[Alt-sheff-organising-group] No Platforming of Radical Feminists - A talk by Julie Bindel

[Jonny]

Hey, it's been a long time since I was involved in Alt Sheff but personally I wouldn't be up for promoting this talk. This article by LaDIYfest explains why lots of feminists oppose her views: https://ladiyfestsheffield.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/julie-bindel-not-in-our-city/

Jonny

> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 13:23:00 +0100
> From: chris at webarchitects.co.uk
> To: contact at alt-sheff.org; Alt-sheff-organising-group at email-lists.org
> Subject: [Alt-sheff-organising-group] No Platforming of Radical Feminists -	A talk by Julie Bindel
> 
> Hi
> 
> The talk mentioned below, has been re-scheduled for Saturday, updated
> details below, it could be added to Alt-Sheff?
> 
> All the best
> 
> Chris
> 
> - No Platforming of Radical Feminists - A talk by Julie Bindel
> 
>   Saturday, June 6, 2015
>   1:00pm - 4:00pm 
> 
>   Following on from the successful event on 28 February in Nottingham,
>   Julie Bindel will again be talking about the No Platforming of Radical
>   Feminists, followed by more than an hour of questions and discussions. 
> 
>   The event is organised by RadFem Collective and Miranda Yardley and
>   will take place Saturday 6 June 2015 between 1 and 4pm.
> 
>   This is a mixed event and everyone is welcome, whatever your views. 
> 
>   We are trying to make this event as inclusive and productive as
>   possible and get as many people involved in this as we can, with all
>   viewpoints. To do this, it is incredibly important that we can have a
>   respectful dialogue with each other and not resort to name-calling or
>   personal attacks. Please respect this.
> 
>   The venue we are using for the talk is fully wheelchair accessible. If
>   you have any other accessibility needs, please let us know about them
>   and we will do our very best to meet them.
> 
>   The ticket price is purely to cover costs such as room and PA hire.
>   Everyone involved are volunteers. 
> 
>   Buy a ticket (£5 each):
>   https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-platforming-of-radical-feminists-tickets-16168985872
> 
>   Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/383481701831348/
> 
>   http://www.radfemcollective.org/
> 
> 
> On Tue 20-Jan-2015 at 09:28:28PM +0000, Chris Croome wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue 20-Jan-2015 at 08:06:35PM +0000, Alt-Sheff Collective wrote:
> > > 
> > > I've listed an event which might be controversial, just want to check
> > > everyone's happy we continue to list this:
> > > 
> > > Feb 21st - a talk
> > > here's the link
> > > http://alt-sheff.org/events/3814
> > > 
> > > Julie Bindel was apparently "No Platformed" after writing an article which
> > > offended many people. That's when activists turn up to try to stop someone
> > > from speaking in public. It was probably this article:
> > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jan/31/gender.weekend7
> > > I understand she has since apologised for what she wrote, and received a lot
> > > of abuse. So this meeting could be a historically useful look back moment in
> > > left/feminist understanding. Or it could be more controversy.
> > > 
> > > OK to list it? All replies welcome :)
> > 
> > I mentioned this event and Jonathan suggested listing it, I have since
> > brought a ticket and asked them if I can make a mp3 recording of the
> > event for Indymedia.
> > 
> > I don't agree with Julie Bindel or the organisers about sex work or
> > trans issues but I support their right to speak and support it being
> > listed.
> 
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