The family is marketed as a safe space, a place of love and mutual care, but this is not supported by the data—How do we bring our experiences of mutual support networks to the centre of society? ~ Alana Queer, El Salto ~ Something is wrong. We already struggle to imagine the end of capitalism,
The offer of space tourism to rich women is a pastiche of feminism which acts only to showcase the shallowness of corporate liberalism ~ Sourdough ~ Earlier this month, for the first time since Valentina Tereshkova’s 1963 spaceflight, an all-female crew briefly took to space aboard Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard for a total of 11
On Saturday 8 March—International Women’s Day—two major demonstrations took place in downtown London ~ Blade Runner ~ A coalition of grassroots feminist and supporting organisations called for an International Women’s Strike, gathering at Gandalf’s Corner in Regent’s Park. A colourful and vibrant crowd numbering in the low thousands marched chanting through Marylebone, bringing traffic to
Demonstrations taking place to open 16 days of action against femicide, rape and other violence towards women and girls ~ Cristina Sykes, Mateo Sgambati ~ The international day against patriarchial violence is being marked today (25 November), with numerous actions and demonstrations having already taken place over the weekend. From Asia through Europe to the
The first time I tried to get sterilised, I was 21. After numerous contraceptives took their toll on my mental and physical health, and knowing I don’t want children, it was the only option left for me. This is the case for thousands of people with wombs across the country, with tubal ligation procedures happening
The following text first appeared in Polish at Codziennik Feministyczny website. While some parts of it concern Poland specifically, Freedom is pleased to translate and publish it (with mild edits for clarity for English speaker) as an example of an excellent takedown of TERF politics. CW: some discriminatory language used for the purpose of providing
I am sure there are feminists, folk who identify as women, folk who love women, historians, experts that are examining the Everywoman statue in detail. There are stories in the news rethinking and expanding our understanding of what Mary Wollstonecraft stood for. And yet the only thing I hate about the statue of Mary Wollstonecraft
The anticapitalist struggle is an intersectional one. Liebig34 provides a perfect example. In their fight against housing being a commodity, capitalism and patriarchy, they have been a symbol for radical queer feminism for 30 years. Now, the project is faced with the threat of eviction. Being the valuable and inspiring project that Liebig34 has been,
Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova is facing criminal charges for posting body-positive and LGBT+ friendly art on social media. She has been accused of distributing pornography with criminal intent, and expects to be sentenced for up to 6 years in prison. Tsvetkova has previously been active in campaigns to promote cis and trans women’s rights, LGBT+
Ok, so I want to talk about a particular type of white guy. A guy I have unfortunately met time and time again in the Left.
The slippage from containing WMDs to calls for regime change rings all too familiar — but wars’ main function is still to preserve regimes ~ Simon, Andy and Uri discuss this weeks headlines, including the scorching weather, the mountain-to-molehill cheapening of terrorism charges, direct action in Germany, and ruling-class realignment in Britain and the USA
Amazon targeted for complicity in Israel’s Gaza genocide, Telekom for cooperation with the German military and Elon Musk’s Starlink—communiqé ~ Juju Alerta ~ An anti-militarist group has claimed responsibility for setting fire to a total of 35 commercial vehicles from Amazon and Deutsche Telekom in Berlin in the early hours of Tuesday.
Israel’s interception of the Madleen and Egypt’s crackdown on thousands marching to Rafah will not stop resistance to systematic starvation ~ Josie Ó Súileabháin ~ During last week more than 4,000 people gathered in Cairo to march together by foot to Gaza, demanding the immediate entry of the trucks of humanitarian aid waiting at the
A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat ~ Orly Noy ~ It has been more than 46 years since I left Iran with my family at the age of nine.
Israel’s attack on Iran marks the latest phase of global war capitalism—subcontracted settler-colonialism and genocidal thanatopolitics converge, as Western regimes and their enemies arm and threaten with Armageddon ~ Blade Runner ~ The Israeli state has escalated once again, launching war on Iran with a large-scale strike—Operation Rising Lion—which began on June 13, hitting over
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