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Hi Autumn 🍁☀️🧡

𝗦𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 ☂️ The governme

𝗦𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 ☂️

The government have just proposed a new bill aiming to abolish all types of sex work in one fell swoop, bringing unions of sex workers to Sol yesterday evening in protest.

Sex workers are arguing that by linking consensual prostitution and trafficking, not only is the government putting sex workers’ livelihoods and workplace safety at risk, they’re not tackling the problem of human trafficking.

In Spain, there are around 350,000 sex workers of whom roughly 80% are foreigners without papers, and who do not want to work in this industry. Reducing prostitution for this group of people has more to do with abolishing precarious work, poverty, exclusion and stigmatisation, especially for migrant women who are forced into low-paid and “essential” work such as cleaning and caring, often without contracts or any form of workers rights.

The remaining 20% who work in consensual prostitution have a very different story. The union APDHA (Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía) feel that the government is making decisions on their behalf without listening to what sex workers want, which will ultimately lead them to clandestine prostitution. Without safe spaces to work in, there’s an increased risk of LGBTQI-phobia, gender violence, sexual assault and murder.

In order to protect the true victims of trafficking, we must listen to sex workers – the people who truly understand what they need in order to survive, and for whom criminalisation of sex work is not the answer.

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👻 Welcome to the ghost of Colonia de los Olivos

👻 Welcome to the ghost of Colonia de los Olivos, a once-semi-abandoned social housing block in Puerta del Ángel that was demolished this summer.

🌳 The 'Colony of Olive Trees' was built hastily in 1947 to accommodate a post-war migration boom in Madrid. Around 1,000 people have called these temporary blocks their home until their phased demolition more than half a century later, which has now been completed.

🏗️ In 2016, the demolition of parts of these blocks came as a celebration for many, who’d been living with three generations of the same family in 24 metres-squared flats. For others, they remained and were been told that they were not entitled to relocation because, quite simply, there's nowhere for them to go. I don't know what has happened to these residents.

💰 Social housing in Madrid is at an all-time low, with the conservative Madrid City Council having sold off most of Madrid’s social housing in the last 12 years to #Blackstone, an American vulture fund. Council housing in Spain currently accounts for only 2,5% of all dwellings, compared to 30% in the Netherlands, 24% in Austria, 17.6% in the UK or 16.8% in France.

🏚️ Since 2008, over 600,000 homes across Spain have been repossessed and 30% of all empty housing in Europe is in Spain – that's around 3.5 million homes.

💰 The authorities in Spain do not see housing as a human right, but rather a consumer good.

🗺️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗡𝗙 𝗠𝗮𝗽: 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀!

London is luminous, eclectic and full of possibilities, and I was so happy to find lots of no-frills places, especially as this aspect of London is so hugely overshadowed by the hyper-glitz and challenges of this megacity.

In one week, I explored the Carribbean highlights of Peckham, the covered markets of Brixton, the Vietnamese gems of Hackney, the no-frills bars of Soho, the corner caffs of Deptford and the grassroots movements mobilising on Trafalgar Square!

I've listed everything I think you'll love too – a whopping 20 locations – on the MNF Map! Head to my Patreon link in bio for London No Frills ✨

You've probably all heard that Wes Anderson is in

You've probably all heard that Wes Anderson is in town filming, right? Well here are some sneak peek shots taken by @lotz_in_translation of his filmset in Chinchón!

There's a no-frills cafe with a sign beneath saying 'beef' and 'pork' and a building that looks like a retro space station!

Any guesses what the film will be about?

It's important to recognise and celebrate each ind

It's important to recognise and celebrate each individual community around the world for its unique identity, but it's crucial that all marginalised groups come together in the fight – the same fight – for our rights to equality, justice and stability, which is exactly what happened on 12 October in Madrid.

On this warm Tuesday night in Lavapiés, our Indigenous Latin American communities were joined by Madrid's Palestinian, Senegalese, Caribbean and Bangladeshi communities, among others, which culminated in the most beautiful street party ever – a perfect statement that we are stronger together!

✊🏿❤️🧡✊🏻💛💚✊🏾💙💜✊🏽🤎🖤✊🏼🤍

📸 by Freddie Scott of @the_other_madrid.

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