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BUILDING A TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST COMMUNITY TOWARDS A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: This is our aim! To do so, please upload your projects, interviews you have done, resources you find interesting and join the grassroots feminist community! If you have questions, please email me (Elke Zobl) at elke.zobl(at)sbg.ac.at.
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Women and Music Newsletter (1978-?)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

"20p each copy. First issue out in October '78. By, for and about women and our music. Information, ads, articles etc. on a wide variety of issues to do with women and music: listening, sound engineering, musical equipment, organising musical events, etc"

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Revolutionary/Radical Feminist Newsletter (1978?-?)

Location

Leeds
United Kingdom
53° 47' 58.6932" N, 1° 32' 56.796" W

"Just started. The next newsletter will be done by a group in London...don't know the address yet. ₤1 for 4 issues. A forum for discussion and theory building for revolutionary/radical feminism."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Black/Brown Women's Liberation Newsletter (1978?-?)

Location

York
United Kingdom
53° 57' 27.7272" N, 1° 4' 56.2296" W

"Just starting, so first issue not out yet. To combat white supremacy in the WLM and create a space for what black and brown sisters have to say about our lives, experiences, our feminism, etc. Articles, poetry etc invited from black and brown women only. Newsletter available to all women only."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Anarchist-Feminist Newsletter (1977-?)

Location

Lancaster
United Kingdom
54° 2' 58.5096" N, 2° 47' 54.3588" W

"Set up in May '77 at a workshop at the National W.L. Conference. Produced about quarterly, circulation: 300 approx. It is internal to the WLM, and is distributed via subs, and sold 'under the counter' in some bookshops. Self-financing. The collective is open, and the idea is that the co-ordination of the n/l is taken on by different individuals/groups for a certain period of time. The N/L is aimed at any woman wh is interested, and seeks to share information within the WLM, exchange ideas etc. Subscribers supply most of the content, and very occassionally material is reproduced from other n/ls. No entries from men. Co-ordinates the anarchist feminist network in the WLM."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Scarlet Women (Newsletter, 1976-?)

Location

Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
54° 51' 35.5572" N, 1° 25' 39.324" W

"Was set up by a group after the '76 National WLM Conference to provide a forum for the socialist feminist network. It's a quarterly publication (approx.), and now has a circulation of 1,000 which is steadily rising. It is distributed through bookshops, subs, groups etc. Self-financing. A collective of about 3-5 works on the paper, they are unpaid, and the collective is open to new women. SW is aimed at women who want to read about / get involved in socialist feminism, and the paper co-ordinates the Soc. fem. current and provides a theoretical forum. Content: though formerly the collective supplied most of the content, this is fast changing and articles are now invited from women/groups of women, on subjects for 'topic' issues. Editorial policy: the contents are supposed to conform to a minimum definition of Soc. fem but in practice they have never censored anything, but may cut things. No entries from men. Though the SW collective subscribe to the definition of S.F. given in Issue 6/7, the journal remains an open forum for ideas. Scarlet Women is just beginning to 'take off' with a national editorial group, but the local collective is inundated with work. The National editorial collective would like to see a paid collective- so would the local group."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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WICCA: Wise Woman's Irish Feminist Magazine (1978-?)

Location

Dublin
Ireland
53° 20' 38.7744" N, 6° 16' 2.9784" W

"Set up by a group as there was nothing else which kept women in touch. 1st issue: approx. May Day '78. Produced: every 4-6 weeks; circulation: 1,300. Distributed: bookshops, direct sales, PDC in England, conferences, pubs. Costs: ₤100 for 16 pages. Self-financing, and they sell advertising for non sexist small shops. Approx. 15 on the collective, which is open. Any woman who attends a meeting can volunteer to write/distribute etc. Aim of the n/l to provide information to women inside and outside the WLM, alert women to issues, share experiences, spread 'propaganda'. Contributions: from individuals and groups. Editorial policy: material has to be factually correct, not degrade women, be fairly well written, short...No entries from men. General political perspective: left-wing-anti-capitalist, but with slight differences."

- Information from the "Directory of Women's Liberation Newletters, Magazines, Journals...", by Dena and Shaila (York, UK), c.1978

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Women's Action (1976-?)

Location

Belfast
Ireland
54° 35' 50.1684" N, 5° 55' 48.3924" W

"First issue June '76, set up by Belfast Socialist Women's Group, is now produced by Belfast Women's Collective. Appears every two months, has a circulation of 750-1,000. Sold through bookshops, door to door sales, factory gate sales, political meetings, and sent to England, Scotland, France. Costs: ₤55 per issue approx. Self financing, plus occassional fund raising. All women in Belfast Women's Coll. work on W.A., and the collective is open to those who agree with the general policies. W.A.

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Women's Review (1985-?)

Location

United Kingdom

„The objective of Women’s Review was more focused: to offer a woman’s approach to the arts and culture, especially ‚high‘ culture, rather than popular culture. Nevertheless, it covered diverse issues including romantic fiction, Madonna and bodybuilding- topics that Spare Rib could not handle as a result of its strong political stance (Winship 1987). With a small readership, Women’s Review was burdened by financial difficulties.

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Grit and Diamonds (Book, 1990)

Location

Edinburgh
United Kingdom
55° 57' 0.6336" N, 3° 11' 15.1296" W

Grit and Diamonds. Women in Scotland Making History
1980-1990
Edinburgh: Stramullion and The Cauldron Collective, 1990, 274pp. Editors: Shirley Henderson and Alison Mackay

Contents:
1980-1990
Working for Change
Challenging
Confronting Violence against Women
Networking
Mothering
Improving our Well-being
Creating a New Reality
Contact list

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Sweeping Statements (Book, 1984)

Location

London
United Kingdom
51° 30' 0.5472" N, 0° 7' 34.4496" W

Sweeping Statements. Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement
1981-83
London: The Women's Press, 1984, 307pp. Editors: Hannah Kanter, Sarah Lefanu, Shaila Shah and Carole Spedding.

Contents:
Violence against Women
Forever Working
Racism
No Nukes
Up against the State
Sex and Sexuality
Our Bodies
Challenges

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