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About lipstick socialist

I am an activist and writer. My interests include women, class, culture and history. From an Irish in Britain background I am a republican and socialist. All my life I have been involved in community and trade union politics and I believe it is only through grass roots politics that we will get a better society. This is reflected in my writing, in my book Northern ReSisters Conversations with Radical Women and my involvement in the Mary Quaile Club. .If you want to contact me please use my gmail which is lipsticksocialist636

The Spirit of International Women’s Day 2014

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lipstick socialist

International Women’s Day was created to offer hope to working class women that they could collectively get together with other women (and men) to improve their lives. That was in 1911 and, although women’s lives have improved dramatically since then, … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on March 2, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Nowadays everybody celebrates International Women’s Day including the banks!!! Help, this is not what socialist feminists Clara Zetkin and Louise Zeitz would want. They created the day to highlight the importance of women’s struggles for equality at home, at work … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-cuts, biography, book review, Communism, drama, education, feminism, films, human rights, International Women's Day, labour history, Manchester, Middle East, Palestine, political women, Salford, Socialist Feminism, Uncategorized, women, young people | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on February 23, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Museum Hours(2013) …when I go to an art gallery I speak to the attendants because they spend hours walking around an exhibition and they often have an interesting comment to make about it. This documentary/fiction is the story of Anne, … Continue reading →

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Feminism in 2014: what do women want? (1)

Posted on February 20, 2014 by lipstick socialist

In this occasional series I will be interviewing women and discussing what feminism means to them in 2014. Over the last thirty years the lives of women in this country has changed rapidly with growing numbers of women in the … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on February 16, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Callan (DVD)…filmed in black and white and made in the the late 60s, to me this series confirms my views of the secret services in this country; unaccountable, undemocratic and dangerous. Edward Woodward is mesmerising as Callan, the government agent … Continue reading →

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Building a Socialist Library (4) The Life and Writings of Ada Nield Chew

Posted on February 13, 2014 by lipstick socialist

The Life and Writings of Ada Nield Chew Remembered and Collected by Doris Nield Chew. (Virago 1982) Ada Nield Chew was a working class woman who played a major role in the socialist and suffrage campaigns. This book was written … Continue reading →

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Building a Socialist Library (3) Ellen Wilkinson From Red Suffragist to Government Minister by Paula Bartley

Posted on February 6, 2014 by lipstick socialist

In 1924 Ellen Wilkinson returned to her home city of Manchester as a newly elected Labour Member of Parliament and spoke to several thousand people in a cinema in Moston. She attacked the capitalist system and its effects on declining … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on February 2, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Watch…. People for Tomorrow | Selma James: Our Time Is Coming…Selma, campaigner and writer, made this programme for the BBC in 1971. She had been a factory worker and typist and in this programme she highlights the unpaid work of … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on January 26, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Gasland Part 2. Find out about what fracking is about and how it is now taking place in over 32 countries across the world. Fracking is a dangerous process and one that can seriously destroy local communities, never mind destroy … Continue reading →

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Stop,Look,Listen…my weekly selection of favourite films, books and events to get you out of the house

Posted on January 19, 2014 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Cheers (DVD and ITV4)…at this time of the year we all need cheering up and this does it for me! Made in the 1980s this American series showed how class and feminism can be made interesting and relevant to big … Continue reading →

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