Today in Labor History April 15, 1986: Author Jean Genet died on this day. Genet was a novelists, political activist and petty criminal. His book, The Thief’s Journal (1949), relates his experiences as a young prostitute and thief. That same year, the authorities tried to sentence him to life in prison for his ten convictions. Jean Cocteau, Jean-Paul Sartre and Pablo Picasso successfully petitioned the government on his behalf. In 1968, Genet was censored in the U.S. and expelled from the country after they refused him a visa. But he returned in 1970, upon an invitation by the Black Panthers. He stayed three months, giving lectures and attending the trial of Huey Newton. Later that year, he went to Palestine and visited refugee camps. He supported U.S. political prisoners Angela Davis and George Jackson. He also supported the anti-prison, anti-police brutality work of Michel Foucault, in France.
Today In Labor History March 26, 1850: Edward Bellamy was born. Bellamy was an American author and socialist political activist, most well-known for his utopian novel, “Looking Backward,” one of the most commercially successful books published in the 19th century. It particularly appealed to the intellectuals who were alienated by the Gilded Age greed, corruption and violence. His book inspired many to form so-called “nationalist clubs” to implement his ideas of a society free of private property, social classes, war, poverty, crime, lawyers, politicians, prostitution, merchants, soldiers, and taxes. Plus, everyone could retire by the age of 45. He died at the age of 48 from tuberculosis.
Der Thementeil, hg. v. Hanno Balz, widmet sich der Macht der #Farben in rassistischen & vergeschlechtlichten Diskursen. Die Autor*innen untersuchen, wie #Farben materiell & symbolisch wahrgenommen & genutzt wurden, um Bedeutung zu generieren, soziale Beziehungen zu prägen oder Differenz zu markieren:
That's some platform, GOP Fascist Party: "NO SEX FOR PLEASURE!" Should garner a whole lotta votes.
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Via Adam Jentleson:
Highly influential heritage foundation, which would help staff & direct a future Trump admin, literally said that a key conserv policy goal is “ending recreational sex.” they said it, not me. IMO we should take them both seriously & literally
Debatte um Sexkaufverbot: "Deutschland ist das Bordell Europas"
Bundesweit arbeiten laut Schätzungen bis zu 400.000 Frauen als Prostituierte. Um Menschenhandel und Ausbeutung zu verhindern, hat sich das EU-Parlament für ein Sexkaufverbot ausgesprochen. Wie sinnvoll wäre das? Von H. Vogel und N. Meyer.
#reference / Zwi Migdal (or Zvi Migdal) was a Polish-Jewish-run, most profitable prostitution ring in South America and beyond
Apropos Jeffrey Epstein’s unsealed court documents , his real heritage is possibly Zwi Migdal - a Jewish global crime syndicate trafficking Jewish women as sex slaves.
Today in Labor History November 17, 1942: Ben Reitman, hobo organizer, anarchist and one-time lover of Emma Goldman, died. Reitman served as a doctor for hobos, prostitutes and the downtrodden. He participated in numerous free speech fights and anarchist causes, getting beaten, tarred and feathered, jailed, and run out of town for his troubles, most notably during the San Diego free speech fight. He also wrote the book, “Boxcar Bertha.”
Migrantinnen in Mexiko: Endstation Rotlicht-Milieu
Auf dem Weg in die USA stranden viele Frauen in Mexiko. Dort sehen sie oft keinen anderen Ausweg, als als Tänzerin im Nachtclub zu arbeiten oder sich zu prostituieren. Die Behörden schauen weg. Von Anne Demmer.