CASE ACT (Californians Against Sexual Exploitation) Prop 35 exploits the public’s concern about human trafficking and the trafficking of minors to heighten criminalization of sex workers and all those associated with them. It increases prison sentences and fines, expands sex … Continue reading
The massage parlor mistake
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Trafficking – a justification for increased deportations and a moralistic crusade against prostitution
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1. The public’s understandable concern for victims of trafficking including young people is being used to promote a moralistic and dangerous crusade against prostitution. The anti-trafficking campaign allied with law enforcement and the religious right claims that all prostitution is rape/sexual exploitation. It … Continue reading
Prostitutes and the recession: How David Cameron’s cuts are affecting British women
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Prostitutes and the recession: How David Cameron’s cuts are affecting British women By Gabriella Swerling The Independent Notebook Wednesday, 1 May 2013 The sex industry like most others is feeling the effects of the credit crunch. But in a grim … Continue reading
Mobilize against anti-sex censorship passing for anti-trafficking
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Defend Village Voice under attack for adult ads. Protest Women’s Funding Network undermining sex workers’ rights & safety. Village Voice is under attack for running Backpage.com the on-line adult classified ads service. Advertising allows many sex workers to work in the … Continue reading
Bringing the heat – SF Bay Guardian
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San Francisco Bay Guardian 06.16.12 – | Yael Chanoff | A banner at the June 13 protest: “fucking to survive is life under capitalism” On June 13, more than 400 people, mainly from law enforcement and non-profits, gathered for a … Continue reading
Sex workers groups and other oppose protest of Craigslist
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STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS…STOP PRESS… Thursday July 8, 2010 Contact: Rachel West (US PROS) 415-640-4250 US PROStitutes Collective (US PROS) and others will be holding a counter protest at Craigslist today at 12 noon. We strongly oppose the false claims about … Continue reading
Stop the closure of massage parlors!
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Protect workers’ safety! Stop the closure of massage parlors! Stop targeting immigrant sex workers! Under the pretence of stopping sex trafficking, Supervisor Carmen Chu and Mayor Newsom want to impose criminal charges and exorbitant fines on massage parlors despite workers’ … Continue reading
The massage parlor mistake
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SF Bay Guardian Fearing arrest and/or deportation will mean fewer women will report rape or other violence and exploitation when they occur BY RACHEL WEST Tuesday June 30, 2009 OPINION Taking advantage of the recent turmoil over the huge city budget … Continue reading
A dancer speaks
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I had worked in Las Palmas club for some years and then in Club 907 two weeks before it got raided. We all lost our jobs when the club got busted and it was closed down, it was devastating and … Continue reading
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