Mariska Majoor - United Under a Red Umbrella
Mariska Majoor worked in Amsterdam’s Red Light District as a prostitute in the 1980s. After she quit, she became a well-known activist who tried to improve sex workers’ position in society. She founded PIC (Prostitution Information Center) located in the heart of the old city.
This book, published in 2018, was the result of the work of her and her daughter Robin, traveling to 13 countries across 5 continents to portray sex workers’ struggles and working conditions. The beautiful photography was Robin’s work.
Importantly, sex workers make it clear they don’t need to be rescued from their work. What they do need is legislation that protects them, not to be stigmatised or discriminated, and better living conditions.
The red umbrella is the global symbol for this struggle. Get this book and support PIC!
€29.95

Adbusters - UK Edition # 135
135, Adbusters’ Big Ideas of the 21st Century, imagines a world where the corpo-capitalist regime has collapsed. Out of the rubble of the old world order, new..(read more)
Publisher: Adbusters / 135
Author: Adbusters
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Magazines, Politics.

Anders Østergaard - Burma VJ
Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from th..(read more)
Label: IDFA / FFDOC48
Artist: Anders Østergaard
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Activism, Documentary.

Various Authors - Keerpunt Kalenderpanden
In Dutch. This cahier (14 pages) was, I think, last publication by the Kalenderpanden people, from 2000. By now it is Amsterdam squatter’s history – lat..(read more)
Publisher: Own
Author: Various Authors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Amsterdam, Squats.
