Issue 3 of the Rag magazine is ready! We brought it to the anarchist bookfair in London over the weekend, sold heaps at our stall and got bundles off with some distributers - Housmans bookshop, Freedom Press, AK Press, Active Distribution, Natterjack Press, and Handmedown distro. (Handmedown in particular is a wonderful anarcha-feminist resource - do have a look at their website.)
We couldn't carry enough for everyone but will be posting more off to distibuters shortly.
Oddly enough we have yet to launch in Ireland - or get it to distributers here! We will have to get it the right way around next year. It may have been because we only managed to get it printed the day before we were due to go to the bookfair - last minute has never looked so good! So watch this space for details of Irish launch and international availability. We welcome new distributers - mail us if you want us to post you any in bulk (5+) .
We will also get this blog updated with the new cover etc over the next week, and hopefully get a whole new website together soon (we are actually working on this!)
On a side-note, it was gratifying to witness the (almost equal) gender balance at the anarchist bookfair this year. Just two years ago, the place was so empty of women, and the RAG table so ignored, that we were driven to sketch a little sign for our stall which read "Anarcha-Feminism is for men too!"
Hi and thanks to all the amazing anarchist feminists we met over the weekend.The time was too short for proper discussion but it was great to be able to check in at least.
RAG article in adbusters
In issue 1 of the Rag, I wrote an article called "Anger: Birthed and Transformed". We recently got a reprint request from Adbusters magazine, and I worked with them to edit it a bit for its readership. Here's a link to it on their website http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/80/industrial_childbirth.html - or search for it - it's now called "Industrial Childbirth".
Shonagh
Shonagh
Alliance for Choice - Belfast
Here is an update from Belfast Alliance for Choice:
Dear All,
A quick update of AfC events over the next few weeks. As you will be aware, this is a crucial period in our campaign to extend the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland. Next week parliament will reconvene and we should hopefully be given an indication of when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology will be debated.
In anticipation of this AfC will be organising a series of events over the next couple of weeks.
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23645570204#/event.php?eid=76922995388 >
EVENT: Pub Quiz Fundraiser
DATE: Wednesday, 8 October @ 8pm
PLACE: John Hewitt, Donegall Street
£3 fee! Come, test your astounding knowledge of trivia, bring your friends, family and colleagues. ALL WELCOME!
For further details see http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23645570204#/event.php?eid=26766248947
EVENT: Public Meeting – Reproductive Rights are Human Rights
DATE: Monday, 13 October @ 7.30pm
PLACE: Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue
Public Meeting with Dr Wendy Savage, one of the first female obstetricians in the UK. ALL WELCOME!
For further details see
http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=38652341807#/event.php?eid=38652341807
EVENT: Public Rally – 40 Women Protest
DATE: Saturday, 18 October @ 2pm
PLACE: City Hall, Belfast
Rally to show publicise the current situation where 40 women a week travel to have abortions outside NI. WE NEED 40 WOMEN to wear t-shirts and others to come and show their support! ALL WELCOME
For further details see
http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=38652341807#/event.php?eid=27662523934
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Also a reminder that we have stalls outside Gap on Saturdays from 2-4pm to encourage people to sign our petition and letters. Come show your support.
Every Tuesday there are campaign meetings in the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, Donegall Street at 7pm. Come and get involved.
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Don’t forget to sign and circulate the ePetition at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/abortionNI/
Also check out the FPA campaign website at
http://www.fpa.org.uk/news/campaigns/current_campaigns/detail.cfm?contentid=993
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Finally we urge you to get involved in any way you can to support this campaign at this crucial stage.
Thanks for your support
Claire
Alliance for Choice
Dear All,
A quick update of AfC events over the next few weeks. As you will be aware, this is a crucial period in our campaign to extend the Abortion Act 1967 to Northern Ireland. Next week parliament will reconvene and we should hopefully be given an indication of when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology will be debated.
In anticipation of this AfC will be organising a series of events over the next couple of weeks.
<http://www.facebook
EVENT: Pub Quiz Fundraiser
DATE: Wednesday, 8 October @ 8pm
PLACE: John Hewitt, Donegall Street
£3 fee! Come, test your astounding knowledge of trivia, bring your friends, family and colleagues. ALL WELCOME!
For further details see http://www.facebook
EVENT: Public Meeting – Reproductive Rights are Human Rights
DATE: Monday, 13 October @ 7.30pm
PLACE: Holiday Inn, Ormeau Avenue
Public Meeting with Dr Wendy Savage, one of the first female obstetricians in the UK. ALL WELCOME!
For further details see
http://www.facebook
EVENT: Public Rally – 40 Women Protest
DATE: Saturday, 18 October @ 2pm
PLACE: City Hall, Belfast
Rally to show publicise the current situation where 40 women a week travel to have abortions outside NI. WE NEED 40 WOMEN to wear t-shirts and others to come and show their support! ALL WELCOME
For further details see
http://www.facebook
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Also a reminder that we have stalls outside Gap on Saturdays from 2-4pm to encourage people to sign our petition and letters. Come show your support.
Every Tuesday there are campaign meetings in the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, Donegall Street at 7pm. Come and get involved.
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Don’t forget to sign and circulate the ePetition at http://petitions.
Also check out the FPA campaign website at
http://www.fpa.
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Finally we urge you to get involved in any way you can to support this campaign at this crucial stage.
Thanks for your support
Claire
Alliance for Choice
London Anarchist Bookfair
We're still working very hard at getting The Rag no.3 together.
RAG will be attending the anarchist bookfair in London on 18th October. Be sure to drop by and say hello. The event will include lots and lots of stalls, workshops and meetings.
We'll be sharing our stall with Anna-Kaisa, and we're also looking forward to meeting women from the new anarcha-feminist groups which have been formed in London and Glasgow.
More details on the bookfair:
http://www.anarchistbookfair.org/
RAG will be attending the anarchist bookfair in London on 18th October. Be sure to drop by and say hello. The event will include lots and lots of stalls, workshops and meetings.
We'll be sharing our stall with Anna-Kaisa, and we're also looking forward to meeting women from the new anarcha-feminist groups which have been formed in London and Glasgow.
More details on the bookfair:
http://www.anarchistbookfair.org/
Thanks to all at the Belfast Anarchist Bookfair
We brought our RAG distro/shop to the Belfast Anarchist Bookfair last Saturday, 6th September. the event was hosted by the Just Books collective and was held in the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre. It was a great chance to meet some deadly new anarcha-feminists/anarchists and find out what others are up to. During the day, there was a range of interesting workshops and discussions.
Thanks to everyone in Belfast for the organising and the welcome.
More details available here:
http://belfastanarchistbookfair2008.blogspot.com/
http://belfastanarchistbookfair.blogspot.com/
Thanks to everyone in Belfast for the organising and the welcome.
More details available here:
http://belfastanarchistbookfair2008.blogspot.com/
http://belfastanarchistbookfair.blogspot.com/
Human Rights Watch in Ireland
Email message from Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch are doing a country report on Ireland on the harm that the ban on abortion does to Irish women. I along with Marianne Mollmann will be in Ireland from August 25th-29th doing fieldwork.
I am also available in London to do phone interviews and background research from August 20th. I have already done fieldwork in the UK with abortion service providers on the experience of Irish women travelling to Britain to obtain an abortion.
If you might be in a position to help Human Rights Watch with this ground breaking report, you can contact me by phone at the number below from August 20th or email hrwireland@gmail.
We are particularly interested in interviewing women who have had to travel to obtain an abortion. Confidentiality and anonymity are guaranteed to all women who may wish to be interviewed. During the week of 25 August, our priority will be to interview women about their experiences – and would ideally like to interview the following categories of women:
- Women with fetal abnormalities pregnancies
- Adolescents
-Rape survivors
- Immigrant women
We are also interested in interviewing any woman who has had to travel for an abortion on their experiences.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Liesl Gerntholtz.
Director, Women's Rights Division
Human Rights Watch
2-12 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)207 713 1995 (general)
+44 (0)207 713 2796 (direct line)
Updates from RAG
Just to let everyone know we've started to concentrate on getting The Rag no.3 together and will be working hard on it for the next few months. If anyone would like to submit images for the magazine or even ideas for the front cover please send them on to ragdubin at riseup.netAlso, check out the most recent editions for Women's News (a feminist magazine from Belfast) and the anarchist magazine Black Flag #227 for articles about RAG.
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