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

[Barb Altman]

I have been in the anarcho-syndicalist closet for a very, very long time
but the "we're here, we're queer, get used to it" crowd has shown me the
way out!!  Perhaps an anarcho-syndicalist party is in order!!  We could
invite Noam Chomsky to be the guest of honour!!  Hahaha!  I mean Partay
kinda party btw!!  Not of the political ilk *silly grin*

I understand what you mean re: NDP and Justin Trudeau.  I feel the same way
however the prospect of vote-splitting leading to another Harper win
(majority or minority) seriously terrifies me!!  I may sound a little like
a drama queen but I've been more than "twice burned - shame on me" in the
past so I'm sure you probably get me!!  The next election is October 19th,
2015 (which will be my 52nd birthday so I'm hoping to get my way!) which
sounds like fairly far into the future but with our election cycles
becoming more and more Republican-esque (my homage to the Kafka-esque
episode of Breaking Bad), it is going to creep up quickly!!

In the spirit of Olivia Newton John's "Let's Get Physical", I say "Let's
Get Political" as well as physical!

I'm probably not going to make it to this potluck so I'd like to wish you
all the best of everything for the coming holiday season!  MerryHappy
*insert your favourite holiday here*!!!


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Andy Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com> wrote:

> OMG!!
>
> I didn't know there were other anarcho-syndicalists on this list. What
> fun! I'm not so convinced by the NDP, I am afraid. Socialists can be so
> funny about prostitution. :^)
>
> I am going to vote for Justin Trudeau, solely for the namesake of the man
> who had the balls to say that the government has no business (no pun
> intended) in the bedrooms of the nation. If I were a political party. I
> just wouldn't bother to have a resolution on prostitution. Leaves you with
> options, No? Look forward to seeing everyone at the potluck. Thank you Ki!
>
> xo
> a.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Barb Altman <barb.altman.wpg at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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