Opposing the Armed Forces Bill
By Payday men’s network
In 2006, with the Global Women’s Strike (GWS), vets and peace organisations we opposed the Armed Forces Bill which threatened soldiers who desert or refuse to occupy a foreign territory with life emprisonment
Read MoreRefusing to Rape (2006)
By Payday
We highlight how the military train men to rape and protect them afterwards. Supporting refuseniks also includes protecting those who refuse to rape. In demanding to “redirect military budgets to carers,” we stenghten women’s economic power to refuse rape.
Read MoreProtecting a Payday member’s farm from ‘developers’
By Dean Kendall, Payday men’s network
Payday men’s network along with Global Women’s Strike supported Payday member Dean Kendall’s successful 7-year fight to win protection for his late mother’s farm – the fields and woodland which nurtured him as a child and where he still resides as their caregiver.
Read MoreVIDEO Refuseniks from around the world speak out
by Payday men’s network
Watch testimonies of refuseniks and supporters, often mothers and partners, from the UK, US, Israel, Jamaica, Sudan.
Read MoreSupporting ‘The Five’ Israeli refuseniks
By Payday men’s network
Convicted in December 2003 and released in September 2004, ‘The Five’ Israeli refuseniks internationalised their struggle. On the day of their conviction, there were solidarity actions in London, Rome, Berlin and in France.
Read MoreOpposing Gulf War Syndrome
By Payday men’s network
In 2004, along with our sisters in WinVisible we supported Gulf War vet Alex Izett’s 40-day hunger strike. It led to the setting up of an Independent Inquiry into the Gulf War Syndrome.
Read MoreSupporting Israeli refuseniks
By Payday men’s network
Payday and the Global Women’s Strike have supported Israeli refuseniks whether when thousands were refusing to fight or when only few individuals or smaller groups were visibly resisting.
Read MoreWhat are you doing? (1999)
By Payday
In a letter to the press we argue that all men are potential rapists, and that we need to keep ourselves in check.
Read More1996 France: a new movement for Papers for All
By Payday and Women of Colour GWS
In March 1996, 300 mainly African immigrants women, children and men began to occupy various premises in Paris. For the first time, this demand brought together immigrants of all immigration status and all countries.
Read MoreMen Against Rape in Marriage (1991)
By Payday
In this statement, we denounce men who are rapists – including in marriage – and support women’s financial power as a condition to end rape.
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