Comments on: Pants to Guantánamo: Agent Provocateur and Reprieve make a cheeky statement about detention without charge or trial http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jasonbstanding.com » Blog Archive » Now THAT’S how you do a charity gig! http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-59455 jasonbstanding.com » Blog Archive » Now THAT’S how you do a charity gig! Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:15:55 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-59455 [...] One of the things Smith spoke about was the case of Guantanamo Bay’s Contraband Underpants.  Which dovetailed neatly with the availibility of the special run of Agent Provocateur prison-orange “Fair Trial My Arse” grundies. [...] [...] One of the things Smith spoke about was the case of Guantanamo Bay’s Contraband Underpants.  Which dovetailed neatly with the availibility of the special run of Agent Provocateur prison-orange “Fair Trial My Arse” grundies. [...]

]]> By: Lingerie Panties http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-50551 Lingerie Panties Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:13:34 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-50551 I'm a bit confused. Mr. Corre claims it's not about the press, however, Agent Provocateur certainly received plenty of press over these panties, which were made for a cause that is greatly controversial, terrorism. Could they not have found some other means to support their cause? I’m a bit confused. Mr. Corre claims it’s not about the press, however, Agent Provocateur certainly received plenty of press over these panties, which were made for a cause that is greatly controversial, terrorism. Could they not have found some other means to support their cause?

]]> By: Prog Gold » Blog Archive » The Cheek Of It! http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-20578 Prog Gold » Blog Archive » The Cheek Of It! Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:04:51 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-20578 [...] A revolution without dancing or pretty underwear is a revolution not worth having, if you ask me; especially when said nice pants cock a snook at the same time. Via Andy Worthington: [...] [...] A revolution without dancing or pretty underwear is a revolution not worth having, if you ask me; especially when said nice pants cock a snook at the same time. Via Andy Worthington: [...]

]]> By: Andy Worthington http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-15228 Andy Worthington Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:47:37 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-15228 On February 17, the Independent on Sunday ran a feature on Joseph Corre, Agent Provocateur’s co-founder, who turned down an MBE from Tony Blair as a protest against the Iraq war, in which he announced his latest project, Humanade, a “grant-giving and fundraising trust” which has “already started funding legal representation for Guantanamo Bay inmates.” As Corre described it, it is also about “making businesses realise, as many still fail to do, that social responsibility can be good business.” The feature continues: “What it is most certainly not, Corre makes abundantly clear, is about giving himself or Agent Provocateur added profile: business needs to know that ‘just by focusing a little bit of money in the right direction you can make things happen, and that's amazing. I don't want this charity thing to be about me. I don't need press. I don't need to do this fucking interview,’ he says testily. ‘It just might make companies think about themselves a bit, or make people think more carefully about where they spend their money.’” Corre also pointed out, ‘Human rights is the issue that businesses shy away from – because usually, at some stage along the chain, some businesses are making a lot of money from human-rights abuse. Then there is this idea that you can't mix business and politics. And that's total crap. The two are intrinsically linked. When there was meant to be this march against the Iraq war, there was all this talk from lots of fashion companies who were going to give their shows an anti-war theme, and do their shop windows with it, they all bottled out. I think I was the only bloody one.” The full feature is here: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/joe-corre-mister-fancy-pants-fights-back-782213.html On February 17, the Independent on Sunday ran a feature on Joseph Corre, Agent Provocateur’s co-founder, who turned down an MBE from Tony Blair as a protest against the Iraq war, in which he announced his latest project, Humanade, a “grant-giving and fundraising trust” which has “already started funding legal representation for Guantanamo Bay inmates.” As Corre described it, it is also about “making businesses realise, as many still fail to do, that social responsibility can be good business.”

The feature continues: “What it is most certainly not, Corre makes abundantly clear, is about giving himself or Agent Provocateur added profile: business needs to know that ‘just by focusing a little bit of money in the right direction you can make things happen, and that’s amazing. I don’t want this charity thing to be about me. I don’t need press. I don’t need to do this fucking interview,’ he says testily. ‘It just might make companies think about themselves a bit, or make people think more carefully about where they spend their money.’”

Corre also pointed out, ‘Human rights is the issue that businesses shy away from – because usually, at some stage along the chain, some businesses are making a lot of money from human-rights abuse. Then there is this idea that you can’t mix business and politics. And that’s total crap. The two are intrinsically linked. When there was meant to be this march against the Iraq war, there was all this talk from lots of fashion companies who were going to give their shows an anti-war theme, and do their shop windows with it, they all bottled out. I think I was the only bloody one.”

The full feature is here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/joe-corre-mister-fancy-pants-fights-back-782213.html

]]> By: … piece 0 plastic - the revolution will be blogged … » Blog Archive » ruff linkage . 200807 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-15191 … piece 0 plastic - the revolution will be blogged … » Blog Archive » ruff linkage . 200807 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:25:45 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-15191 [...] Pants to Guantánamo: Agent Provocateur and Reprieve make a cheeky statement about detention without... - “Happy Valentine’s Day? With exquisite timing, lingerie darlings Agent Provocateur unveil their latest product, a pair of Guantánamo orange knickers emblazoned with the message “Fair Trial My Arse.”” i’m in. [via sex.blo.gs] [...] [...] Pants to Guantánamo: Agent Provocateur and Reprieve make a cheeky statement about detention without… – “Happy Valentine’s Day? With exquisite timing, lingerie darlings Agent Provocateur unveil their latest product, a pair of Guantánamo orange knickers emblazoned with the message “Fair Trial My Arse.”” i’m in. [via sex.blo.gs] [...]

]]> By: The backside speaks the truth | Antony Loewenstein http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/02/14/pants-to-guantanamo-agent-provocateur-and-reprieve-make-a-cheeky-statement-about-detention-without-charge-or-trial/comment-page-1/#comment-15184 The backside speaks the truth | Antony Loewenstein Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:14:22 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=225#comment-15184 [...] “Fair Trial, My Arse.” [...] [...] “Fair Trial, My Arse.” [...]

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