Radical Women-US
New Freeway Hall5018 Rainier Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98118
Tel: 206-985-4621
Email: RW.US@radicalwomen.org
Facebook: Radical Women US
Donations welcome!
National Radical Women Activities
Sunday, May 15, 3pm PDT / 4pm MDT / 5pm CDT / 6pm EDT
National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice online meeting
Get involved -- help build the national movement for abortion and reproductive justice!
Sometime soon, the Supreme Court will rule on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Based on the leaked draft decision, the situation looks dire for a federal policy upholding legal abortion. Everyone who believes in the right of bodily autonomy must speak out that this is unacceptable. We need to inspire our communities, unions, and organizations to add their strength to this fight. The intersectional platform of the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice is essential in demonstrating meaningful unity to the most-marginalized, who are most by the attacks and whose leadership is vital. Learn how you can get involved in a movement to win real reproductive justice. Everyone welcome -- your ideas and participation are needed!
Zoom event • Register at tinyurl.com/NRWmay2022
More information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org, 206-985-4621, ReproJusticeNow.org
Saturdays, 11am – noon MST, April 30 – May 27
Weekly Phoenix zoom meetings for
SCOTUS Dobbs decision response planning
Your help is needed to organize a "day of decision" action to defend abortion rights and access to reproductive health care. The upcoming Supreme Court decision on the Mississippi case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will undoubtedly gut, if not destroy, abortion rights for most people. People of color and poor and working women will be hardest hit. Help create the Phoenix response. Register at https://bit.ly/PhxReproRising Initiated by Phoenix Radical Women. Info: rw.phoenix@radicalwomen.org
5 Sundays, 10:30 - noon Arizona time, beginning February 27
Online study group
Moving Beyond Capitalism to a Socialist Feminist Future
Are you fired up about the ongoing assaults on reproductive rights and trans youths' rights here in Arizona and beyond? Are you fed up with racist attacks and police murders of Black and Brown people? Are you feeling the impact of the COVID crisis on women workers and the poor? Are you looking for an alternative to a system that is rooted in inequality? Then join other activists in a free-wheeling discussion of The Radical Women Manifesto. The Manifesto examines the source of gender and race oppression and offers a concrete approach to building an intersectional movement for fundamental change!
Registration at https://bit.ly/Phoenix-RWM-Study-Group
The Radical Women Manifesto is available in print at tinyurl.com/RWM-order (in English), as well as digitally at
tinyurl.com/RWManifesto (English)
and tinyurl.com/RWM-esp (español)
Sun., April 17, 4pm PDT / 5pm MDT / 6pm CDT / 7pm EDT
National Radical Women online meeting
Which Road to Women's Liberation and Reproductive Justice?
Radical Women's multi-issue socialist feminist vision keeps us moving forward in the right direction. One debate in the current reproductive rights struggle is whether a narrow, single-issue focus "we can all agree on" is stronger than building an intersectional effort. We'll dig into this long-running, still persistent political question with a discussion on the document Which Road towards Women's Liberation: A Radical Vanguard or a Single-Issue Coalition?.
The gathering will also hear from national and local organizers of the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice about current actions and plans for when the Supreme Court rules on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Learn what's happening in other cities and how you can get involved. Everyone welcome -- your ideas and participation are needed!
Zoom event • Register at tinyurl.com/NRW-April-2022
Order the Radical Women pamphlet Which Road to Women's Liberation?
More information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org, 206-985-4621, www.RadicalWomen.org
Sunday, March 20, 3pm PDT, 5pm CDT, 6pm EDT
National Radical Women zoom meeting
Women, war and resistance!
Police detain a demonstrator with a sign saying, "No war with Ukraine," at an anti-war protest in Moscow on Feb. 24.
Over and over it’s shown that women, children and civilians pay the highest price in times of war. This meeting will hear about the situation of Ukrainian women, how they’re surviving Russia’s attacks and their situation as refugees. We’ll also learn about courageous feminist antiwar protesters in Russia. Moving to battles at home, the meeting will get updates on building a national movement to defend abortion and reproductive justice. Also on the agenda: a political assessment of Biden’s Supreme Court pick, Ketanji Brown Jackson. It’s a historic first for a Black woman to be nominated, but what are her views? Come add your thoughts.
Zoom event • Register at tinyurl.com/NRW-Mar2022
Sponsored by Radical Women U.S.
More information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org", 206-985-4621
Saturday, March 12, 4pm PST, 5pm MST, 6pm CST, 7pm EST
International Women’s Day Celebration
Still We Rise: Women Rebel Against All Odds
An uplifting appraisal of the courageous resistance of sisters in struggle at home and abroad, punctuated by poetry and song.
Speaker
Maudie Osborne filmmaker, radio presenter, and Radical Women member in Retail and Fast Food Workers Union, Melbourne, Australia
Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise” read by Merri Ann Osborne, Seattle-based actor and director of the Mahogany Project
“Women of the World,” read by the author, renowned San Francisco poet-activist Nellie Wong
Zoom event • Register in advance at tinyurl.com/IWD-22
Remote audience participation is encouraged! Be prepared with a picture of someone you want to honor or an important object signifying women's struggle, or simply be ready to raise your hands to salute humanity's unquenchable fight for freedom.
Sponsored by Radical Women Australia and U.S.
For more information: RW.US@radicalwomen.org
Sunday, February 20, 1pm PST/4pm EST
Black History Month celebration
Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice
Photo caption: Nsombi Lambright speaks at Jackson, MS rally. Charles Smith/AP
The war on abortion access and reproductive rights is mounting daily. In the crosshairs of these assaults, Black women are leading the fightback. Hear from grassroots organizers about how you can help build a militant, multiracial movement that is centered on demands that leave no one behind.
Speakers
Irene Akingbade, National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice—San Francisco
Kristina Lee, queer rights activist; Comrades of Color Caucus coordinator
Register at: tinyurl.com/BHM-2022
Please register in advance
Hosted by the Comrades of Color Caucus of Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party
Information: 206-722-2453, rwseattle@mindspring.com, seattlefsp@socialism.com
Radical Women: radicalwomen.org, facebook.com/RWseattle
Freedom Socialist Party: socialism.com, facebook.com/FSPseattle
Sunday, February 13, 3pm PST / 4pm MST / 5pm CST / 6pm EST
National online meeting
Educate, agitate, & organize
for reproductive justice
San Franciscans head off to confront anti-abortion rally, 1/22/22. Leon Kunstenaar/ProBonoPhoto.org
Get energized and involved by learning about these exciting projects and how you can take part.
• Hear report-backs from activists who stood up for reproductive justice on January 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
• Discover the little-known history of African American midwives and abortion providers in the South.
• Get jazzed about the February 20 Black History Month Celebration, "Black Women Fire Up the Movement for Reproductive Justice!" Details below.
• Add your thoughts on how to broaden the National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice and prepare for actions when the Supreme Court announces its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization this summer.
• Mark your calendars for an inspiring trans-continental International Women's Day event being planned for Saturday, March 12.
Hosted by Radical Women
Information: 206-985-4621 • Email to: RW.US@radicalwomen.org
National Mobilization for Reproductive Justice • www.ReproJusticeNow.org
Sunday, January 16, 3pm PST / 4pm MST / 5pm CST / 6pm EST
National online Radical Women meeting
Launch the new year with a determined fight for reproductive justice
Who will save reproductive rights and access to abortion for all? It's coming down to you and me. We ARE the leaders we've been waiting for — and we're not waiting any longer! There is an urgent need for a grassroots, militant fight that champions the leadership and demands of the most marginalized. The place to start is here and now.
This national Radical Women meeting will hear from the January 8 Chicago counter-protest of the Midwest Right to "Life" march. Organizers in San Francisco will review their plans for a similar counter-protest, and other cities will discuss their actions for January 22, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Add your ideas for "Day Of" actions when the Supreme Court decision comes down on the Mississippi challenge to Roe. And let's get inspired by women's uprisings worldwide, as we look toward International Women's Day.
Come add your ideas and share your actions so we can support and reinforce each other's organizing.
Register here.
Information: 206-985-4621 • RW.US@radicalwomen.org
Go to ReproJusticeNow.org – to endorse, donate, learn about the campaign, and access tools and resources
2021 Activities