August 14, 2018 – Bridge Agents

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SLAMS POLICE TACTICS FOLLOWING ARRESTS OF DEMONSTRATORS

August 14, 2018 Bridge Agents

Berkeley, CA (PT) – The recently appointed executive director of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco chapter has spoken out against what has been described as the deliberate targeting of ‘anti-fascist protesters’ by Police, in an interview with the Guardian newspaper following disturbances in Berkeley, California, the weekend before last. The criticism came after photographs and other personal details of those arrested were posted on Twitter by members of the local Police Department. Image Source: Berkeley PD Public Domain Critics of the demonstrators on the now largely discredited Blue Lives Matter website, which recently…

‘Just a Piece of Meat’: How Homeless Women Have Little Choice But to Use Sex For Survival

August 14, 2018 Bridge Agents

Australia (Conversation) – Women comprise 42% of Australia’s homeless population. Not only do many women become homeless due to family violence, homelessness can expose them to further gendered violence. Research shows homeless women experience violence – or feel vulnerable to it – in crisis accommodation, such as private rooming houses and motels, to which housing services often refer them due to the scarcity of more suitable alternatives. For my recently published book I interviewed 15 women aged 18-25 about their experiences of managing homelessness in Melbourne. The women described how…