Industrial agriculture is the main thief
Speech by Dean Kendall, subsistence farmer and member of Payday
By subsistence farmer I just mean I grow for own use, letting me scrape by on a pittance of social security and meager wages from odd jobs. I don’t make an income from the farming.
Read MorePapers for All – An international movement
By Payday men’s network
As the 2020 covid pandemic revealed how crucial was the ‘essential work’ done by immigrants, movements demanding Papers for all have risen in many countries. Since then, with Women of Colour GWS we have publicised and supported many initiatives in France, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Ireland and elsewhere.
Read MoreA trade-unionist, Payday member, speaks on the Care income
By Sam Weinstein, Payday men’s network
We don’t know what work is really necessary. The military is not. We know that care work is, and a care income is an invitation to do that work – and the beginning of finding out about all the rest … Pay the women properly and the men will come.
Read MoreJoining the Poor People Campaign
By Payday men’s network
The PPC brings people together in a cross-movement “fusion” coalition, against the “four evils” of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy and militarism, and ecological devastation. Those most impacted are the voices that are front and center in the PPC.
Read MorePoor People’s Campaign is launched
By Payday
The Poor People’s Campaign launched with 40 Days of Action in state capitols around the country on the day after Mother’s Day, March 2018.
Read MoreDon’t deport Maru Mora Villalpando
By Payday men’s network
Long time immigration rights activist Maru Mora Villalpando who has spearheaded the fight against the North West Detention Centre near Tacoma in the US was threatened by deportation in 2018. She won her battle thanks to an international protest.
Read MoreNo to Families Need Fathers
By Payday & Legal Action for Women
In October 2017, we joined the protest organised by Legal Action for Women against the participation of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) at the Conference of Families Need Fathers (FNF).
Read MoreChelsea Manning is free: celebrating her and our victory
By Queer Strike and Payday men’s network
We celebrate Chelsea Manning’s release from prison on Wednesday 17 May 2017. Her initial 35-year sentence for disclosing classified information on war crimes and corruption was commuted by former President Obama.
Read MoreSupporting Prisoners: Dallas 6
By Payday men’s network
In 2010, six African American prisoners at SCI Dallas staged a peaceful protest to blow the whistle on the torture inflicted by the guards on inmates of all races. For their stand, they were viciously beaten and charged with riot.
Read MoreTrans prisoners – some facts
By Queer Strike & Payday
Discrimination against trans people make them at risk of economic insecurity. The violence they suffer in prisons is a continuation of trans people’s civilian life.
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