Video from Macedonia - viva la viva sex workers
A comrade from Macedonia sent us this.
There are a lot of red umbrellas and it’s always good to see a sex workers mobilization
Check the video made on Dec 17th 2008 in Macedonia.
Skoplje: Prostitucija ne ide uz demohrišćansku ideologiju
SKOPLJE - Obeležavanje Međunarodnog dana borbe protiv nasilja nad seksualnim radnicima u Skoplju prošlo je u senci protesta [...]
Sex Workers Reclaim the Night (2008)
Here is the text from the leaflet that we distributed with our feminist allies, Feminist Fightback at the Reclaim The Night march in London in 2008.
[The beginning of 2009 has certainly kicked off with a polarisation in the debate for sex workers rights in the UK and has seen a sharp increase in right-wing attacks [...]
SCOT-PEP has funding cut
[not quite sure how we missed this information. xtalk has worked with members of SCOT-PEP for years and this news really is depressing. for more information see the SCOT-PEP website.]
On 26 November SCOT-PEP reluctantly announced that from 31 March 2009 it would cease to provide outreach and support services to women involved in the sex [...]
Sex, Slaves and Citizens: the politics of anti-trafficking
“Bonded labourers”, “sex slaves”, “victims of organized crime”. Identified as victims of trafficking, these are the terms commonly used to describe migrant women and men in abusive labour relations/conditions in the UK. In this text we argue that the lack of definitional clarity and the constant slippage between “illegal immigration”, “forced prostitution”, and “trafficking” diverts attention from the role of the state in constructing poor work and vulnerable workers. In discussing trafficking in relation to the politics of sex, the politics of labour, and the politics of citizenship, we bring the state back into the analysis of trafficking, and show that the language of trafficking needs to be recognised as part of a more general attempt to depoliticise migration and struggles over citizenship.
A Migrant World of Services
[An excellent paper by Laura Agustín from the Border Thinking on Migration, Culture, Economy and Sex blog.]
There is a strong demand for women’s domestic, caring and sexual labour in Europe which promotes migrations from many parts of the world. This paper examines the history of concepts that marginalise these as unproductive services (and not really [...]
xtalk Briefing Notes Jan 2009
Briefing Notes for Trade Unions, NGO’s and Allies
on the proposed legislation to criminalise sex work
The Policing and Crime Bill goes before the House of Commons Scrutiny Committee this week and will hear evidence for a month from Tuesday 26th January through to 26th February. The bill includes proposals to criminalise the demand for sex work [...]
Italy: New Anti-Prostitution Law Criminalises Street Sex Workers
ITALIANO
Negli ultimi tempi in Italia si è creato un pericoloso clima di intolleranza nei confronti delle persone che si prostituiscono e più in generale verso tutti coloro che, secondo campagne politiche ben orchestrate, metterebbero in discussione la sicurezza dei cittadini. L’allarme sociale, diretto da abili esperti, è andato crescendo fino al punto da creare capri [...]
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23rd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
xtalk is pleased to announce that we will be introducing *Transvestites Also Cry* at the 23rd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
This powerful debut film, shot over three years, follows the day to day lives of two unforgettable transgendered emigrants from Ecuador, living and working as prostitutes in Paris. Having escaped the prejudice and economic [...]
Feminist Fightback Responds to Cath Elliot
Having been mentioned several times in Cath Elliot’s ‘The Great IUSW Con’, Feminist Fightback would like to reply to the accusations levelled at both the IUSW and Fightback’s support for sex workers’ rights. We have been saddened to read yet another abolitionist article which, rather than engage in thoughtful and honest debate, seeks to obscure [...]
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