If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Today I had a lengthy Skype chat with Brian Martinez, a Chicago-based man who works full-time for the Honey Badger Brigade, hosts of the forthcoming conference in Chicago. While I think of it, you have only until midnight tomorrow (1 March) to buy an Early Bird Ticket for USD319.00, so don’t delay. That’s great value for money, given the costs of running ICMIs, though I appreciate many people won’t be able to afford tickets, nor the associated travel and accommodation. But I can assure you, having organized ICMI16 and ICMI18 in London, it’s not easy to make these events cover their costs. We just covered our costs in 2016, and made a small loss in 2018.
I digress. Brian happened to mention that he’d interviewed Elizabeth Hobson for his “Fireside Chat” series in March 2017, before she started working for J4MB. The video is here (58:43). It’s well worth catching, Elizabeth in fine form. Enjoy.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Our thanks to hequal for this. There are some large adverts, you’ll need to scroll down some way to read the full article.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Just received from Tina:
Hi Everyone,
Wow, what a day! I am writing this on Wednesday night (Feb 27), just back from what I am calling our ‘Truth Blitz’ at Sydney University. We pulled off an amazing raid this morning, using student from other universities to put under student doors at most colleges a very detailed flyer warning male students about the dangerous consequences of the rape crisis scare campaign- namely the establishment of an alternative ‘believe-the-victim’ justice system based on a lower standard of proof. We also circulated a similar document aimed at male students in general, which we placed in many STEM lecture theatres. You can read the flyer here.
It was a highly-orchestrated, clandestine raid conducted during the day when most students were at lectures. My students did a great job getting through most of the colleges before being discovered by security guards who warned the police would be called if they persisted.
I then spent a few hours this afternoon, with a group of volunteers, wandering around campus chatting to students and handing out the flyer. That was really revealing because we ran into absolutely no problems at all. Many students reported they knew nothing about the feminists’ rape scare campaign, they certainly didn’t believe there was a rape problem on campus and were shocked to hear the university had introduced regulations to get involved in adjudicating rape cases. I talked to many young women as well as male students and some staff, most of whom appreciated being told what is happening.
That was actually very reassuring but also clearly revealed the utter corruption of the university administration acting against the interests and without the knowledge of the majority of students, knowingly ignoring the real facts and promoting lies about the rape crisis. These administrators must be aware of the disastrous cost of the American university tribunal system which has so damaged the reputations of colleges over their failure to offer fair treatment to male students. It is just extraordinary that our institutes of higher learning are so under the sway of a tiny feminist group that they will betray their institutions’ interests and sell out young men.
Anyway, the Sydney Uni Truth Blitz was a great success and we have plans to follow up in due course.
I hope you enjoy the little video we put together about all this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4xB_gb0Dd4
Please help me promote it. I’m actually talking about this on the Alan Jones programme on radio 2GB Thursday Feb 28 around 8.15 am (Sydney time – AEDT) and on Sky News with Andrew Bolt that same night, around 7.0O pm.
Pushback at UWA
Next I am getting ready for my campus talk next Thursday evening, March 7, at the University of Western Australia. This one has proved a huge battle because the student groups were all too intimidated by the activists to host the event. I had to organise to stage the event on my own and UWA hasn’t allowed me to do any advertising – no posters, no flyers circulated on campus, nor any publicity in their events social media pages.
I’m really struggling to get people to come along. I assume many people are nervous about possible protesters – which is most disappointing. Come on, people. There’s going to be heaps of security. I had to pay $352 for two security guards for the event, who will be adding to the normal campus security guards. (By the way, I am working quickly through the generous donations I received last year through the crowd-funder for my campus tour. I’m using the funds to pay for printing for the Sydney University and UWA flyers, the security guards, airfares, paying some student helpers and so on. It would be wonderful if some of you could contribute a little more.)
I need all you Perth people to show a little more fortitude and show up to support my efforts. We’re not charging students to attend now – here’s the Eventbrite link to book your tickets. It will be so disappointing if I have to cancel the event because I am not able to pull together a decent audience. Wouldn’t the feminists love that? They have already put together a petition to try to get UWA to close down the event. And look at the student magazine seething that the university has allowed me to speak on campus.
The UWA event is particularly interesting because Chancellor of UWA is former High Court Chief Justice Robert French who is conducting the government enquiry into free speech on campus (which was prompted by my Sydney protest.) The Vice-Chancellor Dawn Freshwater has been saying all the right things about free speech recently. She’s trying to redeem the reputation of the university following the fuss last year when UWA cancelled the talk by Quentin Van Meter, the American doctor who was speaking about medical intervention with children dealing with gender fluidity.
All of this makes it even more important that the event is a success. Perth people, please book in now so we know the event can go ahead. And let me know if you can help promote it.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Our thanks to Danuta, a supporter of the female persuasion, for this. I’ve posted some comments (below), and invite you to post some too. Thanks.
The suggestion that either William Collins (the other scheduled speaker) or I are misogynists, or interested in disseminating hatred, is ludicrous. The authoress of the petition failed to mention our “Lying Feminists of the Month” award category (link below). Hmm, I wonder why?
https://atomic-temporary-215937230.wpcomstaging.com/lying-woman-of-the-month/
It is wrong to equate feminism with women. The first is an ideology (which men can share, we call those men manginas), the second a sex. The Fawcett Society (a radical feminist campaigning charity) reported in 2016 that only 9% of women self-identify as feminists, and 4% of men.
An increasing number of women are identifying as anti-feminists and Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs). One is Elizabeth Hobson, 30, our party’s Director or Communications. Karen Straughan and Alison Tieman, both Canadian anti-feminists and MRAs, are hosting the fifth International Conference on Men’s Issues http://icmi2019.icmi.info to be held in Chicago this coming August 2016-18. Professor Janice Fiamengo will be the keynote speaker. Both Elizabeth and I will be speaking in Chicago, along with Philip Davies MP, who spoke at our 2016 conference at Excel London http://icmi2018.icmi.info.
A transcript of the talk William Collins was scheduled to give in two days’ time, “Gender in History: Myth and Reality”: (redacted)
A link to the transcript of my talk, “Equal Rights for Men and Women”: (redacted)
If people want to understand what we campaign for, the best place to start might be our 2015 general election manifesto, which explores 20 issues faced by men and boys:
https://atomic-temporary-215937230.wpcomstaging.com/2015-general-election-manifesto/
Mike Buchanan
JUSTICE FOR MEN & BOYS
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
I had been invited to give a talk at Winchester University on 1st March 2019 by the Professor of Masculinities there, Eric Anderson. I believe that proper permission had been obtained, but in the event there was a student-led petition against it. The result was that Eric was put under a lot of stress over the matter and I and the other invited speaker (William Collins) volunteered to pull out from concern over Eric.
So that the students and academics at the University of Winchester (and others) can read what I’d planned to say, the transcript of my speech is (redacted).
I anticipate that many more people will engage with the contents of my talk, and the contents of William Collins’s talk, when they learn about the impact of the student-led petition on free speech.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
A piece published yesterday by Mail Online. A tip of the hat to the wonderful woman who filmed the video (1:22), and showed real humanity towards him. Which is more than can be said for the two men working for Southern Rail.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
William Collins and I are much looking forward to giving talks at the University of Winchester on Friday, 1 March, details here.
Our thanks to a female student (who asks to remain nameless) at the university for emailing me a link to a petition, launched today, which is aimed at “no platforming” William and myself – here. The petitioner failed to mention our Lying Feminist of the Month awards, for some reason. The start of the second paragraph:
While feminism welcomes men and discusses men’s issues, this group is not inclusive or concerned with equality for all.
So, feminists discuss men’s issues do they? How about the following men’s issues, explored in our last election manifesto? The answer is a firm “No” in every case:
Male Genital Mutilation
Fatherlessness
Education
Employment
Access to children after family breakdowns
Domestic violence
Sexual abuse
Armed Forces veterans’ mental health issues
Homelessness
Suicide
Criminal justice system
Paternity fraud
Anonymity for suspected sexual offenders
Divorce settlements
Healthcare provision
State interference in company director appointments
Expectation of retirement years
Launched seven hours ago, the survey has already attracted 350+ signatories. Do check out the comments stream which (predictably) reflects a profound lack of knowledge about men’s issues in general, and about J4MB in particular. The young lady says she’s highly supportive of our campaigning for the human rights of men and boys, and looks forward to attending our talks.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
It’s “No shit, Sherlock!” time again. Our thanks to Ken for this piece in The Guardian. The start:
Women who work more than 55 hours a week are more likely to suffer from depression than those who work the more standard 35-40 hours, a British study has found.
In contrast, men who put in the same hours are no more likely to exhibit signs of the condition, researchers say. They suggest this could be because women face a “double burden” of very long hours spent in their job on top of domestic chores, which they tend to do much more of than male partners.
You can subscribe to The Guardian… but why would you want to?
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Our thanks to Dawn for letting us know about the new Paul Lavelle Foundation hub, for male victims of domestic violence, that has opened in Rock Ferry on the Wirral. Neville Southall, goalkeeper-turned-activist, was present at the opening last Friday.
If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would entitle you to Bronze party membership, details here. Benefits include a dedicated and signed book by Mike Buchanan. Click below to make a difference. Thanks.
Justice for Men & Boys 