The Ease of Righteous Causes: What to Feel About Undocumented Migration

By Laura María Agustín
This article originally was published here: London Progressive Journal

It was easier when one could talk about asylum as a benevolent offering to virtuous people downtrodden in their own countries. It was easier when the category of refugee seemed transparent, when we knew about fewer armed conflicts and less, perhaps, about who was [...]

Reclaim the Night: A space for all feminist?

The following text has been sent to the London Feminist Network, lead organisers of the 2009 London Reclaim the Night March:
On 21st Nov 09 Feminist Fightback went as part of a Red Umbrella contingent on the Reclaim the Night March in London. We joined RtN because we are committed to fighting violence against women, and [...]

Red Umbrella Contingent on Reclaim the Night March

Feminist Fightback and x:talk would like to carry on the tradition of marching together - as feminists and sex workers - on the annual Reclaim The Night March.
Our message will be ‘feminists need sex workers, just as sex workers need feminism’.
The Reclaim the Night March is Saturday 21st November - 6pm at [...]

December is a month to….

FRANÇAIS
Stella, Montreal’s community organization by and for sex workers, invites you to support our actions in December–to denounce violence against sex workers and to fight for our rights and the recognition of our work.
The criminalization of our work robs us of the right to security. Security that is much needed–at Stella, we record more [...]

A Review of the New York ‘Pay As You Go: Sex Worker Shorts’ Film Fest

by Heidi Hoefinger*
On a rainy Saturday night in Brooklyn (October 24, 2009), sex workers, allies, activists, academics and media makers got together for a New York sex worker film festival titled ‘Pay As You Go: Sex Worker Shorts.’ Hosted by Union Docs—a public space for non-fiction projects—and curated by activists and media makers, Audacia Ray [...]