Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Campaigns, strikes and struggles deserving of your support
Teenage, British, black, autistic Prosecuted by the Crown Against the evidence, convicted – Free, oh free him: Osime Brown From care to care, from place to place Twenty-eight times moved around Neglected, let down, failed, displaced – Free, oh free … Read more
Launching a week of Songs and Speakouts for Safe and Equal, Janine broadcasts live from the Safe and Equal campaign’s Facebook page, in support of its fight for safe working conditions and full isolation pay for all. Join us for … Read more
Janine joins an array of other poets in an event to support campaigning against homelessness and to raise money for Crisis. You will also be able to buy the Poets Versus Homelessness anthology, including some of Janine’s poems. Venue: The Poetry Café, … Read more
Venue: The Cock Tavern, 23 Phoenix Road, London NW1 1HB Newly-elected RMT National President Michelle Rodgers invites you to join her at the Cock Tavern to raise money for our striking guards and to say thank you for all the support … Read more
Janine will add some poetic entertainment to this fundraising quiz night, and will be promoting and selling the new Poetry on the Picket Line anthology. Venue: New Cross Learning, 283 – 285 New Cross Rd, London SE14 6AS This autumn, … Read more
This is my proposing speech for TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee’s emergency motion calling for action to stop cuts to funding for kids with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Several trade unions’ delegates spoke in support of the motion, which was … Read more
Venue: Brewer’s Bar, 77 Shacklewell Lane, London E8 2EB Hosted by Hackney South and Shoreditch Constituency Labour Party. Join us for an evening of sensational socialist entertainment. The line-up includes the poets Janine Booth, Mark Coverdale and The Repeat Beat Poet … Read more
Venue: Brewer’s Bar, 77 Shacklewell Lane, London, E8 2EB Join us for an evening of sensational socialist entertainment. The line-up includes comedians Kate Smurthwaite and Don Biswas and the poets Janine Booth, Nadia Drews, Tim Wells and Grim Chip. Please pay … Read more
Poetry performances by Janine, Chip and Tim at a rally in Whitechapel’s Altab Ali Park in support of striking Serco workers in Bart’s hospitals.
Janine will be ranting, rhyming and revolting in support of sacked trade unionists. Venue: Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor St, London SW4 6DZ The organisers write … Following weeks of strike action, PCS will be hosting a solidarity fundraiser for 8 … Read more
Rhyming in support of cinema workers fighting for a living wage, better working conditions and union recognition.
I thought the pay Was quite OK When I first came through the door Then I paid my rent And it was spent And now I want some more The company’s board Say they can’t afford They’ve got no more … Read more
We’ve cancelled Night Of The Living Dead To show Day Of The Living Wage instead On strike because Honey, I Shrunk Their Wage They’ve Anger at Management, they’re showing Rage When they Walk The Line, they mean the picket It’s Independence … Read more
Janine and other poets will be entertaining pickets and drumming up public support with some cinema solidarity rhymes. Hackney Picturehouse workers are following workmates at Brixton’s Ritzy in taking action for the London Living Wage and other improvements to working … Read more
Written in support of the current North Sea strike … Strike oil Strike it rich But the market hit a hitch And when the bottom falls out Of the price of a barrel Then the bosses get out The hair … Read more
… with a nod to W.H.Auden’s The Night Train … This is the rhythm of wheel along steel It’s the soothing and comfort that passengers feel From the safety of knowing the doors only close When the guard says … Read more
Janine and other Poets on the Picket Line will be showing some rhyming solidarity with London Transport Museum cleaners and porters. Cleaners and porters at London Transport Museum are only on the minimum wage of £7.20 an hour, despite workers … Read more
Poets on the Picket Line perform in support fo the PCS members on indefeinite strike at the National Museum of Wales. Temple Bar, London.
by Janine Booth, co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee For several years, disability rights has seemed the most intractable of issues to fight on. A population soaked in Daily Mail outrage and Jeremy Kyle cartoon characters seemed determined to … Read more