Saturday, 28 September, 6.30 pm

Radical Women Film Night

Naila and the Uprising

In December 1987, occupied Palestine exploded in an uprising to combat Israel’s repressive occupation, exposing Israel’s brutality to the world. Known as the First Intifada, the series of massive demonstrations, labour strikes, and a boycott of Israeli products lasted nearly six years.

In Naila and the Uprising we see the women — like student organiser and young mother, Naila Ayesh — who launched, led and sustained this historic event. We witness the force of a dual struggle for national and gender liberation, which remains ongoing today.

These guest speakers will add their perspectives:

Mai Saif is a Palestinian feminist, longtime activist and community organiser. She is a member of Free Palestine Melbourne and the Palestinian Community Association of Victoria.

A refugee from the genocide in Tamil Eelam, Rathy Barthlote is a leader of the historic fight for permanent visas. She is a founder of Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality, which is co-leading Melbourne’s 24/7 refugee encampment outside the Office of Home Affairs.

Sarah is a Syrian filmmaker and facilitator of Queer Arabs Australia’s Zyara project, an Arabic social support group.

Standing in solidarity with Palestine, Basem “Bas” Kerbage is a human rights activist and founder of Queer Arabs Australia, Australia’s first national group supporting LGBTQIA+ Arab & Middle East North Africa (MENA) communities.

This is a fundraiser for Radical Women’s grassroots revolutionary organising. Tickets are $25 solidarity, $15 waged, $10 unwaged for the program and a delicious spread of food. Bar is separately available at the venue.

During the evening, funds will be raised through a special raffle for the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement, which engages in the popular resistance against Israel’s occupation and oppression. On September 6 IMF volunteer, Ayşenur Eygi, became one of 17 demonstrators murdered by the Israeli army in Beita, Nablus in the West Bank.

Everyone is welcome!

For more info and tickets, contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.orgwww.radicalwomen.org

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Saturday 29 June, 4 pm

Stonewall Anniversary Event

From Stonewall rebellion to assimilation and pinkwashing:
How did we get here and what will it take to win LGBTIQA+ liberation?

Fifty-five years ago the patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village fought back against a routine police raid. From drag queens to butch dykes, the working-class, multiracial, multi-gendered crowd were fed up with the ongoing harassment. Amongst them was Latina trans activist, Sylvia Rivera, who reflected that she was “not missing a minute” of what felt like “the revolution!” These events sparked Gay Liberation with its vision of revolutionary change, overturning patriarchy, dismantling heterosexism and winning freedom and equality for all.

What would these bold pioneers make of the world today, where queer workers toil in insecure jobs while their bosses co-opt rainbow imagery in the quest for profits? Or of Israel’s pinkwashing, which frames the occupation as a fight for LGBTQ rights and presents Tel Aviv as a gay mecca while dehumanising Palestinians and disappearing those who are queer.

Join us for a discussion about how we can win genuine liberation, leaving no one behind.

Speakers:

Graham Willett is the author of Living Out Loud: A history of gay and lesbian activism in Australia. A stalwart of the Australian Queer Archives, he’s been a gay liberationist and socialist since 1979.

Kayleen White is a veteran human rights and social justice activist. She co-founded Transgender Victoria in the late 1990s. She is a recent escapee from the corporate world of wastewater treatment to retirement.

Aaron Scheibner is bisexual/pansexual. He is a filmmaker who works as a carer and in retail to make ends meet. He is a union delegate with the Australian Services Union and a member of the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union and Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

Natalie Feliks is a member of Ivy Network. She is a trans fem activist, a journalist and writer.

Alison Thorne organised Stonewall rallies in Melbourne in the 1980s and ‘90s. She is a founding member of the Melbourne chapter of Radical Women, a trade unionist and is the managing editor of the Freedom Socialist Organiser.

Chair: Henrietta Ebbs is a member of Radical Women, a queer ecosocialist and a unionist with the Australian Services Union.

Saturday 29 June, 4 pm

Thorne Harbour Health, 200 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford

The venue is fully accessible and located a short distance from Victoria Park Station.

A social with hearty dinner for a range of tastes will take place after the event.
$25 solidarity price, $15 waged, $10 low income.

Co-hosted by Radical Women and Freedom Socialist Party

For more information contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.org or freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au

Web: • radicalwomen.org • socialism.com
Facebook: • Radical.Women.Australia • Freedom.Socialist.Party.Australia
Instagram: • radicalwomenaus • freedomsocialistpartyaus
Street address: Solidarity Salon, 113 Spring Street, Reservoir. Open Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 11 am – 5 pm.

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Starting 17 April, 6.30 pm

Fortnightly Wednesdays through 26 June
In-person & online discussion group

In the eyes of revolutionary resistance:
Stories from Palestinian feminist fighters

The bells keep tolling in Palestine, with over 30,000 people dead and numbers constantly rising. Yet amidst the roar of bombs, the voices of courageous Palestinian fighters resonate worldwide — echoed by unwavering global grassroots solidarity. The call from Palestinian women for justice and freedom is especially intense, because they carry the heaviest burden of Israel’s occupation and genocide.

This six-session study circle will delve into Palestinians’ historic struggle against Zionism through the firsthand accounts of women resisters. The Shoal Collective’s aim In compiling these stories is to see Palestinians not solely as victims of brutal oppression but “as fellow revolutionaries and as comrades in our intersecting struggles for a better world.”

Learn directly from these women leaders about their lifelong fight for freedom, looking straight into the eyes of a murderous occupier. Everyone is welcome!

A delicious dinner is served at 6.30 pm for a $10 donation; study sessions start at 7.00 pm.

Solidarity Salon, 113 Spring St, Reservoir
Few minutes’ walk from Regent railway station & plenty of parking

For more information or to get a copy of the reading and study guide, contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.org. If attending online, join each session here.

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Saturday, 3 February, 3.00 pm

Public meeting

Get into Badass Feminist Organising!

Help Radical Women plan priorities and activities for 2024, from study and training to action. This planning meeting will begin with discussion on how stopping Israel’s genocide of Palestinians is a global feminist fight. Come see how RW works and bring your ideas, skills and passion. Everyone is welcome!
Snacks provided for a $5 donation.

Solidarity Salon
113 Spring St, Reservoir
(close to Regent train station)

For more info or to get a copy of the Radical Women Manifesto, contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.org

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Saturday, 6 January, 4.00 pm

Special International Guest

The battle for reproductive justice in the U.S.:
New Yorker Nga Bui speaks

It’s been more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court wiped out half a century of federally protected abortion rights. Since then, the speed and breadth of far-right attacks on reproductive justice have been breathtaking. So has the resistance on the ground.

Nga Bui, coordinator of the Mobilisation for Reproductive Justice in New York City, will speak about the war on women, trans folks and queers, people of colour, Indigenous, disabled, working class and poor. Hear this firsthand account from the front lines, and join in discussion about lessons we can draw here.

Nga is the Freedom Socialist Party’s Assistant Organiser for NYC and serves on its National Committee. She is a member of Radical Women and the Comrades of Color Caucus, a joint leadership body of the two sister organisations.

Thorne Harbour Health
200 Hoddle St, Abbotsford

Followed by delicious summer dinner for $25 solidarity, $15 waged or $10 low income.

Co-hosted by Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women

For more information contact rw.aus@radicalwomen.org or freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au

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