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Celebrating the unique library collections of University of South Wales. Mae'r dudalen hon hefyd ar gael yn a Gymraeg

Feminist and socialist ephemera from CGSW

A selection of zines, ephemera and leaflets on Welsh women campaigning from the CGSW collection

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Cover of Scarlet Woman, issue 12. Image / illustration of Middel Eastern women by Monica Sjoo Scarlet Women 12 circa 1981. © Cover Monica Sjöö 1972.    
Love Your Enemy? Cover of pamphlet with illustration of man hiding his privates with a bunch of flowers and completely naked woman playing tennis. Man says, "but madam, I'm adam." And woman, ignoring him says "So leave, I'm Eve" Love your enemy? The debate between heterosexual feminism and political lesbianism  © Cover Jo Nesbitt 1981   
Cover of Shocking Pink - a feminist magazine for teenagers. Published 1981. Shocking Pink, No 1 1981. More information about the zine from 'Grassroots Feminism'. © Shocking Pink, illustrator unknown. 
Cover of "Outreach work with women" from NIACE Cymru. Circa early 1990s Outreach work with Women: the Welsh experience.  Niace Cymru (circa 1989) . More about NIACE from Wikipedia 
Cover of Wires, issue 134, Sept 82. Title "Disarm Rapists: Smash Sexism" with image of woman kicking man in balls. WIRES (Women's Information Referral Service) 1975 to mid 1980s.  More information from Grassroots Feminism © WIRES
Pamphlet - 'Breaching the Peace: a collection of readical feminis papers'. Image - two squirrels looking at man driving a truck containing missiles. One of them says, "It's the new cruise missil. It's called the 'Red Herring' Breaching the peace: a collection of radical feminist papers.  © Onlywomen Press Ltd, 1983. 
Case Con: a revolutionary magazine for social workers. Training issue. Caricatural illustration of dilapidated houses surrounding the 'social work training centre' which is a tall modern building. . Case Con: a revoluationary magazine for social workers.  © Case Con, illustrator unknown. 
2021 commerative and abridged version of the Greenham Common Songbook (originally 1983/1984) Chant Down Greenham. 2021 commorative version of The Greenham Common songbook. © Fallout Marching Band circa 1984.
Spare Rib, issue 117, April 1982. Illustration of tea cup surrounded by documents, including newspaper with headline "The future for Wales?" Spare Rib 1971 - 1993: several issues in USW CGSW collection.  © Spare Rib / illustrator unknown.