sex industry

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Steven. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:03:52 +0000

Sex, Work, and Gilles Dauvé

Django — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:52:06 +0000

Though I can’t help feeling somewhat decadent in writing a blog post about a theoretical article written a quarter of a century ago at a time when severe economic crisis is presenting the opportunity to drive home the anti-capitalist perspective as never before, I find myself with free time in which to write some thoughts on a re-reading of Gilles Dauvé’s [url=http://www.libcom.org/library/fo

Anarchism and sex

rkn — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:07:32 +0000

Anarchist views on sex can range from the idea that ‘anything goes’ between consenting adults, to the more traditional approaches of what constitutes free love between individuals. One thing these diverse opinions do have in common, however, is the idea of sexual freedom and the opposition to sexual exploitation.

Interview with an anarchist dominatrix

Ed — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:19:38 +0000

Organise!: There’s a popularly-held belief, also prevalent among the left and some anarchists, that anyone (particularly female) who works in the sex industry, is in some way a victim and has been forced into that situation. How realistic is this view?

Interview with an ex-sex text worker

Steven. — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:30:00 +0000

Last week, GMB member Irene Everett won the first ever unfair dismissal case for a sex worker, against Essex-based Datapro Service Limited. She had worked on their live adult chat lines for eight years. The GMB, following its merger with the International Union of Sex Workers in 2002, has been trying to organise in the UK, and this was their first victory.

Sex workers: GMB wins first ever unfair dismissal case

libcom — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Mrs Everitt was dismissed in March 2005 having been accused of gross industrial misconduct. She worked for the company in Grays in Essex from 1997 to 2005.