The announcement that there will be a referendum to decriminalise abortion in Ireland is the product of decades of active campaigning. Pro-choice campaigners built for repeal ever since the hated 8th amendment was entered into the Constitution in 1983, putting a ban on abortion, which was already illegal in the country, into the constitution. If at first this seemed like a distant demand now repeal looks by far the most likely outcome in May. The story of how this happened illustrates how change comes in general. That is not through elections but through people getting organised to demand that change, regardless of which politicians happen to be running the show in any particular year.
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A continuación un extracto del libro «Apuntes sobre feminismos y construcción de poder popular » . read full story / add a comment

Alors que le mois de novembre a vu se libérer la parole de nombreuses femmes contre les agressions, le harcèlement et autres violences patriarcales, nous relayons ici le communiqué de la Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes à ce propos, à l'occasion de la journée mondiale pour l'élimination de la violence contre les femmes (25 novembre). A lire également :
- Le tract-communiqué de la CGA-Lyon pour le TDoR et le 25 novembre
- Un article d'Alternative Libertaire sur les campagnes de libération de la parole sur les réseaux sociaux read full story / add a comment

Alors que le gouvernement agite fièrement le drapeau d’une énième loi sur le harcèlement, de rue cette fois, l’actualité montre bien que les lois ne protègent en rien les femmes des violences. Les mouvements #metoo et #balancetonporc ont mis en évidence par leur ampleur les manques d’espaces d’expression et de réponses appropriées. read full story / add a comment

Le 25 novembre a lieu la journée de lutte contre les violences masculines, pour dénoncer les violences quotidiennes exercées par des hommes sur des femmes. Le 20 novembre a lieu la journée du souvenir trans (Transgender Day of Remembrance), pour commémorer les personnes trans assassinées. Si ces deux journées sont souvent présentées de manière complètement disjointes, il nous semble pourtant qu’elles se rejoignent énormément. read full story / add a comment

Δεν τρέφουμε αυταπάτες για τους απολογητές της έμφυλης βίας που διατρανώνουν με διάφορα μέσα τον δήθεν αντισεξισμό τους, με σκοπό το «ξέπλυμα» μιας σειράς περιστατικών που συγκαλύπτονται και θάβονται.
Καμιά ανοχή στους θύτες της πατριαρχίας και τους απολογητές τους, είτε δικαστές και μπάτσοι, είτε συγγενείς, φίλοι, γνωστοί, είτε «σύντροφοι», είτε οικογενειάρχες και «καλά» παιδιά. read full story / add a comment

Communiqué de la CGA pour la 21ème marche Existrans du 21 octobre 2017. read full story / add a comment

On 14th October 2017, Rally for Choice will march through the streets of Belfast. - Last year saw us counter protest the Rally for Life in the North of Ireland, for the first time we marched against their lies instead of our usual static demo. Our counter protest was a huge success, despite being organised at short notice and with only a handful of activists. The protest burst across our streets and convened at Buoy Park afterwards for speakers. We outnumbered the Rally for Life 2016 significantly. read full story / add a comment

This is the Workers Solidarity Movement position paper on Abortion Rights as collectively agreed at July 2017 WSM National Conference.  This position paper sits under the Patriarchy paper which in turn is under the Anarchism, Oppression & Exploitation paper, and hence does not repeat any of that material in these. read full story / add a comment

Saturday the 30th of September 2017 will go down as a high point in the fight for abortion rights in the Republic of Ireland, and that is a struggle that stretches back decades. Years of campaigning and maintaining a focus on the issue, saw a massive crowd of nearly 30,000 people take to the streets for the annual March for Choice as organised by the Abortion Rights Campaign [ARC]. The calls are for action, and the need for Repeal of the 8th Amendment which bans abortion in almost all circumstances.
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The Melbourne Anarchist Communist Group supports a YES vote in the postal survey on marriage equality now in progress in Australia. We do this, not because we endorse the institution of marriage, but because the survey will have concrete results and we need to choose which results we favour. The postal survey is a flawed process of direct democracy, something far inferior to an authentic plebiscite on a concrete proposal. We didn’t choose this battlefield, but it’s a battle we must win. Vote YES for liberty, equality and solidarity. Vote YES and prepare to take the struggle further. read full story / add a comment

Alternativa Libertaria/fdca aderisce e partecipa alla giornata internazionale del 28 settembre per difendere ed estendere il diritto all’aborto, che è diritto all’accesso a un aborto sicuro, libero, e gratuito per tutte le donne. read full story / add a comment

The Workers Solidarity Movement in Ireland is in full support of the protests in Brussels on the 28th September demanding a guaranteed, free, and accessible access to abortion across Europe. The EU has stood by idly while the bodily autonomy of pregnant people continues to be violated by some member states including Ireland and Malta. It has similarly done nothing while other member states progressively attack reproductive rights based on the political whimsy of the controlling parties of ever-increasing conservative governments. We hope the this mobilisation will demonstrate the united commitment to reproductive freedom for all.

We stand with you in spirit as we prepare for our own mobilisation on the 30th of September for the Dublin March for Choice and it appears almost certain a constitutional referendum to remove the ban on abortion next summer. The text that follows is our position paper on abortion rights agreed by WSM national conference this summer. read full story / add a comment

Every year in either Dublin or Belfast the pro and anti choice movements come head to head around the so called ‘Rally for Life’. This year it was Dublin’s unwilling role to play host to the bigot parade. It mattered more years than many as a referendum on the hated 8th Amendment that bans abortion is promised for next year. It could be that the next Dublin bigot parade scheduled for 2019 will come after they have suffered a major defeat. read full story / add a comment

Η Alternativa Libertaria στέκεται αλληλέγγυα με την κοινότητα LGBT της Ρωσικής Ομοσπονδίας, ενάντια στις συλλήψεις και τις επιθέσεις στην Τσετσενία, τη Ρωσία και άλλες χώρες της Ομοσπονδίας, όπου η ελευθερία του Τύπου και της έκφρασης σε δημόσιους χώρους, έχει κατασταλεί για όσους ανήκουν στην κοινότητα LGBT. Υποστηρίζουμε μια εκστρατεία αντιπληροφόρησης όσον αφορά αυτή τη συνεχόμενη υπόθεση και προσπαθούμε να παρέχουμε συνεχώς πληροφορίες σχετικά με τον τρόπο που εκδηλώνεται ο αυταρχισμός και το παραδοσιακό νεοθρησκευτικό πνεύμα στις χώρες της Ομοσπονδίας, όπου έχει γίνει εργαλείο κυριαρχίας πάνω στους ανθρώπους.
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Solidarité avec les victimes de l’homophobie, en Tchétchénie [Italiano][English] read full story / add a comment

Solidarietà con le vittime di omofobia in Cecenia e non solo [English][Français] read full story / add a comment

Solidarity with the victims of homophobia in Chechnya and not only there
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El presente comunicado se escribe con la intención de hacer pública la posición que como Grupo Libertario Vía Libre, organización específica anarquista de la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia, tenemos frente a un caso de violencia de género ocurrido entre militantes de nuestra organización. Pensamos que nuestra tarea, como anarquistas y feministas, es realizar ejercicios profundos de autocrítica y crítica que tengan como objetivo consolidar una posición de rechazo a las acciones y actitudes patriarcales, machistas y violentas tanto en el ámbito de lo público como en el ámbito de lo privado. read full story / add a comment

Cuando hablamos del sistema de pensiones en Chile nos imaginamos que debería responder a los principios que hacen funcionar la seguridad social, abarcando con ello la universalidad, la solidaridad, la eficiencia y la integralidad. Pero sabemos que el sistema no se ajusta actualmente ni a parámetros internacionales ni a las necesidades de las personas, y como rasgo estructural, es sumamente discriminatorio con las mujeres. read full story / add a comment