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Experiences of Dissent

I don’t exactly know how I got in touch with Dissent, but emails kept appearing in my inbox. Mainly they were meeting announcements, but then the news came through that they had managed to persuade...

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The Proper English

As a young teacher in a multicultural school in West London, with a reasonably serious level of interracial conflict among the children, I was asked to deliver a programme of anti-racist education to...

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Ada Lovelace Day: Donna Haraway

Today is Ada Lovelace day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. As a former mathematician and a bit of a geek, I remember feeling both surprised...

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When Marx met Bakunin

Most Marxists and Anarchists are aware of the historical tensions which led to the collapse of the First International at the Hague Congress in 1872, there is however a very interesting story behind...

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The Skeleton: A Cautionary Tale

It had all been a mistake she knew that now. It seemed so obvious back then. It was her first wart that had made up her mind. She had known it was coming; she could feel it emerge, but it wasn’t until...

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Thatcher: A Feminist Retrospective

With the Iron Lady released in cinemas last week, prompting protests by some of her victims, there has been a wave of renewed interest in the evil cunt, including attempts to portray her as some kind...

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Women of the Left: Juana Belen

The Mexican Revolution was a remarkable period in the country’s history, and the stories of the women within it well worth a retelling.  Many remarkable revolutionaries emerged through this period,...

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Protected: How I became a Marxist

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.The post Protected: How I became a Marxist appeared first on Second Council House of Virgo.

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Booty Call: A feminist review

I ended up at The Garage’s “Booty Call” last night, following an outpouring of fem-rage across twitter and facebook at the advertising campaign shown on the left. A woman out in Glasgow one night had...

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Women of the Left: Helen Keller

I first heard of Helen Keller in Primary Four when I was around eight years old. I can’t say I was awful impressed with her. I mean yes, of course it was good that she had overcome her naughty ways, no...

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Women of the Left: Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti

Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti, born in 1900, was the Nigerian daughter of a returned slave who lived in the Yuroba Region.  Well educated with a colonial education and a Christian background,  she was...

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Afghan women and Western values

Afghanistan is the world’s most dangerous place for women. Following the 2001 invasion by the US and the UK, the UN established the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), control of which was...

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Fifty Shades of Misogyny

Fifty Shades of Grey is the summer bestseller.  Endlessly and earnestly debated in the broadsheet press as to its appeal and what the phenomenon means to modern sexual relations and attitudes, almost...

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Women of the Left: Meena Keshwar Kamal

Almost universally known by just her first name, Meena Keshwar Kamal was born in 1957, two years before Afghan women gained the right to appear unveiled in public.   Women’s rights in Afghanistan were...

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Review: Madonna – MDNA

Madonna was the backdrop to my salad days. From her first appearance on Top of the Pops as a slightly chubby, yet vibrant young woman, I followed her closely through my youth.   Like many others, I...

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When Marx died

When Karl Marx arrived at the Pearly Gates, St Peter had a problem:  Marx was on the guestlist, but God wasn’t a big fan.  St Peter gave God a quick call to explain that Marx had turned up and what he...

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Review: 2050 Flashback – The System Changes

In November 2011, the Embros Theatre in the Psiri district of Athens was reopened by a collective of artists frustrated that such a valuable resources was being left to decay.  Ran as a radical arts...

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Women of the Left: Djamila Bouhired

Djamila Bouhired, the only daughter of her Tunisian mother and Algerian father’s eight children, was born in the Al-Qasaba area of Algeria in 1935.  An active revolutionary in the National Liberation...

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….and Lo, A Viral Facebook Post Was Born

The Head of Ripoff Maximisation in British Gas called a meeting.  The news that gas prices were going up 9.2% hadn’t been well received.  Something had to be done.  But what – that was the question....

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Marxism and Feminism Review

This article was originally written for the Socialist Resistance website.  The author now has requested that Socialist Resistance remove the article.  The original is being republished here at Judith...

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