Posts Tagged with ‘legal issues’
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The Policing of Rape
30 Jun 2012
Anyone reading the Guardian's aricle today on the scale of sexual abuse by police officers may be given the impression that the policing of rape isn't very well done. On the contrary, rape is policed very well. We can't tolerate rape in this society - so we don't. We …
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Rape: Myths and Media
31 Jan 2012
Alison Saunder, head of the CPS yesterday warned that the demonisation of young women is contributing to the failure to secure more convictions of suspected rapists. In an interview with the Guardian she states that a debate needs to be opened up about the myths and stereotypes that jurors bring with …
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The Honeytrap of the Worker Bees
22 Dec 2011
This week, the Guardian broke the news that eight women are planning to sue the Met over relationships that they had with undercover police officers. Over a course of 23 years from 1987 to 2010, men sent by the police to infiltrate protest groups have initiated sexual relationships with female …
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Gay is the new Drab: Why Marriage Is Not The Answer
05 Dec 2011
The Scottish Government is currently in consultation over extending the right to marry to gay couples. Mixing in leftie circles, I find myself continually bombarded with people encouraging me to contribute to the consultation, always assuming that I would support such an extension, as is the dominant narrative on the left. When …
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Lapdancing, Exploitation and Employment Law
18 Nov 2011
Earlier this week, the Guardian interviewed a former lapdancer who recently published a book of tales from the stripping world. What she found was alarming, with a culture of women masturbating customers and ignoring no-touch policies to pay house fees, while managers and security turned a blind eye to gropes, …
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Racism, Ethnic Cleansing and Dale Farm
19 Oct 2011
This morning saw the anticipated eviction of Dale Farm. With the failure of the final appeal on Monday, the site was in a state of nervous apprehension. At 7am this morning an £18m operation to clear the area began. All done in the name of greenbelt and planning laws. Before …
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On the English Insurrection
17 Aug 2011On 6th August 2011, England erupted. First Tottenham, then Hackney, then all across London and beyond to Birmingham, Nottingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester and even Gloucester erupted in the most widespread wave of insurrectionary activity in a century. Sparked by the death of a man at police hands, further escalated by …
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Policing & Justice in the Context of Uprisings
14 Aug 2011
The events of the weekend in London shows the level of anger present in local communities in the capital of the UK. Riots unseen since the early 1980s have raged for two days across a seven mile stretch of North London. This occurs in the context of uprisings across Europe, …
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Sexual Violence and the Justice System
04 Aug 2011
In May 2011, Ken Clarke caused outrage by remarks made in a media interview. When questioned about the tariffs received for rape convictions, he asserted “A serious rape, with violence and an unwilling woman, the tariff is much longer … Date rape can be as serious as the worst rapes, …
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Socialism, Feminism & Prostitution
12 Sep 2006Prostitution is currently a live issue in the Scottish Parliament with Margo McDonald an independent MSP proposing a bill which would legalise prostitution within recognised “Tolerance Zones”. These zones would be established by the local authority following notice and consultation with the police local health board, property owners in the …
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Experiences of Dissent
30 Jul 2005I don’t exactly know how I got in touch with Dissent, but emails kept appearing in my inbox. Mainly they were meeting announcements, but then the news came through that they had managed to persuade Stirling Council to use a tract of land at the back of the stadium as …
