Violence

Confronting Sexual Violence On The Left – Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault

March 19, 2014 Staff www.libcom.org Educate! Sexism, Violence

There are tentative signs of a growing movement against sexual violence on the left. In 2004, three women were raped at a large punk festival in Philadelphia in the US. The concert organisers established two collectives to support the survivors and hold the rapists to account. The collectives became Philly’s Pissed and Philly Stands Up which continued this work for a period of six years. Organizers of the 2012 Toronto and New York Anarchist bookfairs asked people who had been accused of sexual violence, and who were not actively engaging in some sort of accountability process, to not attend the events. Closer to home, groups like A World Without Sexual Assault and Stepping Up in Melbourne have provided support to survivors, facilitated accountability processes, and run awareness-raising workshops.

Prison is Violence

March 8, 2014 Staff www.usprisonculture.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Mass Incarceration, Violence

“The conditions of the confinement of women were horrible — filthy, overcrowded, and at risk of sexual abuse from male guards. Rachel Welch became pregnant at Auburn while serving a punishment in a solitary cell; she died after childbirth as the result of a flogging by a prison official earlier in her pregnancy. Her death prompted New York officials to build the Mount Pleasant Prison Annex for women on the grounds of Sing Sing in Mount Pleasant, New York in 1839. The governor of New York had recommended separate facilities in 1828, but the legislature did not approve the measure because the washing, ironing, and sewing performed by the women saved the Auburn prison system money. A corrupt administration at the Indiana State Prison used the forced labor of female inmates to provide a prostitution service for male guards (p.134).”

Jane-Finch Community Holds Barbecue To Protest Violence

August 25, 2013 Sahar Fatima, www.thestar.com Create! Community, Violence

“In the past there have been incidents of violence in the community which doesn’t show what the true sense of the community is,” he said. “It’s more just supporting residents in their own reclaiming back the community in a positive way.” Tabnor extended her condolences on behalf of the Jane and Finch community to all the families affected by gun violence. “We do not live in this community as neighbours. We all, no matter what nation we’re from, we are all family,” she said. “Unity is strength and when we come together and unify this community with the presence of elders, youth, adults, children in one place, enjoying themselves without any violence, that’s what you call … community strength.”

300 Men March in Baltimore & Demand: “Stop the Violence!”

July 6, 2013 Bill Hughes, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Police abuse, Violence

The 300 Men March against violence was held on Friday night, July 5, 2013, in Baltimore. With the temperature striking close to 90 degrees, approximately 500 men from Baltimore City and beyond paraded along North Avenue to help deter “violent crime” in the city. I caught up with the marchers at North Avenue and Charles Street--close to the finish line for the event. Photos and videos included. For more visit Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/events/141100086087257/ .

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