[IMC-bristol] Global Women's Strike week of events

[Global Women's Strike]

Every International Women's Day women in over 60 countries take part in the
Global Women's Strike with the demand Invest in Caring - Not Killing.
This year the Strike kicks off over a week of local, national and
international activities on and around International Women's Day, 8 March
2004.
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SATURDAY 6 MARCH:
WOMEN PUT THE GOVERNMENT ON TRIAL FOR CRIMES AT HOME AND ABROAD
Time: 3pm - 6pm
Venue: Trafalgar Square, London
Sponsored by the Iraqi Women's League and the All African Women's Group.
With the participation and support of Payday, a network of men.

All welcome to come and say how this warmongering, uncaring government is
affecting you and your loved ones.  Compare it to how the Venezuelan
government backs women in "creating a caring economy, an economy at the
service of human beings" which they are defending against US-backed
subversion.

The Strike is part of the global movement against war and occupation: in
Iraq, Palestine, Chechnya, Colombia, Congo, Kashmir . . . Women, who are the
first carers and the first fighters for the survival of loved ones, demand
that the $1 trillion now spent on military budgets be used instead for basic
survival needs - clean accessible water, food security, healthcare, housing,
education, safety from rape and other violence, and protection of our
planet.

ALSO SATURDAY 6 MARCH: "Welcome to Fortress Europe" street theatre
Time: 9.30am Venue: City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London Bridge, SE1
and
Time: 1-2pm:  Venue:  The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad
Sanctuary, Westminster, SW1
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OTHER GWS EVENTS DURING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S WEEK:

WEDS 3 MARCH: Speaker and video at Coventry University Afro-Caribbean
Society, 4pm, Student's Union Building, Cox St. Contact: 07944 452 925

FRIDAY 5 MARCH: Strike Photo Exhibition at Kentish Town and Kilburn
Libraries

SUNDAY 7 MARCH: Theatre Workshop with Enabling Theatre addresses the social
marginalisation of disabled people and explores the creation of a fully
inclusive society.
Time: 11-2.30pm  Venue: Crossroads Women's Centre, 230A Kentish Town Road
(corner Caversham Rd), London NW5.  Kentish Town tube.  Fully wheelchair
accessible. All welcome, please pre-book.  Entrance: unwaged £2.50; waged
£5; high-waged £10.

SUNDAY 7 MARCH: Strike Workshop, Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury, Somerset

MONDAY 8 MARCH: "Welcome to Fortress Europe" street theatre, Time: 1pm
Venue: Kentish Town Road, NW5.  Tube Kentish Town

TUESDAY 9 MARCH:: Video Show "Venezuela, a 21st century revolution" and
other videos about women winning Article 88 in the Constitution which
recognises housework as work that produces social welfare and wealth and
entitles housewives to social security.  Time: 7pm  Venue: Crossroads
Women's Centre, 230A Kentish Town Road (corner Caversham Rd), London NW5.
Kentish Town tube. Entrance: donation.

WEDS 10 MARCH: "No Pride in the Slaughter of Others"
Wages Due Lesbians hosts the Community Picket & Open Mic, and invites all
lesbian/gay/bi/transgender/queer people (and supporters) to speak out
against war, repression and homophobia everywhere.  All welcome
Time: 5.30-7pm  Venue: Parliament Square (opposite Parliament), London SW1;
nearest tube Westminster.

THURSDAY 11 MARCH: Press Conference: "End Bonded Labour & Slavery of
millions of women".  Organised by Peace & Human Rights Trust with Global
Women's Strike.  Time: 11am
Venue: Crossroads Women's Centre, 230A Kentish Town Road (corner Caversham
Rd), London NW5.  Fully wheelchair accessible. All welcome.

THURSDAY 11 MARCH: Speaker, Stall and video showing, University of
Manchester Student's Union Women's Week (Part of a series of events at
Manchester Uni 4-17 March, including Reclaim the Night march for ALL women
and against racism.)  1-5pm; Main Debating Hall, 1st Floor, SU Building,
Oxford Road, M13
Contact Kate Kirkpatrick 0161 275 2939

FRIDAY 12 MARCH: Refusing to kill - An evening with refuseniks from around
the world. Including from Eritrea, Israel, England and the US (Gulf Wars I &
II), Trinidad (WWII).  Organised by Payday.
Time: 7pm  Venue: Godwin & Crowndale Community Hall, Crowndale Road, London
NW1 Mornington Crescent tube.  All welcome. Details: 020 7209 4751 or see
www.refusingtokill.net.

SATURDAY 13 MARCH: All African Women's Group hosts an afternoon of food,
music and dance
Time: 12noon - 6pm  Venue: Crossroads Women's Centre, 230A Kentish Town Road
(corner Caversham Rd), London NW5.  Fully wheelchair accessible.  All
welcome.

PLUS: Mon 8 - Fri 12 March: Complementary health training and taster
sessions in Kentish Town (London).  Homeopathy, reflexology, osteopathy,
massage, nutritional therapy.  Details 0207-284 0954

OTHER: Free or discounted services for women in Kentish Town including
sports facilities, discounts in local shops and free food & drink in local
cafes.

For more details:
Website: www.globalwomenstrike.net
Global Women's Strike, Crossroads Women's Centre, 230a Kentish Town Road,
London, NW5 2AB.  Tel 020 7482 2496 (minicom/voice)
Email: womenstrike8m at server101.com

Men's participation is welcome - contact Payday at paydaynet.org or see their
website: www.refusingtokill.net.