LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 12.03.10. French male sex worker Thierry Schaffauser and president of the GMB-IUSW, Adult Entertainment branch at home on Friday, 12th March 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

“Sex workers need power not brothels” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Sex workers are not criminals” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Time for porn stars to self-organise” – Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

“Let sex workers advertise” -Thierry Schaffauser, The Guardian.

This is a new project to document the social and political issues facing male sex workers in modern Britain today. The first set of pictures are of French male sex worker Thierry Schaffauser – president of the GMB – IUSW, Adult Entertainment branch – at home in London. An audio of an interview I have done with Thierry will be published over the summer with more pictures.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 19.07.09. Thierry Schaffauser joins other sex workers on a march through Soho in central London against new laws that campaigners claim will increase criminalisation of sex workers and push prostitution underground on Sunday 19 July 2009 in London, England. The Policing and Crime Bill 2009 will create a new offence of paying for sex with a prostitute who is “controlled for gain” and modifies existing offences – such as loitering and kerb-crawling. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 09.04.10. Independent socialist candidate Walter ‘Wally’ Kennedy poses for a portrait outside his local authority home on Friday, 9th April 2010 in London, England. Mr. Kennedy is standing in the Northwood Hills ward in the London Borough of Hillingdon Council Election on May 6th. Kennedy has lived in the borough for over 33 years with his family. He is a former Labour Party and Militant Labour councillor. He was also one of the leaders of the anti-poll tax campaign in the 1990s. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 25.03.10. Brian Caton, General Secretary, Prison Officers Association (left) and Dave Nellist, Coventry Socialist Party councillor and former Labour MP at the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) general election launch rally on Thursday 25 March 2010 in London, England. The TUSC aims to challenge the three main parties in the general election and opposes all public spending cuts and privatisation, fight for the repeal of all anti-trade union laws and the renationalisation of the privatised utilities. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

Mike Thomson reports from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition launch rally – Today Programme, Radio 4.

Justin Rowlatt reports on the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition launch rally – BBC Newsnight.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 22.03.10. British Airways cabin crew and Unite trade union members on day three of strike action at Heathrow Airport on Monday 22 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 21.03.10. British Airways planes grounded at Heathrow Airport on day two of strike action by BA cabin crew and Unite trade union members on Sunday 21 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 21.03.10. British Airways cabin crew and Unite trade union members on day two of three days of strike action at Heathrow Airport on Sunday 21 March 2010 in London, England. The strike was triggered after BA management tore up cabin crew contracts last November. Reduced the number of crew members on flights and proposed to bring in new staff on inferior pay and conditions. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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“Derek Jarman” – wikipedia.org

“Obituary: Derek Jarman” – The Independent, 1994.

“Derek Jarman’s Garden” – thamesandhudson.com

As some of you will know I’m a big fan of Derek Jarman’s films, paintings and writings. He made a huge impact on me when I was at art school. Sixteen years ago today Derek died of an Aids-related illness and I have spent the day at Dungeness on the Kent coast and documented his famous garden for the first time.

DUNGENESS, UNITED KINGDOM – 19.02.10. A general view of Derek Jarman’s garden at Prospect Cottage at Dungeness on the Kent coast on Friday 19 February 2010. Today was the 16th anniversary of Derek Jarman’s death of an Aids-related illness at the aged 52. The filmmaker, artist and writer lived at the famous cottage and created the shingled garden in the latter years of his life in the shadow of the Dungeness nuclear power station. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 29.01.10. Anti-war protesters congregate outside the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre on Friday 29 January 2010 in London, England. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to be questioned for six hours by the inquiry – lead by Sir John Chilcot – on the United Kingdom decision to invade Iraq. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2010.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.12.09. A young man joins tens of thousands of people marching in central London calling for world leaders to agree a deal to protect the environment on Saturday 5 December 2009 in London, England. The Copenhagen climate change summit takes place from 7-18 December 2009. Delegations from 192 countries will be in Copenhagen for two weeks of talks aimed at paving the way for a new global treaty on climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 05.12.09. Actor Peter Capaldi – who plays Malcolm Tucker in ‘The Thick of It’ – joins tens of thousands of people marching in central London calling for world leaders to agree a deal to protect the environment on Saturday 5 December 2009 in London, England. The Copenhagen climate change summit takes place from 7-18 December 2009. Delegations from 192 countries will be in Copenhagen for two weeks of talks aimed at paving the way for a new global treaty on climate change. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.

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Here is a slideshow of pictures from the Youth Fight for Jobs protest yesterday.

“Young protesters march for jobs” – BBC News.

“Youth Fight for Jobs” – youthfightforjobs.com

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 28.11.09. Unemployed people, students, union activists and socialist campaigners – from across the UK – congregate in central London to demonstrate and demand jobs as the rate of youth unemployment stands at a record high on Saturday 28 November 2009 in London, England. Unemployment in the UK totalled 2.46 million in the three months to September. Youth unemployment – measuring the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work – rose by 15,000 to 943,000. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2009.