Category Archives: Socialist Feminism

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

Posted on October 21, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…..Manchester Film Co-op and Manchester Open Rights Group are screening The Real Social Network, a film about the new generation of protest. Between the first UK student protests in November 2010 and the global uprising in the spring of 2011, … 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 September 30, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch..Big Flame by Jim Allen, Tony Garnett and Ken Loach. It was made in 1969 by the BBC when trade unions had some political as well as militant credibility. Jim was a Marxist and his politics reflect the subject matter … Continue reading →

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Political Women (4) Pia Feig

Posted on September 27, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Retired active socialist feminist Pia has been a political activist for over 40 years. She did not come from a political family but; They were avowedly non-political, we did discuss politics at home but there was a real fear of … Continue reading →

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Political Women (3) Claire Mooney

Posted on September 20, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Funny, as I meet the golden age My life’s been one long story yet I have hardly filled a page When (1997) Claire was born and brought up in Manchester: My parents were not really political but had a sense … 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 September 16, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch….Berberian Sound Studio….a strange but haunting film with a homage to Italian horror giallo films. Set in the 70s,  Toby Jones plays Gilderoy,  an audio engineer who usually makes films about nature. Suddenly he is in Rome working on a … Continue reading →

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Political Women (2): Mandy Vere

Posted on September 13, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Feminist, campaigner for social justice, mother of 2 grown up children, radical bookseller……….. Mandy Vere was born and grew up in Stockport. Her parents were Quakers and socialists, activists of the Labour Party: I grew up in a Quaker household … Continue reading →

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Political Women: (1) Christine Clark

Posted on September 6, 2012 by lipstick socialist

This is the beginning of a series. My aim is to profile women who are active in left campaigns including the women’s movement, peace, trade unions and single issue campaigns. I want to explore their reasons for being politically active … Continue reading →

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Mary Quaile; Manchester Irish Trade Unionist

Posted on August 16, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Mary’s life and political activity shows us why unions are important for women and is an example of the role that Irish people have played in the British trade union movement in this country. She was born in Dublin; her … Continue reading →

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Book review; All That I Am by Anna Funder

Posted on August 2, 2012 by lipstick socialist

For those of us who are active in anti-fascist struggles, whether in our community, in the workplace or on the street,  the spectre of the rise of the Nazis in Germany in the late 1920s is always there. It is … 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 July 22, 2012 by lipstick socialist

Watch…Nostalgia for the Light a new film by Chilean director Patricio Guzman. He contrasts the beauty of his home countrys’ Atacama desert and its hidden history of concentration camps and Pinochets’ regime. The desert has some of the most wonderful … Continue reading →

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