backlash progress so far
demolitionred, 07 Nov 2005 09:50:24
Money raised: 1700 pounds
Wokgroups set up and busy: for further details see the homepage of this site.
Flyers distributed from Portsmouth to Abderdeen and Isle of Wight and many places in between.
Correspondance begun with dozens of MP's across the country. meetings established with some Libdem and Conservative MPs.
Articles arranged or being discussed with Kerrang, Manchester fetish scene, Skin Two, Desire, the Independent, Scarlet, Alternative London and Midnight sex talk radio station.
Podcast and viral net ad being discussed.
Contacts made with leading lawyers, Justice, Liberty and Amnesty International.
QC instructed to look at legality of the proposals.
Messages posted on fetish, BDSM, vampire, music, libertarian chatrroms and blogs.
Lists of university departments to be contacted have been drawn up.
Two awareness raising events set up in Manchester and LOndon in November and March.
Talks taking place in Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and London.
Submissions have been drawn up by the Campaign against Censorship and FAC and will soon be written by other organisations published here.
We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission.to the consultaion process -- where are those from the other 280 people signed up to this group?
We have built a website with advice on how to write up a submission, how to contact your MP and blogs on developments around the country.
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Graham Marsden, 07 Nov 2005 18:56:02
demolitionred@yahoo.com wrote:
> Articles arranged or being discussed with Kerrang...
Despite the lack of response, I've just seen that my letter has been
published in ETO
> We have pledges from 32 people to make a submission.to the
> consultation process -- where are those from the other 280
> people signed up to this group?
At first I didn't actually put my name down because I'd *already* sent
off a response and I think others may have thought the same, then I
thought "hell, who's going to know, I'll put my name down anyway!" :-)
> We have built a website with advice on how to write up a submission,
> how to contact your MP and blogs on developments around the country.
On that, I know and, of course appreciate, that people have done the
site for free and in their own time, but I would suggest it could be
tidied up a bit as it rather hits one straight in the eyes and it's a
bit difficult to puzzle out what's going on if you're looking for
something specific.
Perhaps the column "for more info" could be made into a menu with
"latest news", "sample letters to MPs", "suggested responses" etc.
Also adding breaks between paragraphs makes text easier to read :-)
Cheers,
Graham.