Rebel Women Esther Freeman

This is the final episode in this current series, and we’re trying something a little different.
You may have heard some of your favourite podcasts doing live shows. This episode is our attempt at that although we did it a bit back to front. We ran the event – Where next for the women’s movement? - then decided to turn it into a podcast, so more people can hear it.
We invited along two speakers – Julie Begum from Women Unite Against Racism; and Jane Conor from Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners.
You can hear Jane’s story in episode 3 of this series: https://eastlondonwomen.org.uk/podcast/
You can discover Julie’s story on our website: https://eastlondonwomen.org.uk/
This episode features the full debate from the event, including discussions on challenging male dominated platforms, building confidence in women, burn out, ally-ship and much more. You can also hear from Period Power activists and the Women’s Chainmakers Festival organisers, amongst others.
For more information about Julie’s forthcoming Bengali cultural heritage project, visit https://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk/whats-on/bengali-photography-archive
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.
Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sonali Bhattacharyya is an award winning play write and screen writer. She is also one of the most prolific activists I have ever met, working with everyone from grassroots groups like Don’t Pay, organisers of the energy bill strike; to co-Chair of Momentum, a movement building popular support for socialist ideas and policies. Her writing and her activism are linked through themes of anti-racism and anti-imperialsm.
In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previous unheard stories of women who changed society.
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.
Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Resistance was in Ziggy Melamed’s DNA, as both her parents were highly political. So it was no surprise she joined the Socialist Workers’ Party as a teenager. But she was restless, frustrated with the organisation's hierarchical structures. Then a protest in 1996 changed everything.
In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previously unheard stories of women who changed society.
If you would like to learn more about the history of Reclaim the Streets, mentioned in this episode, see Greenham Common Part 3 (From Greenham to Reclaim the Streets) in series 3.
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the depths the Winter of Discontent, as the Women’s Liberation movement was crumbling, Jane Conor and a group of idealistic young women brought Shocking Pink into the world; a feminist fanzine, with a neon glow, that would grab the attention of everyone, from the BBC to The Sun.
In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previously unheard stories of women who changed society.
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.
Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music and Balkan Night Train by Dieter van der Westen
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruth Gregory’s grandmother was a suffragette, and her parents early members of CND. In 1976 she would make her own mark on the world, as she joined the Rock Against Racism collective. Using music, the group would change the cultural landscape of Britain.
In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previously unheard stories of women who changed society.
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/
RAR-RAP (Rock Against Racism – Research ‘n’ Archive Project) was initiated in 2018 by Lucy Whitman, Kate Webb, Ruth Gregory and Andy Dark to catalogue the unique archives and develop an analysis which acknowledges the vibrant multi-tone nation, Rock Against Racism was embedded in at the time, as a vital component in making change.
RAR-RAP utilises collaborative exhibition making as a research tool to reflect on a collective memory and a collective narrative, appropriate to what RAR was: an example of participatory, organic organisation. This form of horizontal governance has contemporary resonance in movements of today. Using a time-line (drawn up by Wayne Minter) as a map through our archives, RAR-RAP has explored what we did and how we did it – how we communicated in a pre-digital age – what life was like around us and who the other campaigns that we collaborated with were.
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.
Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music and Balkan Night Train by Dieter van der Westen.

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was 1968 and Gill Scott was 13 years old. At home with her mum and dad in Stockport, she heard Enoch Powell’s infamous Rivers of Blood speech. Her parents were appalled, and to Gill he seemed like the devil himself. It will be a moment that shapes her consciousness, taking her on a journey through the 70s and 80s fighting racism and inequality through solidarity movements.
In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previous unheard stories of women who changed society.
For further tales about East London women visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, Instagram or Pinterest.
If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/
Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.
Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.