SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

The Fleet Street gutter

Socialist Action No. 134, 12 March 1986 · p. 2 of the scan · 407 words

The scan: 134-mar-12-1986-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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hypocritical than the now law and order campaign launched in the press over the last week. Its concentration was on the acts which are the most horrifying in our society - rape, abuse and killing of children. repellant is both who is carrying it totally makes who is behind It. That sexual assaults, child abuse and attacks matters which soclety must take in hand and throw its weight behind eliminating, is not in doubt. But what Is involved in the present press campaign is that responsible for the increase tacks, the them, poses under the guise of claiming to want to eliminate them.

Tho Daily Mirror pontificated on Tuesday on the need to eliminate pornography. The Sun, with scab labour or without, has continued to carry on Its so called campaign against sexual attacks.

But no is more holding up women as sexual objects, as vic. tims for attack, Sun is protesting about an atmosphere which creatos sexual consider its own The Fleet Street press pours out daily a portrayal of human relations based on perversion human titillatory stories, submission are well known Tho popular take away social service cuts, government, feature of genuinely for sexual attacks.

But the sentences comparable to the do not stop crime.

that women, vices, better the shortly and children.

An position of women in society, is the only way that sexual attacks on women and children, and murder, will be brought under control.

It is the decay States society, for example, that breeds its record high level of murder, repe and sexual crimes. Thatcher, defends, Is the person creating the deepest conditions for the rocketting of the attacks on women, and on children.

It is not necessary or possible to wait for soclalism before dealing with the attacks on women. they have to be dealt with now. the only practical way forward in reversal of the entire social policies of the Thatcher government and its press backers. Without that it is merely a question crimunal calling 'thief' from the real crime.

Those practical measures are genuinel the only assaults. the core of the the tackling crimes against women and the horres of the ta sexual murders, the campaign totally on children are soclai people who are in these atatmosphere that creates are utilising them for their own purresponsible for than the popular press. The Bks without bothering to emotions. The portrayis of power and In this. It is unemployment,

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