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Move Your Feet to the Cable Street Beat: The Cultural Praxis of Anti-Fascist Action, 1988 – 2000
Get PDFThe historiography of antifascism has grown substantially recently. However, scholarly attention has been disproportionally focused on the street-based and violent strategies of the movement. High-profile conflicts between antifascists and their far-right opponents have stimulated a high volume of research regarding the causes and results of their radicalization. Yet antifascism is a vast and complex movement that employs a wide variety of different strategies, the majority of which are non-violent. To address this gap in the literature, and begin to reveal the multifaceted nature of antifascist organizing, this article will explore the movement's 'cultural praxis'. That is, the way that antifascists use culture to construct a space in which they can effectively engage with the public as well as their efforts to prevent the far right from constructing such a space. Specifically, the efforts of the British militant antifascist organization Anti-Fascist Action to strategically use music and music scenes in their conflict with the far right between 1988 and 2000 shall be examined
Disrupting gender-based violence: The role of private security
Get PDFSouth Africa suffers from pervasive gender-based violence that finds expression in, amongst others, domestic and intimate partner violence, rape, sexual harassment, and femicide. While the government and civil society organizations have implemented various measures to combat gender-based violence, the private security sector has traditionally been overlooked in prevention and mitigation strategies. This qualitative study set out to determine how private security can partner with the South African Police Service and community organizations to assist in the fight against gender-based violence. Data were collected from 12 managers of 5 private security companies operating in Pretoria East, South Africa. The participants stated that their companies receive calls related to domestic violence daily, but that they are often unable to meaningfully intervene because the sector does not have specific guidelines and policies on how to assist in such cases. Nevertheless, where possible private security officers aim to defuse the domestic conflict, ensure the physical safety of victims, and support the police when arrests are made. Since security companies have more resources (vehicles and personnel) than the police, they are frequently first to respond when called upon to intervene in domestic violence. The study suggests that, in addressing the gap in policy, the private security sector can be a vital partner in the fight against gender-based violence
Experiences of intimate partner violence among the currently married Rohingya women in Bangladesh: Perceived causes, mental health consequences and help seeking behavior
Get PDFOur study seeks to gain insights into Rohingya women’s experiences with intimate partner violence (IPV), its causes, and their help-seeking behaviour. This article provides empirical evidence on the pattern of IPV in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, drawing from qualitative interviews with currently married Rohingya women aged 16-45 years (n=20). We adopted the thematic analysis technique for the data analysis, in which themes and subthemes were categorized to explore the Rohingya women’s experiences of IPV and their help seeking behaviors to cope with IPV. The findings of our study suggest that IPV is highly prevalent in the Rohingya camps, and the respondents experienced psychological, controlling behavior and physical violence by their intimate partners. This study revealed multiple reasons behind the IPV in the Rohingya community, including early marriage, use of drugs/alcohol by the husband, dowry, extramarital affairs, gambling habits of husband, preferences for sons, and polygamy. It has been seen that survivor women's coping mechanisms are their willpower, acceptance, self-time, hopeful mentality, and emotional and family attachment. The respondents preferred to seek help from family members and NGOs. Despite widespread IPV in the Rohingya community, most of the women want to live with their current intimate partner. Therefore, interventions should respect women’s priorities to end violence. Awareness-raising programs regarding the rights of women should be promoted at the community level to sensitize men and women of all ages
Decisionismo neoliberale e democrazia del comune nella riflessione di Pierre Dardot e Christian Laval
Get PDFItQuesto testo analizza la critica della demo-fobia neoliberale nel pensiero di Pierre Dardot e Christian Laval. Per i due autori, nel neoliberalismo è all'opera un decisionismo intrinsecamente antidemocratico che sacrifica la democrazia sull'altare della "costituzione economica". Criticando la logica della rappresentanza, Dardot e Laval oppongono alla non-democrazia neoliberale una "democrazia del comune". Per questa democrazia la sovranità popolare esiste solo in atto, quando cioè un popolo si soggettiva come attore della sovranità.EnThis text analyzes the critique of neoliberal demo-phobia in the thought of Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval. For the two authors, an inherently anti-democratic decisionism is at work in neoliberalism that sacrifices democracy on the altar of the "economic constitution". Criticizing the logic of representation, to neoliberal non-democracy Dardot and Laval oppose a "democracy of the commons". For this democracy, popular sovereignty exists only in act, that is, when a people subjectivizes itself as an actor of sovereignty
