Lilya 4-Ever, Lukas Moodysson, Denmark/Sweden, 2002, 109 minutes 700,000 women, according to UN figures, are currently ‘trafficked’ around the world, forced into sexual slavery and prostitution. In the ongoing ‘Tolerance Zones’ debate, both within and outwith the SSP, these figures and terms are bandied about to such an extent that it’s sometimes hard to grasp…
Correspondence Red
Allegiance In this year of Jubilee and celebration of monarchy, a lot will be said about allegiance – allegiance to Queen and country. It slips off the tongue quite readily but carries a heavy message. Allegiance is a powerful emotional attachment to a cause or person or place and experiencing and expressing this deeply felt…
International Working Women’s Day – Some thoughts
As communists and progressives around the world celebrate International Working Women’s Day, Linda Gibson argues that, under capitalism, gender roles lead to an artificial division in emotional development. As International Women’s Day comes around articles will again be written about how women are still not achieving parity with men. And of course that’s true but…