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as mardi gras copying sydney australia and the free post march festival was replaced with a ticketed event with corporate sponsors pride london a charity has now taken over the organisation but followed the same route a themed parade not a march or a protest with lavishly decorated floats representing the lgbt community and the latest assimilationist campaigns for example the rights of gay people to get married get a mortgage join the military etc the police armed forces and prison service march proudly this year the home office float has one of the loudest sound systems pride is used to sell london as a destination for gay tourists the glf used to urge people to come out and join in but each year participation in the parade is more strictly controlled the sides are sealed off and stewards are instructed not to let spectators in so yes there are more people coming along to the west end to celebrate pride but for them the march is pure spectacle something to watch go by not something to be part of the gay lifestyle has been packaged up and sold to us capitalism continues to see lgbt folk as yet another category of consumer to exploit queer resistance has come in many forms new york activists questioned the whole notion of pride and created gay shame awards instead here in london anarch queers have set up alternatives to the gay mainstream and to pride itself occupying space both on the march and afterwards a spoof newspaper the pink pauper has appeared twice last year s flyers questioned the need for hate crime legislation and criticised police and prison service lgbt recruitment drives placards and banners like queers bash back against homophobia fuck the pink pound queers against capitalism attract the unwelcome attention of the met and pride organisers both of whom seem to find radical politics much more offensive than for example the presence of a float full of lgbt shell employees radical queers are active in a range of struggles and seem to be especially well represented in no borders and anti prison groups bent bars was established last year to link up lgbt prisoners with pen pals on the outside and now need more pen pals more info at http www co re org joomla index php bent bars london anarcha feminist kolektiv lafk riseup net posted in uncategorized tagged anti capitalism freedom lgbt pride queer liberation stonewall leave a comment dressed to kill posted on july 19 2010 by anarchafeministkolektiv so it s summertime again and it s hot in the city but what do i wear for the weather as a woman it isn t all about colours accessories and styles sometimes its basic safety i m thinking about will i have to walk home later in that skirt will my armpit hair attract unwelcome attention wearing a vest can i run in flip flops if i need to maybe its paranoia because it isn t modesty frankly i don t care who sees what but some men seem to regard my summer attire as a display just for them obviously a female body is packaged up with them in mind just hoping to please their senses in passing as if i wore that just to titillate or revile someone i don t know who just happened to be somewhere i didn t know i was going uninvited commentary on womens bodies is considered innocuous by some men especially if they perceive it to be complimentary the thought that it could be unwelcome offensive or even intimidating and add to the hassle of getting around simply hasn t occurred to them running a gauntlet of judgements on your physical traits isn t pleasant i didn t join a beauty pageant i was just popping out to the shops and if your body doesn t conform to the plasticised sanitised homogenised standards of the make believe image of modern womanhood what then there are those people of all genders willing to tell you that you are letting the side down failing to meet their expectations or worse not even prepared to try you didn t shave you didn t wash and set your hair you didn t think about that outfit you wore something unflattering you showed the wrong bulge direct and overheard criticisms abound meanwhile we have men wandering around in nothing but a pair of shorts arms legs and torsos of whatever shape size and consistency bared to the sun soaking up rays can i do that not if i want to get home without incident it s a male privilege so i cover my breasts and hide my thighs to feel safer and hotter but why should i have to dress defensively because your attitude is offensive my body isn t public property i don t package it for anyone elses excitement i also don t want to sweat under layers of clothing when the temperature s up so that little skirt and strappy top aren t there to amuse you they happen to be practical right now just like your shorts objectifying and judging women is dehumanising which is the first step towards violence and violation lets recognise and address it for what it is addressing it is exactly where other men are needed to help discriminatory behaviour can only continue where it is participatory tolerated or ignored amongst a peer group letting it slide because its low level crappy attitude rather than direct threat might seem like an easy option but for the many sisters daughters mothers lovers friends in your life please consider challenging it where you see it this article apperared in freedom vol 71 no 13 posted in uncategorized tagged autonomy dressed to kill freedom politics of everyday life sexism take action 1 comment huge cuts to child care in hackney posted on july 3 2010 by anarchafeministkolektiv an edited version of this article appears in freedom vol 71 no 12 on sunday 30th of may 2010 friends of hackney nurseries fhn organised a fun family event in london fields hackney there was face painting a raffle story telling banner making lots of cake and much general merriment although a good time had by all especially the children the reason behind the funday was serious and the event was intended to inform and bring people together around the very real threats to childcare provison in hackney community nurseries across the london borough of hackney are facing serious funding cuts which will result in some of the poorest working families in the borough losing their nursery places in april at least eight community nurseries received letters from the local education authority the learning trust saying that with immediate effect there would be funding cuts of up to 50 per cent at the nurseries equivalent to 200 children losing their subsidised nursery places leading to the serious threat of nursery closures and hardship and distress for parents workers and children the friends of hackney nurseries group fhn which successfully organised against huge cuts to nursery provision in the 1990 s and early 2000 s re formed to fight these cuts and to fight for decent affordable childcare for all in hackney the group is comprised of parents nursery workers local residents and community activists with many feminists and anarchists responding to the call to join this struggle the learning trust has denied that there will be any funding cuts to nurseries prefering to call it a reallocation of funds hackney council representatives and mayor jules pipe publicly denied any knowledge of the planned cuts admitting that the council has very little knowledge of what the learning trust does the learning trust responded to these denials by saying it had fully consulted with the council in the reallocation of funds and with nurseries too the nurseries affected have not been consulted at all nor have the parents who use the nurseries where exactly have the funds been reallocated to ask fhn we don t know say the council hackney council was stripped of its right to provide education services in 2001 following widespread criticism that the then bankrupt council was the worst education authority in the country and financially incapable of providing education services to some of the most deprived children in the uk at the direction of the secretary of state for education and skills education services in hackney were handed over to the learning trust a non profit making independent education trust set up by the government and the first body of its kind in the uk while it was the funding cuts to community nurseries and the resulting impact on the working parents who use the nurseries their children and the staff of the community nurseries that initially caused the fhn to remobilise fhn aims to be a much broader campaign hoping to improve childcare provision locally as well as improve terms and conditions for nursery workers across the borough it has since come to light that in a sector that is female dominated and traditionally under valued and under paid there are workers in learning trust run crèches that have not received holiday pay or sick pay for up to ten years these women workers have been treated as sessional workers despite working regularly and to set rotas for years on end thanks to fhn publicly raising the issues around childcare provision in the borough and its effect on workers these women have now got union representation and should receive the working terms and conditions they are entitled too and at least some of the significant amounts of money they are owed it is certain that there are lots more women working in education across hackney who are in a similar situation it is clear that with the change of government and massive cuts to public services imminent the struggle for decent free or affordable childcare provision is just heating up and not just in hackney but across the uk it is important that anarchists recognise the significant impact these cuts will have on the working class women who are primarily affected by nursery cuts and respond to these attacks accordingly the withdrawal of public funds will affect all nurseries and consequently our children s opportunities will be diminished we must organise and resist not only against these cuts but against the sexist notion of childcare as women s work and the resulting under valuing of this work under capitalism laura schwartz of fhn and feminist fightback in a call out entitled girls and boys come out to play or why the fight against nursery cuts must involve people of all genders calls on the male dominated left to take this campaign seriously and to join us today and in the future not just to defend existing and unsatisfactory public services but to fight for a better way to organise our society and our lives london anarcha feminist kolektiv would like to echo this sentiment childcare who does it and how it s organised affects us all and as anarchists we would like to work towards the collectivisation of child rearing with everyone taking responsibility for the next generation the friends of hackney nurseries meet regularly and are gearing up for a long fight all are welcome to get involved for more information visit www friendsofhackneynurseries wordpress com posted in uncategorized tagged action childcare education freedom friends of hackney nurseries working class women 2 comments squatters sexism and football posted on june 17 2010 by anarchafeministkolektiv an article we wrote for freedom anarchist newspaper a squatters football tournament was held on hackney marshes in london on saturday 22 nd may we were disappointed to hear about what happened on the day it appears that one of the teams who we d quite like to name and shame although our sources aren t sure of the exact miss spelling used the semi sicotix couldn t handle the idea of women playing footie their first match was against gore core fc a mixed team which included three female players and they made it clear pretty early on that they didn t believe women could or should play as the gore core team took the lead by scoring two goals against them they then moved on to aiming disparaging derogatory comments at the individual women who were daring to prove them wrong despite a near constant stream of sexist shit and an offer by the referee to end the game and declare it in their favour at half time the gore core women decided they d rather carry on playing and beating the misogynists however the macho posturing escalated into actual violence during the second half after one of the gore core players was hit in the back of the head the ref acted decisively and ended the match why should anyone else have to put up with their behaviour it s bad enough that most women we know suffer this sort of sexual harassment when they walk down the street without it happening at an event that s organised and attended by people who are supposed to be politically aware what we re left wondering is why they didn t just kick the offenders out there and then those who had suffered or just witnessed the violence and ridiculous levels of sexism were understandably horrified more so when no real support was forthcoming from the organisers of the event most of the other teams were made aware of what had happened and asked not to play against the sicotix however only one other team decided that they too would leave the scene it seems as though far too many of the assembled squatters were happy to ignore the situation look the other way and keep on drinking we expect better from our comrades we know that not all squatters punks would describe themselves as anarchists or anti fascist but that a fair few of those who were at the football tournament do one excuse given for inaction was that the trouble making team were not entirely unknown they ve already made a name for themselves by attacking other squatted parties and events and ripping people off they ve used violence in the past to get their way their kicks or just to make money we wish that our community was better at defending itself against this kind of behaviour concepts like solidarity and anti oppression start sounding a little hollow when this kind of situation goes unchallenged in the mainstream world women s sports are often side lined despite all the media attention given to games like football we often don t hear much about women s achievements for example the women s england football team made it into last september s uefa euro final coming second overall in the competition and is on course to do extremely well in the fifa women s world cup next year having won all their qualifying matches so far when women do well and prove themselves to be strong and fast and powerful male dominated organisations like the international olympic committee start casting aspersions on their gender the case of south african athlete caster semenya is an example of this there s an excellent article on the subject in the latest issue of slingshot an anarchist paper from the bay area that isn t afraid to cover subjects we don t talk about enough over here personal relationships mental health etc you can find it at http slingshot tao ca displaybi php 0103010 another new publication that we re finding interesting right now is dysophia the many worlds 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