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ALINA POLIANSKAYASEX workers joined Soho’s artisan community in a day of protest against police brothel raids as they took to the streets to film a music video for a protest singer with deep roots in the community.Following the recent spate of raids on the area’s brothels, the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) were invited along […]
PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT MEETING, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Stop the criminalisation of sex work – safety first! 26 March 2014
English Collective of Prostitutes joined by artists, actors and musicians to fight ‘ham-fisted’ police action Soho sex workers held “their biggest protest to date” in London’s Piccadilly yesterday against recent raids on brothels. Musicians, actors, dancers and performance artists joined members of The English Collective of Prostitutes to protest against the “ham-fisted” nature […]
Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work Discussion: Melissa Gira Grant & Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes Chair: Selma James March 31, 2014, 6.00pm – 8.00pm University of London Union. Malet Suite – 2nd floor, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY ⋅ Selma James chairs a discussion between Melissa Gira Grant and Niki Adams, English Collective of Prostitutes Join us for this […]
In a report published in March in the UK, MPs and peers argued that women working as prostitutes should no longer be criminalized, while their clients and pimps should be. In other words, buying sex would become illegal, but selling sex would no longer be a criminal offence. Mary Honeyball MEP is one of the […]
A poll conducted by GfK (February 28 – 2 March) for Professor Colin Francome, director of the Campaign for Radical Sociology, shows that over half the population of the UK is opposed to the criminalisation of prostitution. Only three in ten nationwide were in favour. In London it was only one in four. Prof. Francome […]
Damian WhitworthThe late porn baron’s company wants to redevelop London’s village of vice — but without the sex, will it lose its soul?The front line in the battle for the soul of Soho can be found if you take a walk down Brewer Street until you reach a door that is open on to the […]
See video here. As sex workers from across Europe gather at the House of Commons to argue against proposals to criminalise their clients, Channel 4 News asks one woman what effect changing the law would have. The sex workers say proposals drawn up by the all-party parliamentary group on prostitution would not stop prostitution, but would […]