Episode 26: Sex Worker Activism and Organizing in Winnipeg

Solidarity Winnipeg Podcast

For International Whores’ Day (June 2nd) we are releasing an interview with members of Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Committee (SWWAC). If you are in Winnipeg and listening to this on the day of release, please join us for a protest led by SWWAC on June 2nd at the Manitoba Law Courts, 408 York @ York & Kennedy. For more info please see the event: https://fb.me/e/1b4asje5i For further learning, you can explore recordings of SWWAC’s 2021conference on sex work here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/swwacsummit Naomi Sayers and Sarah Hunt on why calls to abolish sex work only cause further harm: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/abolition-of-sex-work-wont-end-violence-against-native-women/article22572753/ Amy Lebovitch and Shawna Ferris’ book Sex Work Activism in Canada: https://arpbooks.org/product/sex-work-activism-in-canada/#:~:text=Sex%20Work%20Activism%20in%20Canada%20also%20looks%20deeply%20at%20commonalities,The%20book%20also%20includes%20a