School Shootings: Dr Warren Farrell says ‘fatherlessness’ is main cause
Following the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where seventeen people were killed, men and boys advocate, Dr Warren Farrell, has said that the biggest problem that leads to school shootings is fatherlessness. Speaking to Free The People, Farrell says that most shooters are dad deprived boys with either minimal involvement with dads, or no […]
F4J begin libel proceedings over ‘terrorism’ claim by mothers group
Campaign group Fathers4Justice tonight instructed solicitors to begin libel proceedings against a group called ‘Mothers4Justice’ On 20th February, F4J wrote to Angelique Ferra, the person responsible for the groups Facebook page, asking her to remove defamatory posts claiming F4J founder Matt O’Connor ‘incited hatred against mothers’, and held ‘the same values as those who incite […]
F4J say that 100 years after suffrage, men are now the discriminated sex
The founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O’Connor, (seen above handcuffed to the railings at Buckingham Palace) has said that 100 years after suffrage, the gender pendulum has to another extreme, this time against men and fathers. Speaking to Wiki Tribune on the 100th anniversary of women winning ‘the right to vote’, Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor said, […]
Tesco change ‘mother only’ trolleys after F4J brand them sexist
Tesco has said it is bringing out a new, gender-neutral design of shopping trolley after F4J accused the retailer of sexism. Safety instructions on the handles of the carts only depict mothers and children, using a silhouette of a figure in a dress. F4J told the Daily Mail it was the latest example of retailer […]
Fathers4Justice calls for all sexist abuse, including misandry, to be classed as a hate crime
Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) today called for all sexist abuse, including misandry, to be classed as a hate crime. Speaking to The Herald in Scotland and Scottish Legal News, F4J founder Matt O’Connor said calls by the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson MP, to make misogyny a hate crime risks stereotyping men as perpetrators and women as […]
How Fathers4Justice started in sleepy Shropshire
By Andy Richardson For a little while, it was the most influential guerrilla campaign in the world. Fathers 4 Justice made nightly headlines as dads dressed as superheroes stormed Parliament, gatecrashed Buckingham Palace and highlighted the plights of fathers who were banned from seeing their children. And remarkably, the nerve centre for that campaign was […]
3-year legal saga ends in victory for Fathers4Justice founder as arrest is declared ‘unlawful’
A three-year legal saga ended last week when it was ruled that the arrest of Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor, for a minor Public Order Act offence, was ‘unlawful’. O’Connor, 50, from Clapham, was arrested outside his former home in Stockbridge, Hampshire on 4th September 2014 for a minor Section 5 Public Order Act offence.The […]
Fathers4Justice founder appeals Public Order conviction in Guildford Crown Court
The founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O’Connor, 50, from Clapham, London, will appear in Guildford Crown Court this Thursday 7th December to appeal a conviction for a Section 5 Public Order Act offence dating back to September 2014 in Stockbridge, Hampshire. The case, which has lasted over three years, has involved 16 court hearings, 8 Judges and 4 courts, in […]
Dads say CIE 8th Amendment ad ban is ‘anti-democratic’
Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) today described the move by state transport company CIE to ban 8th Amendment advertising as wrong, ‘anti-democratic’, and handing a victory to online bullies intent on censoring debate around the issue. CIE cited a six-week Fathers4Justice campaign on Bus Eireann single decker buses which called for a change of the 8th […]
Fathers4Justice launches #SOSManDown campaign
The UK’s leading campaign group for separated dads has launched a new Christmas initiative aimed at women, which calls for their help in reducing casualties from the higher rates of suicide, alcoholism and fatherlessness suffered by men at this time of year. The campaign, #SOSManDown, was launched by Fathers4Justice in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin this week, and involves […]
