Recently transferred some readings by founding Bay Area Radical Women poet Karen Brodine to digital files. A staff member was struck by this particular poem that has always seemed like an anthem to what it means to be a socialist feminism living in a capitalist world. Its images seem even more present-day than when it was written decades ago. Enjoy Karen Brodine reading her poem "Journal Entries: June 1978," also known as "Always the Ideas Carry Themselves Forward on the Shoulders of Images" from her book ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY.
Don't miss this powerful intersectional, anti-capitalist manifesto by international Iranian feminists. This reading is at a feminist protest in Seattle on October 2. The beginning part of the statement (not caught on video) is:
"In the name of Zhina, the fallen victim to state femicide two weeks ago,
"In the name of Homa Darabi and her self-immolation in 1994 to protest the systemic expulsion of women,
"In the name of the Enghelab street Girls and their unapologetic and unrelenting protests against the imposed Hijab,
"And in the name of all oppressed women and minorities who have taken the streets back and breathed life into the new resistance these past several years. . ."
FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES: An action conference on reproductive justice
To join this meeting in progress, please visit: https://tinyurl.com/2022WRD
Women’s Rights Day national half-day Zoom event
Fighting for our Lives: An Action Conference on Reproductive Justice
Saturday, August 27.
10-2pm PDT • 11-3pm MDT
12-4pm CDT • 1-5pm EDT
Opening panel:
-Perspectives from grassroots leaders
Workshops:
-Breaking the race barrier
-Labor in the forefront
-All aboard for next steps
Free admission
Requested donation $5.00-$50.00
Sponsored by the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice and by Radical Women.
Be inspired by this message of solidarity from our Argentine socialist feminist sisters in Mujeres por la Libertad. They know how to fight and how to win the battle for reproductive rights!
But they also know the struggle takes vigilance and a continued fight under capitalism. A leader of the group says:
"We know that reactionary forces are lurking to push us back. These forces are waiting for the opportune moment to strike and take away the gains we have just won.
"It is only by tirelessly fighting to overthrow the patriarchy and capitalism that we can end all oppression and exploitation and achieve freedom and equality."
International Women's Day greetings to Kurdish women's TV
Radical Women Australia and U.S. sent this brief International Women's Day greeting by Melbourne RW organizer Debbie Brennan in response to a request from the Kurdish all-female women's TV Jin TV , Jintv.net.
International Women's Day - Still We Rise: Women Rebel Against All Odds
International Women's Day Celebration
In times of war, women's voices and instinct for solidarity across borders are more important than ever. Join us for an uplifting appraisal of the courageous resistance of sisters in struggle at home and abroad, punctuated by poetry and song.
Speaker
MAUDIE OSBORNE filmmaker, radio presenter, and Radical Women member in Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Melbourne, Australia
Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise”
read by MERRI ANN OSBORNE,
Seattle-based actor and director of the Mahogany Project
“Women of the World,” read by the author, renowned San Francisco Bay Area poet-activist NELLIE WONG
Zoom event • Register in advance at tinyurl.com/IWD-22
Remote audience participation is encouraged! Be prepared with a picture of someone you want to honor or an important object signifying women's struggle, or simply be ready to raise your hands to salute humanity's unquenchable fight for freedom.
Sponsored by Radical Women Australia and U.S.
For more information:
[email protected] • [email protected]
Black History Month: Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice!
The war on abortion access and reproductive rights is mounting daily. Though in the crosshairs of these assaults, Black women are leading the fightback. Hear from grassroots organizers about how you can help build a militant, multiracial movement that is centered on demands that leave no one behind.
Speakers
IRENE AKINGBADE, National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice—San Francisco
KRISTINA LEE, queer rights activist; Comrades of Color Caucus coordinator
Sunday, February 20, 2022, 1pm PST/4pm EST
Hosted by the Comrades of Color Caucus of Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women
For more information, [email protected] or 415-864-1278
Freedom Socialist Party: Socialism.com, [email protected], facebook.com/fspUS
Radical Women: RadicalWomen.org, [email protected], facebook.com/RadicalWomenUS
December 1 actions tell it to the judges!
Enjoy this rough slideshow of photos from Dec. 1 events coordinated by the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice.
Women’s March Holding the Line, Washington DC. Afternoon rally, 12/1/21
Women’s March Holding the lines. Afternoon rally, 12/1/21, Washington DC
Abortion rights rally. Washington, DC, 12/1/21, morning rally
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