Journal Articles (refereed) by Niloofar Golkar
Upping the Anti; Journal of Theory and Action, 2019
Upping the Anti, 2016
The Bedford decision was announced on December 20, 2013 saw the Supreme Court of Canada unanimous... more The Bedford decision was announced on December 20, 2013 saw the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously strike down Canada’s three anti-sex work laws including laws prohibiting brothels, living on the avails of prostitution, and communicating in public with clients. Sex worker advocates argued that Canada’s anti-sex work laws were unconstitutional, in conflict with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and put the lives of sex workers in great danger. In June 2014, the Conservative government introduced Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which criminalizes clients, advertising for sex work, and whoever helps or works with sex workers. While some feminists have applauded these harsher laws against prostitution, sex workers and their allies continue to struggle for justice. In this roundtable, we go beyond legal arguments to see who is benefiting from these laws. We also link sex workers’ issues to race and sexuality, police brutality, and prison abolition, bringing different movements together and discussing what should be done.
Papers by Niloofar Golkar
Upping the Anti; Journal of Theory and Action, 2010
Published articles by Niloofar Golkar
Upping the Anti, 2021
This past year we have witnessed a series of grassroots and popular uprisings around the world; s... more This past year we have witnessed a series of grassroots and popular uprisings around the world; some new, some part of decades- long battles for liberation. In this roundtable conducted in early spring 2020, Edward Hon-Sing Wong and Sardar Saadi sat down with Upping the Anti editor Niloofar Golkar to talk about different social movements around the world and the challenges of cross-borders solidarity, especially for leftists in the west.
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Journal Articles (refereed) by Niloofar Golkar
Papers by Niloofar Golkar
Published articles by Niloofar Golkar