Category Archives: 20171209

9 December 2017 13:00 ~ Marxism, social reproduction and women’s liberation – London Counterfire

Until 15:00 @ Kings Cross Neighbourhood Centre, 51 Argyl Street, London WC1H 8EF

With Lindsey German and Kate Connelly

How does the institution of the family reinforce women’s oppression? What part does domestic labour play in the structure of capitalism? Where do gender roles come in to it? And most importantly, how can we win liberation?

As national convenor of the Stop the War Coalition, Lindsey German was a key organiser of the largest demonstration in British history. Her books include Material Girls: Women, Men and Work, Sex, Class and Socialism, A People’s History of London (with John Rees), and How a Century of War Changed the Lives of Women.

Kate Connelly is a writer and historian. She led school student strikes in the British anti-war movement in 2003, and co-ordinated the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign. Her book, Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire was published by Pluto Press.

Tickets £5 – £15

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December 6, 2017

9 December 2017 14:00 ~ Why Fundamentalism – Feminist Dissent – London

A CMRB-SOAS and Feminist Dissent Seminar

Until 4pm @ Brunei Gallery, Room B102, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Join us for a debate with members of the Editorial Collective of Feminist Dissent, a new journal on gender and fundamentalism. This seminar will generate discussion about religious fundamentalist movements, their rise in recent years and the need to challenge them both here in the UK and around the world.

The speakers will propose a definition of fundamentalism and explain the value of ‘fundamentalism’ as an analytical category that enables understanding of common political discourses, interventions and practices across different religions and diverse contexts. They will talk about the relevance of anti-fundamentalist politics for anti-racist and feminist theory and activism. By way of example, they will specifically discuss the rise and incidence of religious fundamentalism in the UK and in India.

Speakers:

Stephen Cowden is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Coventry University. He has been involved in left, anti-racist and trade union activism and he has worked as Social Worker from 1992. His research is concerned with Social Work ethics, Critical Pedagogy and the Sociology of Multiculturalism and Religious Fundamentalism.

Pragna Patel is Director of Southall Black Sisters and has been at the forefront of many high-profile campaigns on religious fundamentalism and violence against women, including the recent legal challenges to gender segregation. She is also one of the founders of Women Against Fundamentalism.

Rashmi Varma is an Associate Professor in English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. She has published numerous essays on feminist theory, activism and literature. She has also been a member of the anti-communalism group Awaaz-South Asia Watch

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November 21, 2017