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James O'Brien LBC explains why trade unions are so important https://tinyurl.com/384ey6rw #StrikeIsAHumanRight #RailStrikes

I'm reading 'In Control,' a book by Jane Monckton Smith, a former police officer, about dangerous relationships and how they end in murder. As a woman, I recognised something some men try when chatting up a woman. The type of men who try to take control of you, even before you've agreed to go out… Continue reading Control who has it in your relationships? →

It was the first independent view I had taken with which many disagreed, so far so that my Dad, for example, stopped talking to me for a year (for which he did later apologise.) I didn't expect the reactions I got - we live in a democracy after all. However, I'd not taken on board… Continue reading So what does Greenham have to do with bullying? →

What the press completely missed was that Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp could be fun! I have only one regret, and that is that I didn't go to Greenham earlier, 1982 and stay until 1985 rather than just for 1984 & 85. I had no idea how original Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was going… Continue reading What the media didn’t tell you about Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp… →

Reconnected with a friend from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp - Stephanie Davies Steph lives in America now and has written a book, a memoir about what being a gay woman was like back then and what Greenham Common Women's Peace was like - anarchistic - the lack of leaders totally fooled the authorities. It's… Continue reading “Other Girls Like Me” →

I did watch a lot of the trial. I didn't find Amber creditable. I wanted to believe her, just automatically did, over the libel trial against the Sun last year, which I didn't follow. However some of the taped conversation in this case was disturbing. AH:I didn't punch you. I didn't punch you, by the… Continue reading How important is the Depp versus Heard defamation trial? →

What happens when you sacrifice your self-respect to a sexually predatory guru. Bikram was a charismatic yoga guru who brought hot yoga to the United States. Actually what he claimed was his own teaching was that of his own guru back in India. He made huge, '110%' Donald Trump-sized claims - for example, that President… Continue reading Bikram Yoga – renamed Hot Yoga in the wake of Bikram’s sexually predatory behaviour. →

Netflix's series Dirty Money is fascinating. If you want to see what part bullying plays in facilitating corrupt practices just watch the Wagon Wheel episode about Wells Fargo. Nothing shows as clearly why having an empowered workforce, one that isn't afraid to point out illegal activity, protects their employer. https://tinyurl.com/bp7e9pv7 #dirtymoney #dirtymoneywagonwheel #wellsfargo #workplacebullying #bullyingawareness… Continue reading Dirty Money Wagon Wheel →

A pregnant woman in the united states could buy an assault weapon and kill dozens with it but could lose the right to end the life of a fetus dependant on her body. Thus losing the most fundament right a woman has over her body. Could it be that the U.S is anti-women to the… Continue reading How can anyone be pro gun but anti abortion? →

he even used his job to terrify them. https://tinyurl.com/2p9y8mey #MI5abuser