Feminism

TWT 2017 Input: Radical Childcare

Red feminism starts from the idea that reproduction and care are at the centre of our politics and lives. But, our vision of reproduction is one in which we have collectively refused those aspects of reproduction that are part of the problem. So that little girls can dream of being more than princesses. Boys will not just be boys, because boys grow up to the men. Men who will need more than just an understanding of consent and women’s autonomy. A red feminist horizon is one in which the work of reproduction and mothering is not devalued, undertaken because of love or reduced to ‘nature’ – but instead distributed among the community, revalued, supported and celebrated as the work that makes life and labour possible.

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Commons, Feminism

Women Fight Back: Reports from March 8th

International Womens’ day 2017 saw the first ever International Womens’ strike, and a huge range of activity in the UK and beyond. We collected some texts reflecting on the strike here. The following reports come from a few key areas where Plan C groups either led mobilisations or participated in events that have not been widely reported in

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Feminism, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strike

March 8th International Women’s Strike Reader

Tomorrow will see the first ever Transnational Women’s strike. In over 30 countries around the world women will refuse waged and reproductive work, walkout, demonstrate, blockade, wear black and more. This important moment comes on the back of women’s strikes in Argentina, Spain, Poland and Ireland and large feminist mobilisations against authoritarian nationalism and its

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Feminism, Social Reproduction, Strike

The Impossibility of the International Women’s Strike is Exactly Why It’s So Necessary

Camille Barbagallo The article was originally published on Novara Media. The international women’s strike is impossible. Really, it is. But let’s be very clear – the impossibility of the women’s strike is precisely why it is one of the most important things that needs to be done. The impossibility of the women’s strike is not

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Feminism, Social Reproduction, Strike

“We’re Many and Growing At a Global Level” – an Interview with the Strike4Repeal Campaign

As International Women’s day approaches calls for a global women’s strike echo through headlines and social media. Rights that we fought hard to win and considered unassailable seem to be up for discussion. Actions will be taking place in over thirty countries so far; women across the globe are mobilising to take direct action and

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Feminism, Strike

Spice Up Your Life: Notes on the Presence of the Spice Girls at the London Women’s March

Rosa Campbell shares with us her reflections on the Women’s Marches around the globe. Right now history is being made quickly. Just over a week has passed since the women’s march and things are changing fast. Trump has banned Muslims from entering the US, deliberately failed to mention the Jewish, communist, gay and lesbian and

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Feminism

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Trump?

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Donald Trump? This article has been co-written by a member of Plan C Manchester and their American partner. It is intended to contribute to broad discussions, within Plan C and beyond, about what strategies of struggle are appropriate to combat Donald Trump’s presidency. It does not reflect the

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Commons, Feminism, Inter/Transnational, Social Reproduction

At the Forefront of the Struggle Against Capitalism and Patriarchy

I began this year by crossing into the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria, commonly referred to in the West as Rojava. Rojava is seeing the creation of a radical, autonomous democracy with feminist and ecological values at its foundation, all whilst embroiled in the ongoing civil war and facing open hostility from surrounding countries.

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Feminism, Kurdistan

Solidarity Networks and Rent Strikes

This is the text of a pamphlet handed out at the recent Rent Strike Weekender. You can find a pdf of the pamphlet itself here. Renting is shit – but rent isn’t our only problem. We work, more than ever before. We’re depressed and anxious, more than ever before. Life is expensive, academic work is

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Commons, Education Struggles, Feminism, Housing, Kurdistan, Social Reproduction, Social Strike, Strategy, Strike

Why trans-inclusion: a response to trans-exclusionary articles in the Morning Star

The Morning Star recently published two articles in which the authors argued that trans people should not be included in feminist movements and analysis. The articles, by self-described ‘radical feminists’ Jennifer Duncan and Rebecca Reilly-Cooper, were written in a tone of righteous disapproval of the way in which recent movements have moved away from second-wave

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Feminism, Social Reproduction

France: 'We want sex, not gender' (note on the alarming rise of the 'gender theory' resistance front and their neo-fascist chums)

  By posting this little write-up of its research, Plan C Manchester is signalling that it is keen to hear from comrades in France and elsewhere facing similar situations—what forms is the anti-homophobia counterpower taking? what struggles lie on the horizon in light of the seemingly effective alliances being forged between single-issue anti-gay-marriage activists and

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Feminism, Inter/Transnational, Social Reproduction
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