[SWAF-Potluck] Sex Work resolutions NDP and Conservative Party...

[Barb Altman]

FUCK THE PO-LICE (and their silly government positions)!!!  Ok so I'm
showing my age as well as my musical tastes!  I have been waiting for sex
workers around the world to organize a* sexual-anarcho-syndicalist
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism> *uprising where we see
the overthrow of the greedy, global power/political/laissez faire
capitalist  structure!!  Due to the extremely high endorphin release caused
by Sex Worker developed WMMO's (Weapons of Mass Multiple Orgasms), the
leaders of The Worldwide Network of Douche-ism are voluntarily stepping
down allowing for a peaceful, egalitarian and happy transfer of
international clout!

I'm leaving my fantasy world and returning to reality now!    =D

So, I realize not everyone on this list is political but seeing what's
going on with CPC corruption, gerrymandering and voter suppression, I have
to ask (especially given the outcome of the BC provincial election), should
we organize as a group and offer support to the NDP (or the other parties
who are, at the very least, sex work positive?  If so, while I am still
quite ill with flare ups these days, I could help recruit and organize
volunteers/supporters/donors.  If anyone is interested in further
discussing, etc.  email is the best way to reach me.

On a different topic and just because I'm curious, has anyone looked into
accepting Bitcoin (digital crypto-currency)?

XOXOX to all!


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Andy Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI. The Conservative party (current in power) and the official opposition
> party (NDP) in Canada have made their official party positions
> (resolutions) on sex work public. Both of these (and perhaps other parties
> who do the same) will inform discussion after the Supreme Court Bedford
> decision (where prostitution laws are currently being challenged).
>
>
> Sex work resolution from the NDP Federal Council (below if the one from
> the Conservative government).
> WHEREAS Canadian values include respect for human and labour rights of all
> persons, including the right to life, liberty, security, equality and
> freedom of expression and association as set out in the Canadian Charter of
> Rights and Freedoms;
>
> WHEREAS an unacceptable number of sex workers in Canada have experienced
> extreme violence, murder or have become ‘missing persons’;
>
> WHEREAS the current legal framework has caused many Canadian communities
> and neighbourhoods to experience tensions, conflicts and disruptions –
> often pitting neighbour against neighbour;
>
> WHEREAS adult sex workers have the right to live and work in conditions
> that are safe, healthy and free from violence and discrimination;
>
> WHEREAS social science and public health research in Canada has found that
> criminalization of adult sex work endangers sex workers and deprive them of
> the means of preventing coercion and violence, as well as constituting a
> barrier to sex workers’ ability to protect their safety and health;
>
> WHEREAS Canadian courts, the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Solicitation
> Laws and the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry each concluded that
> criminalization of sex workers increases the violence perpetrated against
> them.
>
> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the federal NDP will:
>
> • Advocate for the rights and safety of sex workers;
>
> • Work with all stakeholders to end exploitation and violence;
>
> • Condemn the countless number of assaults, murders and
> ‘missing-persons’disappearances continuing to be perpetrated on Canadian
> sex workers;
>
> • Recognize that the current legal framework places sex workers in
> unacceptably dangerous situations;
>
> • Within the above framework, oppose the enactment of legislation that
> prohibits the purchase or sale of adult sexual services given that evidence
> shows such laws increase the risk of violence and other harms to sex
> workers;
>
> • Work, in consultation with sex workers, affected communities, police,
> justice officials and other stakeholders to identify and repeal those
> sections of the Criminal Code of Canada pertaining to adult activities
> involving sex work that undermine the rights to life, liberty, security,
> health, equality and freedom of expression and association of sex workers;
> and carry out this work through an evidenced-based, human rights, and
> labour rights approach.
>
> • Call for a federal strategy that encompasses prevention, education, harm
> reduction, and safety for sex workers and affected local communities,
> including safe exit strategies, addressing critical issues that affect the
> freedom to choose one's work, including conditions of poverty,
> discrimination, inequality, poor housing and under/un-employment.
>
> * Take note of the S C of C decision of Bedford vs Canada pertaining to
> this issue.
>
> END
>
>
> Conservative resolution on sex work:
>
> i) The Conservative Party rejects the concept of legalizing the purchase
> of sex;
> ii) The Conservative Party declares that human beings are not objects to
> be enslaved, bought or sold; and
> iii) The Conservative Party of Canada shall develop a Canada specific plan
> to target the purchasers of sex and human trafficking markets through
> criminalizing the purchase of sex as well as the acts of any third party
> attempting to profit from the purchase of sex.
>
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*Barb in VanGroovy =)*
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