Naked protest (the swp/sp wont like this, its not serious enough comrades, join da party)

by amazon Wed Apr 09, 2003 18:30 hleeck at indigo dot ie 5, p pearse tower

Brilliant!

Yeah - I think -seeing that mass protest didn t get us anywhere- we now need more innovative action---

more of this.
keep it up, sisters- rememberMEN ARE RUNNI G THE PLANET---- ...INTO THE GROUND !!!

hARRIET

by Ted Wed Apr 09, 2003 18:49

Surely these protests are just opportunity for SWP beardos to see 'real live naked women' without paying for it?

by sisters are doing it for themselves Wed Apr 09, 2003 20:54

Stupid Ted is quiet wrong as you would expect from a male chauvinist. These sisters are using their bodies to fight male oppression and war. I would not expect patriarchial socialist parties such as the socialist workers and the socialist party to understand this. these parties are part of the problem not part of the solution.

by male Wed Apr 09, 2003 21:53

No pictures?

by SWP don't do lapdancing Wed Apr 09, 2003 22:09

What if kids are watching? It's ok if its mummsie type women, or grannies, but should gorgeous young women be stripping naked, come on now, youse don't want to give socialists a heart attack.

by T Dillon Wed Apr 09, 2003 22:44

"Watford Gap Watford gap
a plate of grease and a load of crap."

Roy Harper

If streaking helps stop the madness, why not.
If the weather is right.

But seriously though......

by me fein Wed Apr 09, 2003 23:06

A previous comment begs a question (or two):

"these parties are part of the problem not part of the solution"

Question being, what parties ARE part of the solution?

And how does the average consumer avoid being part of the problem?

And no, I'm not taking the piss, this is a serious question.
I try to think, before buying food or clothes, of where the money is going to end up. If I followed everything closely enough, I'd get very depressed.

In theory, anyone who ever paid for a Beatles record, has helped to support the Entertainment-Military-Industrial complex that big multinationals like Thorn EMI are part of.

In theory, every time a car owner pays for a few litres, they are supporting the petrochemical industry.

Not a car owner but you take the bus every day? Tough, you're part of the problem too - most of the fare ends up being spent on fuel. Part of your bus fare ends up being paid to Halliburton (a very small part, granted, but in theory, that makes you part of the problem).

So if there are simple things that we could all be doing, let us know!

by Cuntstable Judith horseface Wed Apr 09, 2003 23:57

Can we do a dance routine too? What if I have a bloody great big FARC tatoo on across my chest, my nipples, belly button and clit pierced?, are you thinking about it, good, keep thinking....

by dyke forever Thu Apr 10, 2003 09:19

Typical anti women invective from the last 3 or 4 posts . Womens bodies are theirs to do with as they please, that includes protesting against males and their wars, it is having at least as impact as the party paper selling and mindless slogans on the recent ineffectual marches over the past couple of weeks.

by Chekov Thu Apr 10, 2003 12:21

I'd say that this war is at least as much Condoleeza Rice's as it is mine.

by Lone gunman Thu Apr 10, 2003 13:27

The thought of bald ,fat ,tattoed lezzers stripping off in public.Yuch!maybe we could borrow them and send them off in front of the colation forces.The sight of them should make the extra special republican gaurd surrender or run in fear.

by Phuq Hedd Thu Apr 10, 2003 16:11

And stupidity and aggression aren't confined confined to men (although they've done a good job on this thread of making themselves look like that) as demonstrated by Thatcher, Perron etc. (and Chekhov's example).

Note I use the word "men" very loosely to describe the infants that have contributed disparaging comments about lesbians.

by Homo sapiens sub sp. neanderthalis Thu Apr 10, 2003 17:17

i think it is fair to say that we do still live in an extremely patriarchal society, and that if we were more open to feminine nature it would be a much less war-ravaged and polluted planet. BUT then again, maybe moving towards sexual equality, instead of taking men out of war, is just putting women in.
I dont know: women give birth, men blow up maternity hospitals -cant be that simple. Lots of women in the armed forces now, so much for equality in the workplace.
But then again..
Murders -predominantly male
Suicide -predominantly male
sexual assault and rape -almost exclusively male
violent physical assault -again a predominantly male problem, as is criminality in general.
Maybe we shold consider the possibility that men have serious problems dealing with civilised life and that War is really a male thing.
I am a man by the way, (just wanted to avert any offended macho rantings calling me a flat-chested lezzer (sic) )

by international solidarity Thu Apr 10, 2003 20:35

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A federal court judge has barred the State of Florida from trying to block plans by a group of women to gather in a state park, strip nude and form a peace symbol with their bodies in protest of a U.S. war on Iraq.

U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks wrote an eleven-page order stating that "nude overtly political speech in the form of a 'living nude peace symbol' is expressive conduct well within the ambit of the First Amendment."

Middlebrooks also ruled, however, that the state could erect signs to notify the public that the protest would be taking place, or it could put screens around the demonstrators.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida went to court in defense of a naturist and a videographer who planned to record the event.

The demonstration is taking place this morning at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park on Singer Island, north of West Palm Beach.