system, not an individual deus ex machina, no matter how personally ambitious.media featuring a garden work health project ignore ill-treatment there.
22-04-2013 15:54
Why has Indymedia Scotland not made publicly available, any more than a Sunday paper there has, an exposee of hidden abuse, at a social work backed health project in Edinburgh? Redhall Walled Garden, after that Sunday paper did a positive story on it? These facts are backed up by the record of a complaint process.Misandry, abuse of men, hatred of men, and more...
14-04-2013 19:27
This is aimed at those in the movements that dismiss violence against men, hatred of men or the fact that men are and will continue to be victims of female perpetrated violence. (NOTE: all domestic violence is wrong)...Disentangling the Delhi HM Conference from the SWP Crisis - Statement from Delhi
26-03-2013 19:20
Over the past few days there have been suggestions that the journal Historical Materialism (HM) is run by Britain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP), that the SWP is associated with the Delhi HM Conference on 3–5 April 2013, and that in light of the rape crisis in the SWP, the Delhi HM conference should be boycotted or disrupted.Both propositions underlying the boycott and disruption call are absolutely false. . . .
Disentangling the Delhi HM Conference from the SWP Crisis - Statement from Delhi
26-03-2013 16:48
Over the past few days there have been suggestions that the journal Historical Materialism (HM) is run by Britain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP), that the SWP is associated with the Delhi HM Conference on 3–5 April 2013, and that in light of the rape crisis in the SWP, the Delhi HM conference should be boycotted or disrupted.Both propositions underlying the boycott and disruption call are absolutely false. . . .
Richard William Littlejohn
24-03-2013 12:40
Homophobe, transphobe and general hate mongering, far right sniveling weasel.Lives here.....
4 Greenoak Place, Cockfosters Road, EN4 0JB
Leeds Queer Film Festival
23-03-2013 20:33
Leeds Queer Film Festival warmly welcomes you to enjoy a showcase of queer cinema with a focus on independent and diy films.A Passage Through Time Looking Back To Look Forward, at Herstory.......
15-03-2013 20:17
Her-story will look at how women activists over the years have used art as a tool to campaign for social changes and how activisists have used their imaginative means on many levels to flout conventions, make a stand and create change.
State Violence Against Women: Soni Sori and other cases from India.
14-03-2013 14:29
e day Hassanat Aliyu and her daughters deported late Saturday night
11-03-2013 01:11
‘My children do not know where they are, we can’t stay in Nigeria. Why has the British government treated us like this?’ Hassanat speaking from Nigeria.
occupiers of women's library being evicted!
09-03-2013 16:11
8th March feminists occupied the Women's Library in London to protest against its closure and against austerity cuts. They are now being evicted so support is needed.Protest on International Women's Day against the deportation of Hassanat
08-03-2013 20:27
OSARCC is recruitment helpline and email support volunteers
05-03-2013 15:07
RECLAIM IT! Direct Action in London on International Women's Day.
04-03-2013 12:22
Direct Action against cuts and austerity, open to all, let's fight back!Bash Back! themed Queer Dance Party tonight!
02-03-2013 15:33
Discussion from 7pm on LGBTQ+ issues and queer identity, see below:
War Resisters' International condemns Pinar Selek's life sentence
08-02-2013 12:20
War Resisters' International, an international network of pacifist and antimilitarist organisations with more than 80 affiliates in 40 countries, condemns the persecution of Pinar Selek.On 24 January 2013, Pinar Selek, a Turkish feminist antimilitarist campaigner, was given a life sentence by an Istanbul court. The court issued an arrest warrant for Pinar, who is currently living in Strasbourg.
Response to Essex SWSS failure to denounce sexism
27-01-2013 17:28
This is a response to the Essex SWSS statement released on Januray 25th concerning recent allegations of rape within the SWP. A group of students from the University of Essex were wholly unsatisfied with the statement for its failure to engage with serious allegations of sexism.Clinging Onto Patriarchy
25-01-2013 14:07
Having a sectarian dig at the SWP’s recent problems - as some have done - is not the best way to deal with the serious issues involved. For this reason the article below is entitled ‘Clinging onto Patriarchy’ and considers how the whole of society - including the left - is dominated by patriarchal forms which result in various forms of marginalisation and exploitation of women - and not just in the SWP.
