Promised support for Revenge Porn Project by Ellen Strange Commemoration Committee

The Ellen Strange Commemoration Committee has agreed to provide financial backing and political support to a research project on 'Revenge Porn' by Michelle, a working class woman in her 30s from Bolton who recently achieved a first class honours degree in Sociology with Criminology.

Revenge Porn is the sexually explicit portrayal of one or more people distributed without their consent via any medium. The practice has also been described as a form of psychological abuse and domestic violence. 

Michelle is currently (05 April 2016) refining the 16-page research proposal titled An Investigation into the Social Impacts of 'Revenge Porn' through Violation of Sex Videos and Photographs Published on the Internet. Once she has completed this process, the ESCC will issue some notes on its contents.

ESCC is keen to use Michelle's work to influence the trade union and labour movement. Michelle has agreed to be available to speak at trade union meetings - and, has already accepted some invites to speak at meetings organised by Unite, whose help was essential in ensuring that John Simpson's book on Ellen Strange's murder was republished http://www.unitetheunion.org/uploaded/documents/Ellen%20Strange%20booklet11-23788.pdf and that (despite the weather!) the memorial service on Holcombe Moor on 29 November 2015 was so successful. http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/14117323.display/

Michelle has agreed to meet on a regular basis with representatives of the ESCC to discuss her work and how it can be supported. 

ESCC has agreed to make an initial donation of £500 towards this project and will be seeking further funds from trade union branches, progressive organisations including charitable trusts. 

On completion of the work, ESCC will be seeking to publish the research, to circulate it as widely as possible and, where possible, make recommendations that will help victims of Revenge Porn. 

For more details contact Martin McMulkin on 07918 839327, Mark Metcalf on 07952 801783 or mcmetcalf@icloud.com, Linda Charnock 07706 294758

Ellen Strange Commemoration Committee - https://www.facebook.com/groups/626311717498888/

Donations are needed for this research proposal. Bolton Trades Union Council has agreed that its bank account can be used for cheques, payable to Bolton TUC.  BTUC, c/o Bolton Socialist Club, Wood Street, Bolton BL1 1DY.