World : Australia : (en) JOINT STATEMENT BY MAC AND ASF-M REGARDING SEXUAL ASSAULT WITHIN THE ANARCHIST MILIEU IN MELBOURNE

Since 2010, the question of how an anarchist group can respond effectively and fairly to 
sexual misconduct by men against women has been the subject of debate and action by the 
MAC and the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation Melbourne. ---- By sexual misconduct we mean 
the spectrum of conduct from low level sexual harassment through to opportunistic or 
predatory sexual behaviour. ---- This misconduct is a fundamental challenge and threat to 
our anarchist goals of a free and equal society. In the absence of an effective anarchist 
justice system we are ill-equipped to respond. ---- For this reason, we want to put on the 
public record our support for the right of women to choose the appropriate avenue for 
redress when wrongs are committed against them. This includes the criminal justice system.

An injury to one is an injury to all. Our anarchist community must develop its 
sophistication in making that axiom real for women who suffer injury from men.

Endorsed at the 27 October meeting of the MAC
Subsequently endorsed at the assembly of the ASF Melbourne