From governmentofthedead at googlemail.com  Mon May  3 07:50:39 2010
From: governmentofthedead at googlemail.com (Chris Knight)
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 08:50:39 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [project2012] May2nd Fem Manifesto Fwd:
	Family / Sex Work etc
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I am sorry if I have sounded a little sharp on this issue. Apologies
especially to Lindsey. But I still feel neither of you are getting it.
Let me quote Marx word for word: 'Prostitution is only a specific form
of the universal prostitution of the worker.' So OF COURSE WE ARE
AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSTITUTION! WE ARE AMBIVALENT ABOUT WAGE-SLAVERY IN
GENERAL! The goal of trade union organisation is a limited one: it
means fighting for better conditions of work for people who are
prostitutes (of one kind or another). Naturally, it would be better to
abolish wage-slavery (including prostitution) altogether.

The question is whether the emancipation of the working class is the
task of the working class itself. If you think it is, then clearly
trade union rights for prostitutes (as for other wage-slaves) is a
first step and an absolutely necessary one.

Lindsey, you say: "Of course people have rights but is it what people
should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
Engels said ) the need for a society where women - and men for that
matter?- don't need to sell their bodies?".

So let me translate. Of course workers have have rights but is
wage-slavery what people should have to do in an unalienated and free
society? Should our highest aspiration be the unionisation of
wage-slaves - or is there (as Engels said ) the need for a society
where people don't need to hire out their bodies at all?

I often hear people mutter under their breathe: 'You should only do it
for love'. A very good idea. But why pick on sex-workers? Why lecture
to them that they should only do it for love? How many people in other
fields of work 'only do it for love? Most people hire out their bodies
day after day week after week to pay the rent, pay for the shopping
etc. Once we've abolished wage-slavery, I am sure all work will be
done for love. Good idea. Meanwhile, though, let's not get too
moralistic  about sexwork. I would have thought banking was just as
immoral, yet don't we let bank-workers join trade unions! Workers in
the arms industry too. Or do we say they are 'not really workers',
just 'victims of the system'? That would be patronising nonsense,
obviously. Let's show one another some elementary solidarity,
regardless of which PARTICULAR KIND OF PROSTITUTION each of us happens
to have been forced into by the system.

By the way, just in case anyone is interested, I wrote a whole book on
this subject. It's called 'Blood Relations: Menstruation and the
origins of culture' (Yale University Press 1995). Most people who've
read it say it's a very good book. It's about how our ancestors dealt
with similar problems during the 'human revolution' which occurred in
Africa some hundred thousand years ago. We abolished prostitution
once. We can do it again. But it will need a revolution -- a
repetition on a higher scale of the one in which our species was born.
The message of my book is that language, kinship and culture emerged
on the picket line. Now as in the distant past, everyone is welcome to
join. No moralistic hang-ups, no elitism and no exclusions, please.
We're all in this together.

Chris

On 25 April 2010 12:02, Mark Barrett <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> Some might be interested in exchange below.
>
> Hopefully many people will attend the May2nd event (the day after
> coming to Meltdown!) see, for more information
> http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/theory/133-counterforum/4676-public-event-a-feminist-manifesto-for-the-21st-century
> and then we may even get some extra feminist revolutionary campers for
> Parliament Square..
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Hi Mark, sorry I've taken so long?to get back to you. Was on holiday
> when you wrote and it got stuck in a backlog. I tend to agree with you
> about sex work _ of course people have rights but is it what people
> should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
> highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
> Engels said ) the need for a society where women -and men for that
> matter?- don't need to sell their bodies? And you're right that the
> privatised family is at the centre of these questions.
>
> We're having another feminist manifesto meeting on Sunday 2nd May 5pm
> at SOAS room G2 if you're interested. You're very welcome.
>
> best,
>
> Lindsey
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:32:03 +0100
> Subject: Family
> From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
> To: Lindsey German
>
> Dear Lindsey
>
> Just a quick note to follow our earlier exchange via Chris Knight, by
> saying that personally I am ambivalent about sex work.
>
> On the one hand people should be protected as workers, while on the
> other for me the whole sex and porn world, like environmental
> degradation?and cruelty in general are all signs that patriarchy and
> the moral dead end capitalist mode of production it happily co-exists
> with still exists, its salient features?being the objectification and
> commodification of the natural world in general for the benefit of the
> powerful few and to the disadvantage of the weak and those without the
> power of arms / money /access to the corridors of power at their
> disposal.?The sex industry - like all the industries based on
> exploitative power relations - should be resisted, but at the same
> time its workers - like mother nature as a whole- protected.
>
> Is that too contradictory??I am still trying to work this out, I find
> the issue immensely difficult - rather as with abortion. Perhaps the
> two strands relate to the need for regulation and reform, but also at
> the same time social revolution otherwise we end up with at best only
> protection but no paradigmatic liberation.?Which is why, for me the
> aim of?a historic break?with the privatised family - interestingly
> students at the secondary school where I work instinctively understand
> this point when I broach it with them - is by far the most interesting
> and potentially pivotal prospect.
>
> Interested to know where you are at with the Manifesto project, and
> looking forward to being able to assist you in some way. Please do
> keep me posted...
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
> www.meltodown.uk.net
> Watch this nice video about Election
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92f7H1vrJU
> And Bring Pop Up Tents!!
>
> --
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>



-- 
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From guditta at hotmail.com  Sun May  2 22:30:38 2010
From: guditta at hotmail.com (yodet gherez)
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:30:38 +0000
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Democracy Village statement going out to press
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Following the fabulous carnival of life and death on Mayday, Parliament Square has been occupied!We have a camp and the police are being extremely respectful and polite. It smells like a vacuum of power. Several heroes of the revolution braved the terrible rain overnight to maintain the camp, and it is now under construction being made into a village, as you can see from attached photos.
Statement below has been agreed this afternoon to go out to press. The village welcomes all visits, support and particularly people who can stay overnight -- there are spare tents plus some bedding down there, but don't hesitate to bring your own and be comfortable -- stuff won't get nicked, people are there all the time. Help on May 6 election day p.m./eve specially needed. 
Statement From The Democracy Village,
Parliament Square


We, the concerned citizens
of the Democracy Village on Parliament Square, demand on behalf of the majority
of people that the war in Afghanistan is ended and the troops are brought home
with immediate effect.



The Democracy Village calls
all like-minded concerned citizens to come and join us. We are calling a Strike
for Peace until our demands are met. We are committed to maintaining an ongoing
presence on Parliament Square.



All are welcome to come and
stay for a few hours, a day, or a night.

Donations of food and
equipment are very welcome. Bring a sleeping bag and tent if you plan to stay.



In this election, no major
party has offered the choice to end this pointless war. 



VOTE FOR PEACE
by coming to the village today.



For more info
phone or text:-

Camilla  07962 889459

Maria     07886
662091

Email:
democracyvillage at gmail.com 







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From teastains at gmail.com  Mon May  3 10:51:29 2010
From: teastains at gmail.com (Jasper Murphy)
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:51:29 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [project2012] May2nd Fem Manifesto Fwd:
	Family / Sex Work etc
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	<m2v7b984ad61005030050udffc3655p2702eb70e51721a1@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,

Sorry, I am confused, where is this conversation taking place?  What is it
in response to? I am surprised to see an email from Chris Knight about
prostitution in my inbox on the anarcha feminist list!  Are people being
invited to join in with their tuppance?  I'm sure there's plenty of people
on this list who could step the level of thought up a bit but is it worth
it?

Jasper

On 3 May 2010 08:50, Chris Knight <governmentofthedead at googlemail.com>wrote:

> I am sorry if I have sounded a little sharp on this issue. Apologies
> especially to Lindsey. But I still feel neither of you are getting it.
> Let me quote Marx word for word: 'Prostitution is only a specific form
> of the universal prostitution of the worker.' So OF COURSE WE ARE
> AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSTITUTION! WE ARE AMBIVALENT ABOUT WAGE-SLAVERY IN
> GENERAL! The goal of trade union organisation is a limited one: it
> means fighting for better conditions of work for people who are
> prostitutes (of one kind or another). Naturally, it would be better to
> abolish wage-slavery (including prostitution) altogether.
>
> The question is whether the emancipation of the working class is the
> task of the working class itself. If you think it is, then clearly
> trade union rights for prostitutes (as for other wage-slaves) is a
> first step and an absolutely necessary one.
>
> Lindsey, you say: "Of course people have rights but is it what people
> should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
> highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
> Engels said ) the need for a society where women - and men for that
> matter - don't need to sell their bodies?".
>
> So let me translate. Of course workers have have rights but is
> wage-slavery what people should have to do in an unalienated and free
> society? Should our highest aspiration be the unionisation of
> wage-slaves - or is there (as Engels said ) the need for a society
> where people don't need to hire out their bodies at all?
>
> I often hear people mutter under their breathe: 'You should only do it
> for love'. A very good idea. But why pick on sex-workers? Why lecture
> to them that they should only do it for love? How many people in other
> fields of work 'only do it for love? Most people hire out their bodies
> day after day week after week to pay the rent, pay for the shopping
> etc. Once we've abolished wage-slavery, I am sure all work will be
> done for love. Good idea. Meanwhile, though, let's not get too
> moralistic  about sexwork. I would have thought banking was just as
> immoral, yet don't we let bank-workers join trade unions! Workers in
> the arms industry too. Or do we say they are 'not really workers',
> just 'victims of the system'? That would be patronising nonsense,
> obviously. Let's show one another some elementary solidarity,
> regardless of which PARTICULAR KIND OF PROSTITUTION each of us happens
> to have been forced into by the system.
>
> By the way, just in case anyone is interested, I wrote a whole book on
> this subject. It's called 'Blood Relations: Menstruation and the
> origins of culture' (Yale University Press 1995). Most people who've
> read it say it's a very good book. It's about how our ancestors dealt
> with similar problems during the 'human revolution' which occurred in
> Africa some hundred thousand years ago. We abolished prostitution
> once. We can do it again. But it will need a revolution -- a
> repetition on a higher scale of the one in which our species was born.
> The message of my book is that language, kinship and culture emerged
> on the picket line. Now as in the distant past, everyone is welcome to
> join. No moralistic hang-ups, no elitism and no exclusions, please.
> We're all in this together.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 April 2010 12:02, Mark Barrett <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > Some might be interested in exchange below.
> >
> > Hopefully many people will attend the May2nd event (the day after
> > coming to Meltdown!) see, for more information
> >
> http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/theory/133-counterforum/4676-public-event-a-feminist-manifesto-for-the-21st-century
> > and then we may even get some extra feminist revolutionary campers for
> > Parliament Square..
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Hi Mark, sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. Was on holiday
> > when you wrote and it got stuck in a backlog. I tend to agree with you
> > about sex work _ of course people have rights but is it what people
> > should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
> > highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
> > Engels said ) the need for a society where women -and men for that
> > matter - don't need to sell their bodies? And you're right that the
> > privatised family is at the centre of these questions.
> >
> > We're having another feminist manifesto meeting on Sunday 2nd May 5pm
> > at SOAS room G2 if you're interested. You're very welcome.
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Lindsey
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:32:03 +0100
> > Subject: Family
> > From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
> > To: Lindsey German
> >
> > Dear Lindsey
> >
> > Just a quick note to follow our earlier exchange via Chris Knight, by
> > saying that personally I am ambivalent about sex work.
> >
> > On the one hand people should be protected as workers, while on the
> > other for me the whole sex and porn world, like environmental
> > degradation and cruelty in general are all signs that patriarchy and
> > the moral dead end capitalist mode of production it happily co-exists
> > with still exists, its salient features being the objectification and
> > commodification of the natural world in general for the benefit of the
> > powerful few and to the disadvantage of the weak and those without the
> > power of arms / money /access to the corridors of power at their
> > disposal. The sex industry - like all the industries based on
> > exploitative power relations - should be resisted, but at the same
> > time its workers - like mother nature as a whole- protected.
> >
> > Is that too contradictory? I am still trying to work this out, I find
> > the issue immensely difficult - rather as with abortion. Perhaps the
> > two strands relate to the need for regulation and reform, but also at
> > the same time social revolution otherwise we end up with at best only
> > protection but no paradigmatic liberation. Which is why, for me the
> > aim of a historic break with the privatised family - interestingly
> > students at the secondary school where I work instinctively understand
> > this point when I broach it with them - is by far the most interesting
> > and potentially pivotal prospect.
> >
> > Interested to know where you are at with the Manifesto project, and
> > looking forward to being able to assist you in some way. Please do
> > keep me posted...
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Mark
> > www.meltodown.uk.net
> > Watch this nice video about Election
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92f7H1vrJU
> > And Bring Pop Up Tents!!
> >
> > --
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> "Project2012" group.
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> >
>
>
>
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Mon May  3 12:40:20 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 05:40:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [project2012] May2nd Fem Manifesto Fwd:
 Family / Sex Work etc
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Hi Jasper,
i dont think this conversation has happened on this list (i've seen these
messages on the election meltdown list) but the list address was included
in the email. A moderator has probably had to approve Chris's message.
If people want to continue the conversation with chris, lyndsay and mark#
then i think thats great. i would also welcome the discussion on this
list.
una

> Hi,
>
> Sorry, I am confused, where is this conversation taking place?  What is it
> in response to? I am surprised to see an email from Chris Knight about
> prostitution in my inbox on the anarcha feminist list!  Are people being
> invited to join in with their tuppance?  I'm sure there's plenty of people
> on this list who could step the level of thought up a bit but is it worth
> it?
>
> Jasper
>
> On 3 May 2010 08:50, Chris Knight
> <governmentofthedead at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> I am sorry if I have sounded a little sharp on this issue. Apologies
>> especially to Lindsey. But I still feel neither of you are getting it.
>> Let me quote Marx word for word: 'Prostitution is only a specific form
>> of the universal prostitution of the worker.' So OF COURSE WE ARE
>> AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSTITUTION! WE ARE AMBIVALENT ABOUT WAGE-SLAVERY IN
>> GENERAL! The goal of trade union organisation is a limited one: it
>> means fighting for better conditions of work for people who are
>> prostitutes (of one kind or another). Naturally, it would be better to
>> abolish wage-slavery (including prostitution) altogether.
>>
>> The question is whether the emancipation of the working class is the
>> task of the working class itself. If you think it is, then clearly
>> trade union rights for prostitutes (as for other wage-slaves) is a
>> first step and an absolutely necessary one.
>>
>> Lindsey, you say: "Of course people have rights but is it what people
>> should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
>> highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
>> Engels said ) the need for a society where women - and men for that
>> matter - don't need to sell their bodies?".
>>
>> So let me translate. Of course workers have have rights but is
>> wage-slavery what people should have to do in an unalienated and free
>> society? Should our highest aspiration be the unionisation of
>> wage-slaves - or is there (as Engels said ) the need for a society
>> where people don't need to hire out their bodies at all?
>>
>> I often hear people mutter under their breathe: 'You should only do it
>> for love'. A very good idea. But why pick on sex-workers? Why lecture
>> to them that they should only do it for love? How many people in other
>> fields of work 'only do it for love? Most people hire out their bodies
>> day after day week after week to pay the rent, pay for the shopping
>> etc. Once we've abolished wage-slavery, I am sure all work will be
>> done for love. Good idea. Meanwhile, though, let's not get too
>> moralistic  about sexwork. I would have thought banking was just as
>> immoral, yet don't we let bank-workers join trade unions! Workers in
>> the arms industry too. Or do we say they are 'not really workers',
>> just 'victims of the system'? That would be patronising nonsense,
>> obviously. Let's show one another some elementary solidarity,
>> regardless of which PARTICULAR KIND OF PROSTITUTION each of us happens
>> to have been forced into by the system.
>>
>> By the way, just in case anyone is interested, I wrote a whole book on
>> this subject. It's called 'Blood Relations: Menstruation and the
>> origins of culture' (Yale University Press 1995). Most people who've
>> read it say it's a very good book. It's about how our ancestors dealt
>> with similar problems during the 'human revolution' which occurred in
>> Africa some hundred thousand years ago. We abolished prostitution
>> once. We can do it again. But it will need a revolution -- a
>> repetition on a higher scale of the one in which our species was born.
>> The message of my book is that language, kinship and culture emerged
>> on the picket line. Now as in the distant past, everyone is welcome to
>> join. No moralistic hang-ups, no elitism and no exclusions, please.
>> We're all in this together.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 25 April 2010 12:02, Mark Barrett <marknbarrett at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone
>> >
>> > Some might be interested in exchange below.
>> >
>> > Hopefully many people will attend the May2nd event (the day after
>> > coming to Meltdown!) see, for more information
>> >
>> http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/theory/133-counterforum/4676-public-event-a-feminist-manifesto-for-the-21st-century
>> > and then we may even get some extra feminist revolutionary campers for
>> > Parliament Square..
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > Hi Mark, sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. Was on holiday
>> > when you wrote and it got stuck in a backlog. I tend to agree with you
>> > about sex work _ of course people have rights but is it what people
>> > should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
>> > highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
>> > Engels said ) the need for a society where women -and men for that
>> > matter - don't need to sell their bodies? And you're right that the
>> > privatised family is at the centre of these questions.
>> >
>> > We're having another feminist manifesto meeting on Sunday 2nd May 5pm
>> > at SOAS room G2 if you're interested. You're very welcome.
>> >
>> > best,
>> >
>> > Lindsey
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:32:03 +0100
>> > Subject: Family
>> > From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
>> > To: Lindsey German
>> >
>> > Dear Lindsey
>> >
>> > Just a quick note to follow our earlier exchange via Chris Knight, by
>> > saying that personally I am ambivalent about sex work.
>> >
>> > On the one hand people should be protected as workers, while on the
>> > other for me the whole sex and porn world, like environmental
>> > degradation and cruelty in general are all signs that patriarchy and
>> > the moral dead end capitalist mode of production it happily co-exists
>> > with still exists, its salient features being the objectification and
>> > commodification of the natural world in general for the benefit of the
>> > powerful few and to the disadvantage of the weak and those without the
>> > power of arms / money /access to the corridors of power at their
>> > disposal. The sex industry - like all the industries based on
>> > exploitative power relations - should be resisted, but at the same
>> > time its workers - like mother nature as a whole- protected.
>> >
>> > Is that too contradictory? I am still trying to work this out, I find
>> > the issue immensely difficult - rather as with abortion. Perhaps the
>> > two strands relate to the need for regulation and reform, but also at
>> > the same time social revolution otherwise we end up with at best only
>> > protection but no paradigmatic liberation. Which is why, for me the
>> > aim of a historic break with the privatised family - interestingly
>> > students at the secondary school where I work instinctively understand
>> > this point when I broach it with them - is by far the most interesting
>> > and potentially pivotal prospect.
>> >
>> > Interested to know where you are at with the Manifesto project, and
>> > looking forward to being able to assist you in some way. Please do
>> > keep me posted...
>> >
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> >
>> > Mark
>> > www.meltodown.uk.net
>> > Watch this nice video about Election
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92f7H1vrJU
>> > And Bring Pop Up Tents!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
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From marknbarrett at googlemail.com  Mon May  3 13:36:39 2010
From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com (Mark Barrett)
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 14:36:39 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [project2012] May2nd Fem Manifesto Fwd:
	Family / Sex Work etc
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hi lindsey, et al

aswell as chris's below, here's another comment on the topic sent off list
and (for others interest / info) mine imbetween, on family which as you know
i think is the key here.

hope to see you soon - pls let us know when next fem manifesto meeting is
taking place and the outcomes of sunday's meeting.

and also please spread the word about the democracy village..

cheers

mark

ps jasper - in response  to your question the debate came out of an exchange
between myself, chris knight and lindsey german, and is (i hope) in the
interest  of 'building a revolutionary centre' to bridge the seeming divides
on the left. talking of which - let's all meet on may 6th at tea time in
parliament square if not at the village campsite before then! make tea not
war ;-)

xXX: "sorry to butt in on this but I have been thinking a lot about
prostitution. It strikes me we need to take a much more careful approach to
the subject in that it is not possible to talk about sex work in one breath
since it encompasses trafficked and imprisoned people,  rape, people forced
into it by financial needs, drug related needs and right through to some
people who do it occasionally because" the money is good". So we  cannot
discuss the issues in one breath."

Hi Lindsey

Thanks for the message with thoughtful response, much appreciated.

One thing from my side which would be great to broach, leading out of these
points about extending the concept of family and into the linked domain of
how to achieve (and therefore where to start for) a truly community  (rather
than private family / hyper individualised) centred political economy. For
me this basically is a question about the future of democracy, so we need a
shared vision about that contested term and towards which the struggle for
feminism and socialism needs to be placed.

So we need to be working towards some kind of call or revolutionary centre
that can unite the feminist vision with the socialist one, and also with for
example the right to work / green jobs, enlightened schooling, equality in
the constitution etc. basically in such a way that a reinvention of
community can actually take place.

On that note, have you heard the call for a movement based on Peoples'
Assemblies which an increasing number of groups are now appear to be
advocating? Family being, ultimately about the others in your neighbourhood
(we need to go beyond blood ties and show it) but also of course worldwide
at the same time. Could now be the time to start something like this in the
UK?

Happy to know what you think, and would be great if some of these ideas
could be on the agenda ..
Best wishes

Mark




On 3 May 2010 08:50, Chris Knight <governmentofthedead at googlemail.com>wrote:

> I am sorry if I have sounded a little sharp on this issue. Apologies
> especially to Lindsey. But I still feel neither of you are getting it.
> Let me quote Marx word for word: 'Prostitution is only a specific form
> of the universal prostitution of the worker.' So OF COURSE WE ARE
> AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSTITUTION! WE ARE AMBIVALENT ABOUT WAGE-SLAVERY IN
> GENERAL! The goal of trade union organisation is a limited one: it
> means fighting for better conditions of work for people who are
> prostitutes (of one kind or another). Naturally, it would be better to
> abolish wage-slavery (including prostitution) altogether.
>
> The question is whether the emancipation of the working class is the
> task of the working class itself. If you think it is, then clearly
> trade union rights for prostitutes (as for other wage-slaves) is a
> first step and an absolutely necessary one.
>
> Lindsey, you say: "Of course people have rights but is it what people
> should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
> highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
> Engels said ) the need for a society where women - and men for that
> matter - don't need to sell their bodies?".
>
> So let me translate. Of course workers have have rights but is
> wage-slavery what people should have to do in an unalienated and free
> society? Should our highest aspiration be the unionisation of
> wage-slaves - or is there (as Engels said ) the need for a society
> where people don't need to hire out their bodies at all?
>
> I often hear people mutter under their breathe: 'You should only do it
> for love'. A very good idea. But why pick on sex-workers? Why lecture
> to them that they should only do it for love? How many people in other
> fields of work 'only do it for love? Most people hire out their bodies
> day after day week after week to pay the rent, pay for the shopping
> etc. Once we've abolished wage-slavery, I am sure all work will be
> done for love. Good idea. Meanwhile, though, let's not get too
> moralistic  about sexwork. I would have thought banking was just as
> immoral, yet don't we let bank-workers join trade unions! Workers in
> the arms industry too. Or do we say they are 'not really workers',
> just 'victims of the system'? That would be patronising nonsense,
> obviously. Let's show one another some elementary solidarity,
> regardless of which PARTICULAR KIND OF PROSTITUTION each of us happens
> to have been forced into by the system.
>
> By the way, just in case anyone is interested, I wrote a whole book on
> this subject. It's called 'Blood Relations: Menstruation and the
> origins of culture' (Yale University Press 1995). Most people who've
> read it say it's a very good book. It's about how our ancestors dealt
> with similar problems during the 'human revolution' which occurred in
> Africa some hundred thousand years ago. We abolished prostitution
> once. We can do it again. But it will need a revolution -- a
> repetition on a higher scale of the one in which our species was born.
> The message of my book is that language, kinship and culture emerged
> on the picket line. Now as in the distant past, everyone is welcome to
> join. No moralistic hang-ups, no elitism and no exclusions, please.
> We're all in this together.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 April 2010 12:02, Mark Barrett <marknbarrett at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > Some might be interested in exchange below.
> >
> > Hopefully many people will attend the May2nd event (the day after
> > coming to Meltdown!) see, for more information
> >
> http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/theory/133-counterforum/4676-public-event-a-feminist-manifesto-for-the-21st-century
> > and then we may even get some extra feminist revolutionary campers for
> > Parliament Square..
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Hi Mark, sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. Was on holiday
> > when you wrote and it got stuck in a backlog. I tend to agree with you
> > about sex work _ of course people have rights but is it what people
> > should have to do in an unalienated and free society? Should our
> > highest aspiration be the unionisation of prostitutes or is there (as
> > Engels said ) the need for a society where women -and men for that
> > matter - don't need to sell their bodies? And you're right that the
> > privatised family is at the centre of these questions.
> >
> > We're having another feminist manifesto meeting on Sunday 2nd May 5pm
> > at SOAS room G2 if you're interested. You're very welcome.
> >
> > best,
> >
> > Lindsey
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 21:32:03 +0100
> > Subject: Family
> > From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
> > To: Lindsey German
> >
> > Dear Lindsey
> >
> > Just a quick note to follow our earlier exchange via Chris Knight, by
> > saying that personally I am ambivalent about sex work.
> >
> > On the one hand people should be protected as workers, while on the
> > other for me the whole sex and porn world, like environmental
> > degradation and cruelty in general are all signs that patriarchy and
> > the moral dead end capitalist mode of production it happily co-exists
> > with still exists, its salient features being the objectification and
> > commodification of the natural world in general for the benefit of the
> > powerful few and to the disadvantage of the weak and those without the
> > power of arms / money /access to the corridors of power at their
> > disposal. The sex industry - like all the industries based on
> > exploitative power relations - should be resisted, but at the same
> > time its workers - like mother nature as a whole- protected.
> >
> > Is that too contradictory? I am still trying to work this out, I find
> > the issue immensely difficult - rather as with abortion. Perhaps the
> > two strands relate to the need for regulation and reform, but also at
> > the same time social revolution otherwise we end up with at best only
> > protection but no paradigmatic liberation. Which is why, for me the
> > aim of a historic break with the privatised family - interestingly
> > students at the secondary school where I work instinctively understand
> > this point when I broach it with them - is by far the most interesting
> > and potentially pivotal prospect.
> >
> > Interested to know where you are at with the Manifesto project, and
> > looking forward to being able to assist you in some way. Please do
> > keep me posted...
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Mark
> > www.meltodown.uk.net
> > Watch this nice video about Election
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X92f7H1vrJU
> > And Bring Pop Up Tents!!
> >
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Tue May  4 09:09:01 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 02:09:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [faf] Call Out for a Queer Invisible
	Academy!]
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Subject: [faf] Call Out for a Queer Invisible Academy!
From:    "papidan" <papidan at no-log.org>
Date:    Mon, May 3, 2010 6:30 am
To:      faf at lists.riseup.net
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Call Out for a Queer Invisible Academy!

May Pallas Athena Be With You!


We invite the queers of all genders and beyond, the dissidents of all
sexualities and beyond to start a new project.


Our goal is to understand and share our experiences, to think about and
change
our everyday relationships and social dynamics, to discuss and learn about
queer theory, and past and present forms of queer activism.

Are you tired of the roles which are imposed on you in a heterosexual matrix?
Are you sick of the ongoing production of docile bodies by countless
institutions? Then get involved in a series of meetings, film screenings,
discussions and workshops on varied topics such as male and female
homosociality, cross-dressing, and heteronormativity.


Let's meet to organise this, to challenge hierarchy and normativity in a
non-commercial empowering and safe space.

The first organising meeting will be at 195 Mare Street, Hackney on Thursday
the 27th of May at 7PM.
https://london.indymedia.org.uk/events/4706




From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed May  5 14:56:06 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:56:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] [Fwd: [faf] Anarcha-Feminists Take to the
 Streets ...Because We Don't Need Anyone's Permission.]
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Subject: [faf] Anarcha-Feminists Take to the Streets ...Because We Don't
Need Anyone's Permission.
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(just thought some might be interested in these articles by American
Anarcha-Feminists. Nimda"

Anarcha-Feminists Take to the Streets ...Because We Don't Need Anyone's
Permission.

by Anarcha Feminists
Sunday May 2nd, 2010 12:49 AM

This was the communique distributed before today's Reclaim the Streets.
A call for an Anarcha-Feminist Bloc had been made and many anarchist
women and queer people of all sorts took to the streets.

This is only a beginning. We come together today as anarcha-feminists
excited because of this new beginning. Anarcha-feminism has barely been
flushed out, put into action, or recognized as a politic by even
ourselves. And many of us have never known of each other's existence,
therefore never knowing what we are capable of. We find it fitting to
meet in the streets, where strong social bonds are created and great
turns in history unfold. Make friends and comrades this May Day and
expect great things to come.

There's a new anarchism on the tips of all of our tongues. But there is
also a legacy of radical and powerful movements that we may find
enlightening if we are aware enough to not get caught in the trappings
that brought them to an end. In order to determine what we wish to be we
must see where we began...

The New Left movements pushed us forward light years in their
declarations that struggle is to be found on many, many more fronts than
class alone. Movements that we are the most proud of in our left
histories -- Black Power, Queer Liberation, Women's Liberation, etc. --
were quite literally crafting a future reality that looked very
promising. As these movements crumbled or weakened we can see how
aspects of these struggles that lacked a critique of authoritarian (and
especially State) power fell into the arms of liberalism. Liberalism
assumes and maintains the delusion that a government or any kind of
higher power is necessary and responsible for looking after us, to
ensure that all is peaceful and equal. We are kept in a state of
perpetual childhood, where all of our daily actions and disputes are
subject to judgment by the guiding hand of authoritarian father figures
from God to government, governor, mayor, banker, husband, to daddy dearest.

And so identity politics entered the scene, stage Left. Post-colonial,
feminist, and especially queer politics that once fought for autonomous
power distinct from normative society became a sad shadow of its formal
self as they became a politic about recognition within society, which
made these movements dependent on the structures responsible for their
unique tribulations.

Some of our comrades have suggested we throw out identity politics all
together. And this feels like a tempting idea. We are tired of the trend
of tokenization. Every political event we attend someone is tokenizing
their self, their mom, or some abstract group of people. Sometimes this
happens even in the name of "not tokenizing!" We see this as a
depressing attempt to establish legitimacy as a victim (as if that is a
cool thing to be!)

Within this context the activist's job has become that of making
diagnosis after diagnosis of who is and is not oppressed. Each
individual carries with them all sorts of unique atrocities that have
been imposed on their bodies and psyches as well as horrors they've done
to others. It's dishonest to sum up our lived experiences as that of a
"woman," an "immigrant," a "gender queer," or even a combination of any
number of recognizable marginal identities.

But this isn't even the bigger problem. Identity politic-obsessed
activism looks to make us feel safe within systems that are not designed
to be safe or freeing and does not take action to dismantle the system
completely. The Left has built an army of Gandhis. Gandhi, mind you, so
loved and romanticized the oppressed of his country that he could not
bring himself to endorse a social order which might end the existence of
their oppression. Even though he was seen as very radical at the time,
he proved to be a liberal at heart. Ending caste discrimination is quite
different from abolishing a caste system completely. We must make the
decision whether it is more in our interests to demand equal rights or
to fight for a future (or maybe a present) where demanding anything from
anyone other than ourselves is senseless.

There is nothing powerful in being valorized, recognized, and
romanticized as victims. Who cares if men know that some huge statistic
of us is raped by them? Does that stop rape? Who cares if everyone
remembers to get your preferred pronoun right? Does that help you when
you're in custody and the cops are discussing what's between your legs
so they can determine which cell block you "belong" in? And who cares if
your neighbor is so outraged by your boyfriend's violent outbursts that
she calls the police? You do, because you are the one with a police gun
in your face and you are the one later bailing out your boyfriend
despite the fact that the 1st of the month is quickly approaching. That
which establishes our horrible positions in society will never abolish
those positions. And we want out. We no longer want to be victims, but
we know that we can not count on the State, men, white people, straight
people, the cops -- whoever it is for you -- to do this for us.

Ironically, despite our critiques -- and sometimes hatred -- of identity
politics, we find ourselves coming together around a (somewhat loose)
identity: We are some people who no longer want to be victims of gender
tyranny and misogyny. Within this grouping we are hoping to circumvent,
to a certain extent, our gender and what that means for us when we are
living our lives in this Man's World so we might gain some insight as to
what it might look like to not have gender dynamics influence every
interaction. We come together to fight for a reality where identities
such as "man," "woman," and "trans" are logical impossibilities. We know
that together we can tend to our misgivings that these desires are
irrational and get down to business.

We will not, in fact, be throwing out identity politics all together. If
nothing else because we refuse to let liberals and non-profits have our
radical politics. But also because we do find it useful to identify and
analyze our miserable conditions in order to have a point of a
departure, in order to know very clearly what we do not want to be.

We do not want a feminism that looks like a social worker behind a desk
with concerned eyebrows. We want a feminism that stays up late at the
kitchen table convincing us that we deserve better. We do not want a
feminism that will put us up in a run down state shelter for a short
while until we're "back on our feet." We want a feminism that will break
back into our house we were just kicked out of and tell the land lord
he'll have hell to pay from a mob of angry bitches if he attempts
eviction again.

And when one of us is raped and murdered for our gender we definitely do
not want more empty calls for "justice" and quiet candle-lit vigils. We
want a feminism that acts from a much wider range of emotion and
expectation. We want a visible expression of exasperation, anger, and
frustration that makes obvious that we are finished with these routines:
the routines of violence against women and queer people, the routines of
quietly shaking our heads at these tragedies, the routines of asking for
change. We want a feminism that is not afraid to try new things, that is
dynamic enough to know that at times healing comes in the form of
vengeance and change comes in the form of destroying what destroys you.

This MayDay anarcha-feminism may just look like a riotous street party
with a contingent that is strikingly dudeless, but that rumbling you
hear is what lies right beneath the surface. Great ruptures and new
worlds are in store, but we can not be passive spectators in creating
our new selves. Kill the liberal in your head. There are no excuses now
for not exchanging numbers, saying hello on the street and building
relationships where we plan, scheme, and push each other out of
victim-hood by being the toughest comrades possible in our common
struggles and, perhaps more importantly, in our uncommon struggles.

We're in this together.

Some words, ideas, and inspirations were taken from the following:
Sex, Race, and Class by Selma James; the editorial in Upping the Anti
#9; Gramsci is Dead, Anarchist Currents in the Newest Social Movements,
by Richard Day; We'll Show You Crazy Bitches, communiqu? from Take Back
the Night Brooklyn Style; and countless difficult conversations.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/02/18646439.php


Although in recent years Take Back the Night has been co-opted by
liberal feminists, it has its roots in the widespread unrest of Italy in
the late seventies. In 1976, a seventeen-year-old was gang-raped in
Rome. A year later, when her case went to trial, she was gang-raped
again by the same men: and this time, her whole body was slashed with
razors in an attempt to keep her silent. Within hours, fifteen thousand
women mobilized, uniformly dressed like the sex workers common to the
district; "NO MORE MOTHERS, WIVES AND DAUGHTERS: LET'S DESTROY THE
FAMILIES!" was the cry heard in the street. They came just short of
burning the neighborhood to the ground.
http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/11127
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Thu May  6 17:32:58 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 10:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] London [Fwd: [Indymedia turns 10 - be part of
	the party!]
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Subject: [Imc-london] Indymedia turns 10 - be part of the party!
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:49:55 +0100
From: IMC London <imc-london at indymedia.org>
To: IMC-London <imc-london at lists.indymedia.org>



Hello lovely people!

We are excited to announce that Indymedia has turned 10 years old, and
the awesome Dissident Island Radio is throwing us a big birthday bash!

Obviously we hope that you will all join us on *May 22nd* at a yet to be
announced venue in London. Call 07929 469 640 or 07771 895 427 on the
day, or check london.indymedia.org for the latest info.

We have an eclectic line-up starting at 8pm including *Headjam*,
*Anarchistwood*, *Beast of No Nation*, *Radio Revolucion*, and more...
and *assorted DJ's* from 11pm.

But this is not only a party to *dance until your feet hurt*, we want
the day to be much more: London is vibrant with action for social
justice and the resistance to capitalism is alive and rocking. Be part
of the celebration of the last ten years of struggles *for a world based
on peace, freedom, co-operation, justice and solidarity!*

We invite all of you to *run a workshop*, *set up a stall*, or whatever
else you want to do, and of course bring lots of *birthday cakes*!

The doors will open at 4pm for workshops, films screenings and other
pleasantries. If you want to be part of this and have your contribution
announced on the event page at http://london.indymedia.org/events/4663
get in touch at imc-london at lists.indymedia.org

If you have your own websites or lists etc, it would be great if you
would put an announcement on there, so please spread and invite everyone
to come! Just send the link to the events page or copy the blurb from
there.

And if you fancy helping out by taking on some shifts, we're always
looking for more hands, get in touch!

So will you be buying us a drink for our birthday?
see you soon,
Imc London



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From marknbarrett at googlemail.com  Wed May 12 12:40:00 2010
From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com (Mark Barrett)
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 13:40:00 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fwd: [EM-activists] Fwd: Noise Barrage outside
	Downing Street/Furious Housewives clean up the mess!
In-Reply-To: <m2hdd29d81005120534nd7468a50xe420eaa098860481@mail.gmail.com>
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 Please pass onto lists, we want a surrealist 'furious housewife'
intervention on Thursday evening.
Men especially wanted in charladies outfits! Bring pots, pans to make a din,
or brooms, hoovers and polishing cloths to clean up the MESS! outside
Downing Street!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Wellssimo <wellssimo at googlemail.com>
Date: 12 May 2010 07:56
Subject: Noise Barrage outside Downing Street
To: "Mike J. Raddie" <m.j.raddie at uel.ac.uk>, Chris Knight <
governmentofthedead at googlemail.com>, Ana Lopes <analopesorg at gmail.com>,
Fabio Silva <fabio.silva at port.ac.uk>, Camilla Power <
power1931 at googlemail.com>, Tim Dalinian Jones <
tim.dalinian.jones at googlemail.com>


 *Please pass on far and wide in the next 24 hours*
*Cheers *
*S*
*
*
Furious housewives goes on sex strike
  Date:
Thursday, 13 May 2010
 Time:
18:30 - 20:00
 Location:
Trafalgar Square


Furious housewives go on sex strike
Meet Trafalgar Square 6:30pm, look for the banners
Pre-Revolution action
Bring pots and pans, anything to make a noise barrage outside Downing Street

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From butterflea at riseup.net  Thu May 13 00:27:53 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:27:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] London - tattoo circus
Message-ID: <67cd52bd1680ec38b46a6eb9758e23e8.squirrel@swift.riseup.net>

http://tattoocircuslondon.com/



From melvegan at googlemail.com  Fri May 14 14:11:58 2010
From: melvegan at googlemail.com (Mel Vegan)
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 15:11:58 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fwd: [climatecampscotland] The Outdoor
	Skillshare ~ June 19/20, Scotland.
In-Reply-To: <1273846190.31750.49.camel@skalman>
References: <1273846190.31750.49.camel@skalman>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimgbAmy8tlsMXq4K8GoVcFUZLbf1ZrXsW4XvogQ@mail.gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Richard <bamse at riseup.net>
Date: 14 May 2010 15:09
Subject: [climatecampscotland] The Outdoor Skillshare ~ June 19/20,
Scotland.
To: outdoorskillshare at riseup.net


Hello! Could you pass this on to any groups, newsletters or individuals
who you think would be interested? Many thanks! And apologies for any
unwanted or cross posting, I did my best :) xxx



                     THE OUTDOOR SKILLSHARE         19th - 20th June
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
outdoorskillshare [at] riseup.net     outdoorskillshare.noflag.org.uk
---------------------------------------------------------------------
        An exciting weekend of workshops and skill-sharing.
     In beautiful rural Scotland (close to the train network).


COME AND LEARN...
Climbing and rope access, building tree houses, tunnelling, cooking for
the masses, knot-tying, fire-lighting, wild foods and more!


At Mainshill Solidarity Camp we occupied land facing destruction. We
lived outside, grew as a community and took continuous targeted action.
This weekend long event will focus on the skills needed to occupy and
defend land. Come together to learn and share the skills for living
outdoors as a community, building defences, resisting evictions and
thinking about strategies for action.

These are skills that you can use and pass on in a wide range of
campaigns and actions.

This skillshare will be a safer, inclusive and participatory environment
for learning new practical skills and is open to people of all abilities
and experiences. If you have any queries or special requirements, please
let us know ? we will do our best to meet your needs.

We will be asking for donations toward food and other costs from those
that can afford it.

TO FIND OUT MORE get in touch at: outdoorskillshare [at] riseup.net
If you've got relevant skills to share, let's get chatting too.

          We?ll be in touch with more information soon... xx
                 http://outdoorskillshare.noflag.org.uk

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~




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From sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk  Fri May 14 21:21:50 2010
From: sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk (sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk)
Date: 14 May 2010 22:21:50 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] manchester
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From mp at aktivix.org  Sat May 15 16:56:09 2010
From: mp at aktivix.org (mp)
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 17:56:09 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Macho War Criminal with the keys to the Armoury
Message-ID: <4BEED229.4070605@aktivix.org>


Pretty disgusting man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2h1MwPRQ9Q

Obama bin Ltd. on defending his daughters from boys with robotic killing
machines....


From gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk  Tue May 18 15:56:11 2010
From: gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk (Gail Chester)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:56:11 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fw: [faf] Fwd: Press Statement regarding child
	detention and incarceration of Sehar Shabaz and her 8 month
	old baby daughter Wania at Dungavel Removal Centre, Scotland.
Message-ID: <81F22A09FA8D4B35BF6A1765313168E8@Gail>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Nimda 
To: FAFList ; ukfeministaction at yahoogroups.co.uk ; ReSisters at yahoogroups.co.uk ; londonfeministnetwork at yahoogroups.co.uk 
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: [faf] Fwd: Press Statement regarding child detention and incarceration of Sehar Shabaz and her 8 month old baby daughter Wania at Dungavel Removal Centre, Scotland.


Begin forwarded message: 
 <!--[endif]--> 
From: Positive Action in Housing <home at paih.org> 
Date: Tue May 18, 2010  4:16:40 PM Europe/London 
Subject: Press Statement regarding child detention and incarceration of Sehar Shabaz and her 8 month old baby daughter Wania at Dungavel Removal Centre, Scotland. 
<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> 
Press Statement regarding child detention and incarceration of Sehar Shabaz and her 8 month old baby daughter Wania at Dungavel Removal Centre, Scotland. 
  
Speaking this afternoon from Dungavel Removal Centre, 25 year old Sehar Shabaz, who is currently locked up in Dungavel Removal Centre with her eight month old baby, said: 
  
?I have been living in the UK for three years. I was forced into marriage in Blackburn, England. My husband was often drunk, violent and threatened to kill me. He forced himself upon me sexually. On several occasions, he kept me locked in the house for days at a time before returning. After some months, I attended my husband?s sister?s wedding in Pakistan. On this occasion, I begged my family to take me back. However they could not support me. I cannot forgive my family for this. In May 2009, my daughter was born and I could take it no more. I had no money and was worried he would kill me. I called the police when he became violent but they referred me to the Social Work Department in Blackburn.  I spoke to the Social Work and asked them for refuge accommodation and they said they could not provide me accommodation because I was not a British Citizen. They suggested that I go to the Refugee Council. I left in December 2009 and came to Glasgow. Some people helped me to come to Glasgow and I went to the Scottish Refugee Council and told them everything. Social work in Glasgow put me into homeless accommodation and I was assisted to make an asylum application. My husband followed me to in Glasgow and I was given help to move elsewhere. It is impossible for me to return to Pakistan.  My in-laws are harassing my family and claiming that I am a fallen women who has run off with another man. This couldn?t be further from the truth. This is the system I would be returning to if they deport me. They won?t spare me, it?s not a small issue if a girl runs away from her husband or in-laws. Our only value in Pakistan now is if I am dead. 
  
?Yesterday morning, I went to report to Brand Street Reporting Centre  where I report every two weeks. I have never absconded or missed my reporting visits. I was told to attend with my baby. When I arrived the Brand Street reporting centre officials told me I was being detained. I told them I wass signing every two weeks and I am continually running from a very bad situation, why are you detaining me? They said to me ?This is what we have decided?. I said I have a small baby and I have none of her clothes or baby things. They said that was not their problem and I was put into the back of a van and after an hour my baby and I were taken to Dungavel. I just could not stop crying. She was due for medical treatment today and despite giving them a medical letter at the detention centre for my daughter they insisted on detaining me. 
  
?This is just a prison. We are kept locked in in the family area. But why? We have never ran away or tried to break the law. We are being treated worse than criminals. I can?t take my baby out for fresh air when she needs it. That is the worst thing, not being able to play in the open with her, and I don?t like her seeing the barbed wire or to know what it means ? that we are like criminals and cannot leave.  I just want to be able to raise my daughter in peace, find work and stand on our own two feet and make a simple life for us. Nothing else. We are not criminals so why are they locking us up like this? My daughter is just a baby, she has done nothing to harm anyone. I just ask the government to release us from here.? 
  
Robina Qureshi, Director of Positive Action in Housing, said: 
  
?Sehar Shabaz?s story is typical of many Pakistani women fleeing violent partners. They become stigmatised by society for leaving their husbands and it is impossible to live without fear of reprisals e.g. murders, social ostracisation, acid attacks on womens faces and bodies. Since 2001, Positive Action in Housing, together with human rights campaigners and others, has campaigned for the release of children and their families who were locked up in detention centres across the UK. In every case we dealt with, not one single family had absconded either before their detention or after. All endured the terror of the current asylum policy, and in many cases, won their right to remain after enduring dawn raids, destitution or detention. The facts speak for themselves. So why is this young woman being locked up with her young baby? Especially after the coalition government made a show of ending child detention only a few days ago. 
  
?Being in government is about more than words of intent. It is utterly shameful that children continue to be locked up in detention centres in the UK when the coalition government itself only days ago took news headlines for its intention to scrap child detention and condemned it as an inhumanity towards children and families. 
  
 ?We call on the government to stand by its words and release Sehar Shabaz and her baby immediately and all families with children who are currently detained. There is no need for prevarication while alternatives are sought. The evidence of harm to children is incontrovertible. The alternative to detention is extremely straightforward ? allow asylum seekers to stay in their homes while their asylum claims are still ongoing?. 
  
Sehar Shabaz has been told that she will be deported to Pakistan on 22 May 2010. We call on womens groups, refugee campaigns and everyone to campaign for Sehar's release. Please email your MP and MSP and demand the release of Shear Shabaz and an immediate end to the shameful practice of child detention in the UK.  
  
Notes to editors: 
  
Positive Action in Housing Ltd is a Scottish wide charity working with communities, housing providers, voluntary organisations and faith groups to enable everyone to have an equal chance to live in good quality, affordable and safe homes, free from discrimination and the fear of racial harassment and violence. We offer advice, information and support to people from new migrant, refugee and minority ethnic communities. We run a free, confidential and impartial casework service for those facing poverty, homelessness, racism or poor housing. We run a Hardship Fund and provide emergency shelter and practical resources for destitute asylum seekers and their families. We provide volunteering and sessional work opportunities. We support human rights and anti-racist campaigns. We inform social policy from a user-led perspective.  
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From faykalafati at yahoo.gr  Tue May 18 16:38:03 2010
From: faykalafati at yahoo.gr (ff ff)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:38:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] disgusting
Message-ID: <401983.49705.qm@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Hallo,

im from newcastle...and just to check that we have this kind of disgusting competition that comes- that is on this friday and is disgusting-if anyone has any ideas about action or flyers it will much appreciated and? be really helpful!! as well if you spread it around it will be great...im making the flyer today so ill pass it on the list tomorrow..

http://www.missnewcastle.com/

p.s check out the rules n the sponsors..its disgusting.

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From butterflea at riseup.net  Tue May 18 20:43:48 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 13:43:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] disgusting
In-Reply-To: <401983.49705.qm@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <401983.49705.qm@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4079fab17b85affd026289d8adeb8d2f.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>

Last year the miss university of london competition was infiltrated and
disrupted by anarchafeminists, details here
http://smashmisscontest.wordpress.com/free-time/. Might be worth
contacting them.
una
> Hallo,
>
> im from newcastle...and just to check that we have this kind of disgusting
> competition that comes- that is on this friday and is disgusting-if anyone
> has any ideas about action or flyers it will much appreciated and? be
> really helpful!! as well if you spread it around it will be great...im
> making the flyer today so ill pass it on the list tomorrow..
>
> http://www.missnewcastle.com/
>
> p.s check out the rules n the sponsors..its disgusting.
>
> xxx
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Anarchafeminists at lists.aktivix.org
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From rhubarb at riseup.net  Tue May 18 20:56:30 2010
From: rhubarb at riseup.net (rhubarb at riseup.net)
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 13:56:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] disgusting
In-Reply-To: <4079fab17b85affd026289d8adeb8d2f.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>
References: <401983.49705.qm@web27206.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
	<4079fab17b85affd026289d8adeb8d2f.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>
Message-ID: <983a32e6bd04ddfebb37bd9e225ca3d1.squirrel@tern.riseup.net>

and theres a couple of youtube videos about it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNEQmYUjihM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3k0zJwY81A&feature=fvw

good luck with whatever you decide to do

xx


> Last year the miss university of london competition was infiltrated and
> disrupted by anarchafeminists, details here
> http://smashmisscontest.wordpress.com/free-time/. Might be worth
> contacting them.
> una
>> Hallo,
>>
>> im from newcastle...and just to check that we have this kind of
>> disgusting
>> competition that comes- that is on this friday and is disgusting-if
>> anyone
>> has any ideas about action or flyers it will much appreciated and? be
>> really helpful!! as well if you spread it around it will be great...im
>> making the flyer today so ill pass it on the list tomorrow..
>>
>> http://www.missnewcastle.com/
>>
>> p.s check out the rules n the sponsors..its disgusting.
>>
>> xxx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Anarchafeminists mailing list
>> Anarchafeminists at lists.aktivix.org
>> https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/anarchafeminists
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>
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From gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk  Tue May 18 23:12:23 2010
From: gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk (Gail Chester)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:12:23 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fw: [FHN campaign] FHN next meeting: Thursday 20
	May 6pm Bath House Community Nursery
Message-ID: <46485B73FDA140C6BFC99EA5746EE290@Gail>


----- Original Message ----- 

Dear all, 

As many of you will be aware, this April, at least 8 community nurseries in Hackney were informed of immediate cuts ranging from ?30,000 - ?50,000 for each nursery. These cuts were implemented without consultation or a fair and open process. They mean a serious threat of nursery closures. 

We need as many nursery staff, parents and community members to get involved in the campaign against the cuts and to help campaign for quality affordable childcare for all!
We are organising a Fun Day to help promote the campaign on Sunday 30 May 11-2pm London Fields and have launched a petition - if you have not yet signed it please do at: 
http://www.petitiononline.com/fhn/petition.html

The next Friends of Hackney Nurseries campaign meeting will be on this Thursday May 20 at 6pm Bath House Community Nurseries 76 Shacklewell Lane E8 2EY. 

Stay tuned with campaign details via our blog: http://friendsofhackneynurseries.wordpress.com/

For more information and to join our contact list, please contact Friends of Hackney Nurseries at FHN at live.co.uk.

cheers
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From butterflea at riseup.net  Wed May 19 14:48:20 2010
From: butterflea at riseup.net (butterflea at riseup.net)
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 07:48:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] London [Fwd: [buildinglocalgroups] Red & Black
	Club]
Message-ID: <f1a0f5be097dbf8cc237a53101c5c1c6.squirrel@swift.riseup.net>


Yes Comrades,
The inaugural "Red & Black Club" is fastly approaching - this FRIDAY
21ST MAY 8pm @ Larc (London Action Resource Centre) 62 Fieldgate Street
Whitechapel E1 1ES - hosted by Dissident Island Radio and the
Whitechapel Anarchist Group.

Please come along! This event will
occur every third friday of the month as a social gathering for our
many headed hydra of a movement. So let's get the first one kicking off
as we mean to go on! Whether you're Red, Black, Green, Purple, Pink,
Silver, local group, federation, organisation, discussion group,
publication or just a gang of nefarious individuals - this is OUR
event.

To re-iterate - THIS IS NOT A MEETING! This is a regular social gathering!!

We
plan to decorate the entire hall of Larc in Red&Black Flags / Group
banners and therefore we ask for you to bring your flags or banners to
go up on the wall - whether it be anarcha-fem, IWW, Afed, HSG etc -
every month we will photograph the walls to see what an eclectic array
of decor/banners we get which will no doubt be a reflection of the
diversity of our movement. BRING YOUR FLAGS AND BANNERS DOWN!!!

Please make an extra effort to come along this FRIDAY 21ST MAY from 8pm
onwards.

Look forward to seeing you there,
Peace, Love and Petrol Bombs,
Eric Blair

P.S. For all those non-paranoid comrades there is a Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=126215484062481
And also a Whitechapel Anarchist Group page for further updates:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Whitechapel-United-Kingdom/Whitechapel-Anarchist-Group/120616367952096



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From gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk  Sun May 23 00:18:50 2010
From: gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk (Gail Chester)
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 01:18:50 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fw: URGENT ACTION: Hackney strip clubs TEMPLATE
	LETTER
Message-ID: <FCED5E9361B04724ABE8DAF0C2793C47@Gail>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Katie 
To: londonfeministnetwork at yahoogroups.co.uk 
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:36 AM
Subject: [londonfeministnetwork] URGENT ACTION: Hackney strip clubs TEMPLATE LETTER


Please, please get as many Hackney residents/workers as you can to email TODAY: SUNDAY 23RD MAY.

Hello everyone,

This is very short notice, but if you live in Hackney and care about equality and women's safety, please act today!

Four lap dancing/strip clubs in Hackney have applied to have their licenses renewed:

BROWNS - 1 Hackney Road, E2 7NX
YE OLDE AXE - 69 Hackney Road, E2
RAINBOW SPORTS BAR - 72 Shoreditch High Street, E1
THE WHITE HORSE, 64 Shoreditch High Street, E1

If you live or work in Hackney you can register an objection, but the deadline is: 

TODAY - SUNDAY 23RD MAY!

Two years ago Hackney residents came together to stop a strip club opening in Stoke Newington, and we won!

We can do it again if enough of us object!

Please email Licensing at hackney dot gov dot uk (see my template email below).

YOU NEED TO SEND A SEPARATE EMAIL FOR EACH CLUB, AND DELETE THE INFO ON SCHOOLS/PLACES OF WORSHIP AS APPROPRIATE.

You should make your objection as premises specific as possible. So, talk about any harassment you have received outside these clubs or just how they make you feel when walking past them, any noise/disturbance that occurs near the clubs, etc. Also mention proximity of schools and places of worship. These are all things the council considers when looking at objections. You could also mention that, with the Olympics coming to Hackney in 2012, the council should be concerned to improve the image of the area.

Please just do as much or as little as you have time for. Even a very short email about just one club would be a massive contribution.

Please forward this email to any friends, partners, relatives, flatmates etc who live or work in Hackney and make sure they send in an email TODAY!

Thank you so much!

Katie
xxx

TEMPLATE LETTER, please amend as you wish:

To whom it may concern,

I would like to register my objection to the renewal of the sex encounter establishment licence at XXX. 

I live and work in the borough of Hackney and as a woman I feel particularly concerned about my personal safety when passing this club on foot and push bike. I am worried about rape, sexual violence and harassment from male customers entering and leaving this club. When passing this club I have been verbally abused and harassed on several occasions by men outside this club.

I believe that if a license is granted to this club, Hackney Council will be breaching its obligations under the Gender Equality Duty (2006).
Gender Equality Duty
Hackney Council has a duty under the Equality Act 2006 to proactively promote gender equality.

The Equality Act 2006 places a requirement on public authorities like Hackney council to have due regard to the need to:

'Promote equality of opportunity between women and men.'

'Eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment on the grounds of gender.'

This is known as the `general duty' and came into effect on 6 April 2007. It applies to all the council's functions - policymaking, service delivery, public functions, employment, and to services and functions that are contracted out." (page 6)

Hackney Council's own Gender Equality Scheme (23 April 2007) outlined the organisation's commitment to:
'meet its gender equality duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment, and to promote equality of opportunity between men and women.'
A key objective of Hackney Council's own Gender Equality Scheme is to:
'Improve the safety of women in the Borough'.
A key outcome of Hackney Council's own Gender Equality Scheme is to ensure that:
'Women feel safer living in the Borough.'
Violence against women
Hackney Council's own Equality and Diversity Policy (May 2006) states that:

'The Council will support and promote the rights of women in the borough and will work in partnership with other agencies to eliminate sexism, sexual discrimination, harassment and all forms of violence or abuse of women and girls.' (Point 8.3).

This application runs counter to the GED and Hackney Council's own Equality and Diversity Policy by further increasing the likelihood of crime and sexual violence against women and maintaining no-go areas for women in the Borough. 

Lap dancing clubs have been linked to an increase in sexual violence against women. See:

Profitable Exploits: Lap Dancing in the UK by Julie Bindel (2004),
http://tinyurl.com/dfr8xc

The Eden Report on Inappropriate Behaviour: Adult venues and licensing in London (2007)
http://tinyurl.com/d9ol7y

I would argue that renewing this license in the face of the evidence quoted in the reports above runs counter to Hackney Council's own commitment to tackle violence against women stated on page 8 of the Council's Community Safety Plan (2008-2011.)

Further, I would like to draw your attention to the proximity of schools and places of worship to this premises:

DELETE AS APPROPRIATE:

Browns: 
There is at least one nursery in very close proximity (Noahs Ark Nursery, Pelter Street), there are eight primary schools less than half a mile away (Virginia Primary School, St Monica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Columbia Primary School, St Matthias Church of England Primary School, Randal Cremer Primary School, St John The Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Mustard School, The Lyceum), five secondary schools less than half a mile away (Bethnal Green Technology College, Haggerston School, Mustard School, Central Foundation Boys' School, The Bridge Academy, Hackney), and a sixth form college 0.2 miles away (Hackney Community College). The club is very close to Shoreditch Tabernacle Baptist Church at 18-20 Hackney Road, and Grace Church Hackney on Shoreditch High St, and close to St Monica's R C Church at 19 Hoxton Square, and St Leonard C Of E Church on Shoreditch High St.

Rainbow Sports Bar: There is at least one nursery in very close proximity (Broadgate Nursery, Curtain Road), there are ?eight primary schools less than half a mile away (Virginia Primary School, St Monica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Columbia Primary School, William Davis Primary School, St Anne Roman Catholic Primary School, St Matthias Church of England Primary School, The Lyceum, Christchurch CofE School), three secondary schools less than half a mile away (Bethnal Green Technology College, Haggerston School, Central Foundation Boys' School), and a sixth form college less than half a mile away (Hackney
Community College). The club is extremely close to St Leonard C of E Church on Shoreditch High St, and close to Shoreditch Tabernacle Baptist Church at 18-20 Hackney Road, and Grace Church Hackney on Shoreditch High St.

The White Horse: Same as for Rainbow Sports Bar, as they are only a few doors from each other.

Ye Olde Axe: There is at least one nursery in very close proximity (Noahs Ark Nursery, Pelter Street), there are eight primary schools less than half a mile away (Virginia Primary School, St Monica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Columbia Primary School, St Matthias Church of England Primary School, Randal Cremer Primary School, St John The Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Mustard School, Burbage School), four secondary schools less than half a mile away (Bethnal Green Technology College, Haggerston School, Mustard School, Central Foundation Boys' School), and a sixth form college less than half a mile away (Hackney Community College). The club is very close to St Chads Church on Dunloe Street and Shoreditch Tabernacle Baptist Church at 18-20 Hackney Road, and close to Grace Church Hackney on Shoreditch High St, St Monica's R C Church at 19 Hoxton Square, and St Leonard C Of E Church on
Shoreditch High St.
I look forward to your response.
Many thanks
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From tumbleweed_freed at riseup.net  Tue May 25 23:11:19 2010
From: tumbleweed_freed at riseup.net (tumbleweed_freed at riseup.net)
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 16:11:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Red Pepper Grassroots Feminism Special - This
	Wednesday
Message-ID: <0d137e5a119502494140d82f2a11e394.squirrel@swift.riseup.net>


Red Pepper is planning a grassroots feminism special for our
August/September issue and we'd love to pick your brains for this - get an
idea of what the most pressing challenges are, what direction things are
going in, what the different ways forward are, and what exciting feminist
activism people are up to.

We're having a meeting on Wednesday 26th May at 6.15 at the bar of the
Institute of Education and hope you can make it so we can have a
collective brainstorm and get some articles commissioned.

Please RSVP to this email to let me know if you can come or not. Also,
we're keen to get a diverse selection of feminist thinkers and activists
involved so do please send me name/emails of other people who might be
interested in coming along.

Andrea
andreadcruz+gmail.com (Replace + with @)

Red Pepper. www.redpepper.org.uk




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From sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk  Wed May 26 18:36:59 2010
From: sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk (sally.hyman at springhead.org.uk)
Date: 26 May 2010 19:36:59 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] minutes of Manchester anarchafeminist Kolektiv
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From lulusmam at googlemail.com  Wed May 26 20:52:59 2010
From: lulusmam at googlemail.com (lulus mam)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 21:52:59 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Oppose the EDL - this Saturday 29th April - call
	out for help.
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Hi everyone,

Pass this on to people you trust...

Please come down on Saturday (29 March) to oppose the EDL.

Sorry for short notice but please pass on to anyone you think might be able
to come, Accomadation offered


Call-out to all anti-racists and anti-fascists:

The English Defence League - a group of racists, nationalists, fascists, and
football hooligans - plan to march in Newcastle on 29 May 2010.  We will
oppose them.
The EDL claim that they oppose 'Muslim extremism'.  In fact, they are
racists who seek to provoke conflict and disunity.  At previous marches they
have chanted racist slogans and made Nazi salutes.  They have staged
protests outside mosques and ran riot in Luton, attacking bystanders.
We resist the EDL's attempt to divide our communities.  We need to stand
together against those who exploit and oppress us - unity is strength! The
EDL's racist provocation is an attack on us all.
The police are currently warning local black/Asian West End community groups
to 'not be alarmed' about riot police in the area on Saturday.

Anti-racist protest: meet 10am at Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, 29/5/10.
Or contact NEAR by phone on the day to find out what is happening (write
down this number: 07979476166).
Please try to arrive and leave in pairs or groups.  This may not be an event
suitable for children.

We aim to be a flexible group of people, responding as needed on the day. We
want to have a presence in the centre of town so that we can address people
in the street, not be kettled in where nobody can hear our message.
If anyone can offer to fill particular roles on the day please get in touch
asap at the email address below

Contact us for further info or if you are travelling from other regions (we
may be able to provide accomodation (please tell us asap) or make
arrangements to meet at other times).

North East Against Racism is a coalition of groups and individuals from many
political perspectives

Contact for further info or to get involved:
North East Against Racism
Email: northeastagainstracism at gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/againstedl
Tel: 07979476166
Post: NEAR, PO Box 1TA, Newcastle upon Tyne,  NE1 1TA

Also on the day, there is a rally/music event at Monument 11am - 3pm
organised by the TUC and a march organised by Unite Against Facism (which
will almost certainly get kettled in), starting at Barrack Road near St
James Park at 12 noon.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2010/05/24/fears-over-rival-streets-demos-in-newcastle-72703-26508834/




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From gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk  Sat May 29 02:58:30 2010
From: gailchester at blueyonder.co.uk (Gail Chester)
Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 03:58:30 +0100
Subject: [Anarchafeminists] Fw: Friends of Hackney Nurseries Fun Day this
	Sunday + Hackney Unites info
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Friends of Hackney Nurseries 
To: Gail Chester 
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:47 AM
Subject: FW: Friends of Hackney Nurseries Fun Day this Sunday + Hackney Unites info


1.  Pasted in below is the text of the flyer for our Fun Day, as well as attaching it.


Friends of Hackney Nurseries Fun Day! 

30 May - 11 am to 2 pm

London Fields

? Face Painting ? Raffle ? Lucky Dip ?

? Banner Making ? Story Telling ?

? Teddy Bears Picnic ?

Come and join us!

Enjoy a day out meeting other people who care about community childcare

Show support for the Friends of Hackney Nurseries' campaign to resist cuts

For more info e-mail FHN at live.co.uk



Friends of Hackney Nurseries

We are a group of parents, nursery workers, local residents and community activists who believe that quality childcare should be affordable and accessible to all.



Childcare is a basic need for families - especially women. We need to provide childcare as a community - not isolated in our own homes. We need accessible, quality nurseries for all.



At the end of April at least 8 community nurseries in Hackney were informed of immediate cuts in their budget of up to 60%, or about ?50,000. This will mean the serious threat of nursery closures, and hardship and distress for parents, workers and children. The Learning Trust and Hackney Council are denying that there is a programme of cuts to nursery provision - so we want to know:

Where has the money gone?

How can nurseries keep running with such drastic cuts?

Why are all the politicians and officers passing the buck and not answering our questions?



After previous successful fights against cuts to nurseries, Friends of Hackney Nurseries has re-activated to fight against cuts, and to fight for even more and better childcare provision locally.

Visit http://friendsofhackneynurseries.wordpress.com to sign our petition, contact us or

find out about the next meeting.



JOIN US!

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2. A bit more about Hackney Unites (to be held at Stoke Newington School on Saturday 5th June).  Friends of Hackney Nurseries has now been given a stall, and we are more than happy to display leaflets, etc, for any other feminist or relevant groups.  However, it seems from the advance publicity that the only child care being provided will cost ?2.50 per hour per child, i.e. at least ?15 if you want to use it for the whole day. If true, this seems completely extraordinary and unacceptable to us.  And whilst there are a number of women speaking, and many of the issues are of concern to us, there does seem to be a distinct lack of feminist sensibility.



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