Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Solidarity Salon
580 Sydney Road
Brunswick, VIC 3056
Tel: 03-9388-0062
Email: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au
Stay in touch on Facebook, by "liking" Radical Women Australia.
Meet Melbourne Radical Women: article and video interview!
Melbourne Radical Women Activities
Tuesday, 19 January, 7.00 – 8.00 pm AEST
Inaugural Meeting
Workers Organising to Win! (WOW!)
During Victoria's lockdown, women working in hard-hit industries came together to brainstorm what to do. These informal zoom gatherings resulted in a statement — “Women workers’ answer to COVID: Capitalism caused the crisis, workers can solve it!” — with winning demands that put control into workers’ hands.
Now, as COVID red zones proliferate, more infectious strains appear and governments put profit's health above people's lives, it’s time to organise!
Come to WOW!’s first meeting, and let’s start strategising for taking these demands into our unions, workplaces and communities. Bring your ideas, skills and know-how. All genders are welcome!
Register for the online inaugural meeting here. WOW! Meeting
Check out the statement with demands
For more info, contact womenworkers.wow@gmail.com
Tuesday, 15 December, 7.00 - 8.00 pm AEST
Online organising brainstorm
This practical statement of demands — developed by working women hit hard by the pandemic — has just been publicly launched. The grassroots organising is now ready to begin!
At the launch on 8 December of this initiative by Radical Women, people wanted to come back and talk about taking these demands into their unions, workplaces and community networks. So this brainstorm is for everyone who wants to know more and get involved. Come with your ideas, questions and energy!
Click here to register.
You can access the statement here.
For more info: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au, www.facebook.com/Radical.Women.Australia
POSTPONED: PLEASE STAY TUNED!
Why feminists of all genders must unite to defeat transphobia!
RW has been planning this discussion to align in solidarity with the Trans Pride March. Because the march is postponed until further notice, due to COVID-19, so is this meeting. Please watch out for an update from RW on the new date and arrangements.
Radical Women is a socialist feminist organisation, which stands firmly against both transphobia and a rigid gender binary. This meeting will discuss how transphobia, along with homophobia and sexism, has its roots in the rise of private property and the overthrow of ancient matriarchy.
We’ll learn how to answer the biological determinist views of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists. We will also celebrate the leadership of the multiracial modern-day transgender warriors who are increasingly visible and fighting back. Our focus will be on trans, CIS and non-binary feminist unity — together, we have a world to win!
Dinner served at 6.30pm for a $10 donation - Discussion kicking off at 7.00 pm.
ALL GENDERS WELCOME!
Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road Brunswick
For more information, contact Radical Women at radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or 03-9388-0062. You can join the facebook event here.
Tuesday, 15 December, 7.00 - 8.00 pm AEST
Online organising brainstorm
This practical statement of demands — developed by working women hit hard by the pandemic — has just been publicly launched. The grassroots organising is now ready to begin!
At the launch on 8 December of this initiative by Radical Women, people wanted to come back and talk about taking these demands into their unions, workplaces and community networks. So this brainstorm is for everyone who wants to know more and get involved. Come with your ideas, questions and energy!
Click here to register.
You can access the statement here.
For more info: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au, www.facebook.com/Radical.Women.Australia
Radical Women launches
Women workers’ answer to COVID:
Capitalism caused the crisis, workers can solve it!
During Victoria’s hard lockdown, women came together around a virtual table to talk about COVID’s impact and what to do about it. Working in industries hit hard by the pandemic, we tackled the impacts of stand-downs and grueling workloads, often with poor protection against infection. Conversations covered everything from insecure futures, childcare and caring for loved ones to the predatory profit system that made this mess.
From these brainstorms came practical solutions, and they will be launched at this zoom event.
If you like the sound of nationalising crucial industries and placing them under the control of workers who run them; or winning shorter working hours in secure employment with no reduction in pay; or a guaranteed liveable income for everyone, regardless of employment or visa status; or taxing the rich and their corporations, then come along! Let’s talk about taking these demands into our workplaces, communities, union and activist networks — and organise.
All genders welcome!
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsf-ugrT4jHdQSj3DFHl_Ygp_x_0OAwBho
For more info: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au, www.facebook.com/Radical.Women.Australia
Tuesday, 10 November, 7.00 – 8.00 pm (AEST)
Continuing online brainstorm #6
COVID, capitalism and how to fix this mess
In a series of informal brainstorms initiated by Radical Women, workers across industries — from retail and manufacturing to the public sector — have been coming together to discuss solutions to the growing economic hardship, made more urgent by COVID. We’re now putting together materials to take these ideas into our unions, workplaces and communities to start some grassroots organising!
If you like the sound of nationalising crucial industries and placing them under the control of workers who run them; or winning shorter working hours in secure employment with no reduction in pay; or a guaranteed liveable income for everyone, regardless of employment or visa status; or taxing the rich and their corporations -- then come to the next brainstorm! Bring your thoughts about outreaching as far and wide as possible. Offer up your skills, and enjoy the company of like-minded feminists!
Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvdeCvrz0oH93Xcfj98nrw9bemJhLxxhFW
For more info, message RW on facebook or email: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au
Looking forward to seeing you!
Tuesday, 20 October, 7.00 - 8.00 pm
Continuing online brainstorm #5
COVID, capitalism and how to fix this mess
What women can accomplish around a virtual kitchen table! In these online brainstorms, we've talked about practical solutions to the economic hell we're in, made much worse by the pandemic and governments' profit-driven responses.As students and workers in hospitality, retail, early childhood and higher education, manufacturing, the public service and other industries, we've shaped some demands to take into our unions, workplaces and communities - like nationalising crucial industries and placing them under the control of workers who run them; shorter working hours in secure employment with no reduction in pay; a guaranteed liveable income for everyone, regardless of employment or visa status; taxing the rich and their corporations.
At this brainstorm on 20 October, we'll make plans for getting these demands out and turning them into organised grassroots action.
So pull up a chair, pour a drink and join in. Everyone's ideas and energy are welcome!
Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAodu2rqj0iHtPuqHZ8JwXZeCWdyXeAy29U
For more info, email radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or message Radical Women on facebook .
Tuesday, 6 October, 7.00 - 8.00 pm
Continuing online brainstorm #4
COVID, capitalism and how to fix this mess
This eye-opening series of informal brainstorms started with women coming together to talk about how COVID has affected us and what we can do about it. We are now shaping ideas - like nationalising crucial industries and placing them under the control of workers who run them; shorter working hours in secure employment with no reduction in pay; and a guaranteed liveable income for everyone, regardless of employment or visa status - into practical demands.
As workers in industries across a range of industries, from hospitality and retail to early education and manufacturing, we plan to take these demands into our unions, workplaces and communities.
Pull up a chair, pour a drink and join the next conversation. The more experiences and insights, the better!
Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvceigrjwrGdfp5wGi5jDVl0AEMOweWcJu
For more info, email mailto:radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or message Radical Women on facebook .
Tuesday, 15 September, 7.00 pm
Continuing online brainstorm #3
COVID, capitalism and how to fix this mess
This ongoing conversation, hosted by Radical Women, has come up with remedies not talked about in the mainstream -- like nationalising crucial industries and placing them under the control of the workers who keep them running; shorter working hours in secure employment with no reduction in pay; and a universal living income for everyone, regardless of employment or visa status. Women working in industries from hospitality and retail to early education and manufacturing are coming together, over drinks and nibbles, to flesh out these and other ideas as solutions needed right now!
Log into this next online get-together to talk about what these solutions could look like and how we can get there. Help shape them into practical demands, which we can take into our unions, workplaces and communities to organise and fight for. It's never too late to join in, and everyone's insights and experience are welcome!
Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlfuCrrDwvGNUZTtuPmZsp50pEtyK-YHZs
For more info, email mailto:radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or message Radical Women on facebook
Tuesday, 1 September, 7.00 pm
Continuing online brainstorm
COVID, capitalism and how to fix this mess
Picture a shortened, securely employed working week with no reduction in pay, therefore increasing jobs while reducing workloads; industries nationalised and run by the workers; and large corporations taxed to fund all of this.
These are ideas that women working in hospitality, retail, education, manufacturing and other sectors recently brought to Radical Women's freewheeling discussion about collective solutions.
Now we want to turn them into practical demands that we can take into our workplaces and unions to organise around. And the solutions don't stop there! So grab a drink and plate of munchies, put your feet up, and join in the next informal parlay. The more working-class feminist brains, the better!
Register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdeytqTgrH9AdCbvrnkYbDd1rFz0hrbYg
For more info, email mailto:radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or message Radical Women on facebook
Tuesday, 18 August, 7.00 pm
Online lockdown brainstorm
Break out of COVID isolation with collective solutions!
Are you worried about exposure to COVID at work? Stressed over the unbearable workload or losing your job? Anxious about getting childcare or covering your bills? Are you nervous about the future? No one's alone, and in some workplaces, unionists are beginning to organise.
Come along to this informal get-together of women working in industries from hospitality to manufacturing. Pour a drink, grab your pet and pull up zoom so we can explore ideas, collective solutions and act together. Co-workers and friends welcome and encouraged!
Email mailto:radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au for more information.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsc--grTkuHtHZ4cAeRpTZerhu8LvnedVl
Tuesday, 4 August, 7.00 pm
Online get-together
Women working in the age of COVID
Come join Radical Women's next informal social zoom to talk about challenges facing working women. Are you working from home or at the workplace? Have you lost your job? Do you have kids learning remotely or attending school? Are you caring for someone? What else?
Pull up a seat, pour a drink, and let's chat about the pressures, solutions and what we can be doing.
Register for the event here. Join the meeting from 6.50 pm, and the meeting will start promptly at 7.00 pm.
Email radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au for information.
Link to registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsc-2qpzguG9wzBuz7NNO8XkbCfytnHHEn.
Tuesday, 21 July, 7.00 pm
Online get-together
Sisters, how is COVID affecting our lives and what can we do about it?
If life wasn't easy before COVID, it's harder now! Radical Women is hosting a short, informal social zoom to talk about how we're being affected as women by the pandemic and lockdowns.
Please join us for a drink and let's talk about work, study, childcare, housing, transport, policing, dealing with day-to-day necessities and anything else that comes up. What do you think is needed, and what collective steps can we take to make it happen?
Register for the event here. Join the meeting from 6.50 pm, and the meeting will start promptly at 7.00 pm.
Email radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au for information.
Monday, 29 June, 7.00 pm
Honouring the Stonewall Rebellion
Turn rage against police abuse into rainbow resistance
At 1.20 am on 28 June 1969, cops carried out a routine raid on New York City's Stonewall Inn. Stonewall's working-class queer and trans patrons of colour resisted and ignited the worldwide Gay Liberation Movement. Police harassment of LGBTIQ communities long predates 1969, and it hasn't stopped - shown by the state-sanctioned brutality of Victoria Police at Melbourne's Hares & Hyenas 50 years later.
Radical Women will pay tribute to pioneers of queer resistance and explore what's behind this police violence. Add your thoughts about what it will take to end it.
All genders welcome!
Register for the event on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpc-yqpjosG9O_BPSEK84PNZ0NsJy8gEYG
Join the meeting from 6.50 pm, and the meeting will start promptly at 7.00 pm.
Email radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or phone 03-9388-0062 for information.
Wednesday, 27 May, 7.00 pm
Capitalist Destruction, COVID-19 & Reproductive Justice
Why the refugee crisis is an international feminist issue
In 2018, 68.5 million people left their homelands to escape war, persecution or devastating droughts and floods. This was the largest displacement since World War II, and the numbers keep rising. Half the world's refugees are women and children.
Radical Women is hosting an online forum to learn about and discuss this crisis as a feminist struggle. Come along to hear how women and girls are shouldering the weight of the worsening global emergency - forced with their families and communities onto perilous journeys to unknown destinations and uncertain futures. Bring your ideas about the kind of movement needed for real solutions to this growing horror.
Hear grassroots refugee rights activists:
Maudie Osborne - filmmaker and producer of "Hayat", which documents the household dynamics of an Eritrean single mother and her family living in Melbourne
Samira Saadeldin - works with refugee and immigrant communities in building educational resources and accessing services
Debbie Brennan - long-time frontline fighter for reproductive justice and Organiser for Radical Women
Register for the event on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdeGqrzkpE9DbiYr82VepQucf8VHsULBk
Join the meeting from 6.50 pm, and the meeting will start promptly at 7.00 pm.
Email radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or phone 03-9388-0062 for information.
Tuesday, 14 April, 7.00 pm
Radical Women Organising Meeting
Time for revolutionary feminism!
Hook up with socialist feminists on the move. This online gathering via Zoom will feature discussion about challenging transphobia in the feminist movement plus organising during the COVID-19 crisis and plans for beyond. Bring your ideas and energy!
Email Radical Women for log-in information: radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au
For more information:
03-9388-0062 • www.RadicalWomen.org
Alternate Wednesdays, 22 January - 4 March, 6.30 pm
Radical Women Study Circle
Reproductive freedom for all women!
The unstoppable global fight
From New South Wales to the United States, Argentina and beyond, it's clear that the right wing is waging a global war on women's abortion rights. But they want to shut down more than abortion access: they're determined to strip women of any reproductive autonomy.
This four-session study circle will examine the many fronts of reproductive rights - from childcare, housing and economic independence to a clean environment and the end to institutional racism, disability discrimination, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny. We will look at women's exploding resistance and what it will take to cohere this into a strong, united global force for reproductive justice.
Click here for the Study Guide.
. Dinner at 6.30 pm. Sessions start at 7.00 pm.
All welcome!
Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick
For more information, contact Radical Women at radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au or 03-9388-0062.
Sunday 19 January, 4:30 pm
Movie fundraiser to support Solidarity Salon
Sorry We Missed You
Ken Loach is a brilliant working-class film-maker who specialises in holding up a mirror to the world we live in. Sorry We Missed You takes its title from the calling cards couriers leave when no one is there to receive a delivery. It's been described as a harrowing tale, focusing on the life of a family working in the increasingly insecure gig economy.
You are cordially invited to a special fundraising screening to support Solidarity Salon. Tickets are $30 solidarity price, $20 waged and $15 concessions. Tickets MUST be purchased in advance. To arrange ticket purchase, please email alisonthorne@ozemail.com.au.
Cinema Nova, Carlton
380 Lygon Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 3053
Co-hosted by Radical Women, Freedom Socialist Party and Indigenous Social Justice Association - Melbourne
For more information, email Radical Women at radicalwomen@optusnet.com.au. To indicate on facebook that you are going, click here.
2019 Activities
2018 Activities
2017 Activities
2016 Activities
2015 Activities
2014 Activities
2013 Activities
2012 Activities