Archive for 'Violence against women'
The Ali Fahour incident and an unseeing society
Posted by John, July 11th, 2017 - under Sport, Violence, Violence against women.
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The tolerance of violence in sport is a symptom of a far greater malaise involving a largely unseeing society, I write in Independent Australia.
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The Price is wrong: violence against women
Posted by John, July 18th, 2016 - under Liberation, Violence against women.
Tags: Feminism
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Jokes about violence towards women are indicative of systemic misogyny that normalises the oppression of women, writes John Passant In Independent Australia. To read the whole article in Independent Australia click here. Violence against women: the Price is wrong
Unite to fight systemic violence
Posted by John, June 21st, 2016 - under Independent Australia, John Passant, Violence, Violence against women.
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In Independent Australia on Tuesday I discuss the recent tragedies of Orlando and the Jo Cox murder and the systemic violence behind these and other violent incidents.
White Ribbon Day – pictures paint a thousand words
Posted by John, November 28th, 2015 - under Violence against women.
Tags: Domestic violence
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Miss Dhu died in police custody. The police are one of the sponsors of White Ribbon Day. Obama’s drone program kills women. Obama says he is opposed to violence against women. Locking up women and their children to reinforce racism in Australia and unite workers with their capitalist and austerity leaders. Turnbull […]
Of sharks and pepper spray: the ‘moanstream’ media in Australia
Posted by John, July 20th, 2015 - under Media, Moanstream media, Police, Violence, Violence against women.
Tags: Anti-fascist, Anti-racist
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The capitalist media reports and emphasises or spins things that reinforce a capitalist world view. To seriously report, let alone investigate, police violence against medics, or domestic violence, might undermine two key pillars of capitalist society – the police and the family.
Rage against rape: Stop violence against women
Posted by John, December 30th, 2012 - under India, Rape, sexism, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence against women.
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‘A campaign against rape in isolation from all other aspects of women’s oppression will not serve the purpose. Rape, like domestic violence and sexual harassment, is a symptom of a deeply unequal class-based society that leads some men to think they can control women, including sexually. This is reinforced by women’s material inequality and lower status in society. We must challenge sexism and through the process of struggle will see millions of people questioning the brutal, sexist and exploitative capitlaist society in which we live and look for alternatives beyond capitalism.’