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

[Chris Croome]

Hi

On Mon 01-Jun-2015 at 04:11:07PM +0000, Jonny wrote:
> 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/

I find that article totally contradictory -- you can't be in favour of
debate and dialogue, and LaDIYFest claim they are, and at the same time
support protests against a meeting against no-platforming, which
LaDIYFest do -- LaDIYFest appears to be in favour of the no-platforming
of feminists.

Feminists are not fascists, I don't agree that they should be
no-platformed, I think it is better to have debates about disagreements
rather than using tactics that were once reserved for fascists.

This is a better article on these matters:

- http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_sex_industrys_attack_on_feminists_20150529

All the best

Chris


> > 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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