A referendum on abortion has almost been announced in the south and both sides of the border major pro-choice demonstrations will take place in the next month. The WSM is mobilising for both of these and also running a bus from Dublin to Belfast for the Belfast demonstration on the 14th. If you are in Ireland we hope to see you in Dublin this Saturday and Belfast on the 14th but one way to help wherever you are is to make a small donation to help us subsidise the bus for others. If you are thinking of going buy your ticket now as that will enable us to go for a bigger bus (and then a 2nd one if we will the first).
Our members & supporters are involved in organising for both marches but last month we decided that to help get people on the streets we would also undertake to produce pro-choice content for our social media. As of now we’ve produced 15 pieces with more to come, we’ve listed them all below. You can give a hand by sharing these pieces and in particular sharing our coverage of the March for Choice on Saturday.
If you need a last minute bit of motivation to turn up on Saturday consider this report on ‘Anti-choice dirty tricks - fake posters removed in Dublin’ We literally had to take a break from writing this piece to publish it and its indicative that the anti-choice bigots are going to play nasty, the media reports today of supposed ‘death threats’ being another example.
Everything suggests the next few months will see a very nasty campaign coming from the right and far right as their unpopularity has them backed into a corner.
Why YOU need to get out and March for Choice on the 30th Sept
Co. Clare mobilises for the March for Choice - interviews from Ennistymon
The Personal and Political within Catholic Ireland
It was the X-case which politicised me - and I'll march again on the 30th
Kilkenny shows Youth Defence the door
Lessons for Ireland from the Pro-Choice movement in Italy
Pro Life is a Lie - dismantling the anti-choice spin
We will march for choice. Will you?
George Hook, Leo and the place of women in patriarchal-capitalist Ireland
Looking back at 2016 March for Choice and forward to 30 Sept
Buy a Ticket! Dublin Bus to Belfast RALLY FOR CHOICE
New pro-choice group launched in Kildare
The pro-choice & feminist movement in Greece with relevance to Ireland
Rallying for Choice in Belfast 14th October 2017
6th March for Choice 30 Sept - march with the anarchist bloc
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