Bibliography

Author(s): Adeele Pavlidis, and Wendy O’Brian

In: Journal of Sociology, Vol 53, No 3, 2017, pp. 704-719

The spread of contemporary roller derby presents an opportunity to examine the ways sport can act as a form of feminist intervention. This article draws on a qualitative case study of a roller derby league in China, made up predominantly of expatriate workers, to explore some of the possibilities roller derby presents in activating global forms of feminist participatory action.

Author(s): Aditya Nigam, and Nivedita Menon

In: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 46, No 37, 2011, pp. 5

Comments on the potential of a large and nonviolent movement and criticizes hard line leftist criticisms.

Available online at:

http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/37/commentary/anti-corruption-movement-and-left.html

Author(s): Adomas Abromaltis

In: Modern Diplomacy, 2020

This article discusses the response of young Lithuanians to their government's 2015 decision to reintroduce compulsory military service of nine months men aged between 19-26. The conscripts are randomly selected each year from all those eligible, defined to include Lithuanians living abroad. The author notes that most try to avoid military service, and may prefer to pay fines or risk imprisonment, which has led to the government looking for new means of enforcing compliance.

Available online at:

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/02/18/lithuania-to-serve-or-not-to-serve-in-the-army

Author(s): Brian Martin, Wendy Varney, and Adrian Vickers

In: Pacifica Review, Vol 13, No 2 (June), 2001, pp. 143-156

Compares the successful protests against Suharto in 1998 with the problems of resisting repression inside Indonesia 1965-66 and in East Timor after 1975. Brian Martin’s articles are online at: http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs

Available online at:

https://www.uow.edu.au/~bmartin/pubs/01pr.html

Author(s): Gene Sharp, and Afif Safieh

In: Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 17, No 1 (autumn), 1987, pp. 37-55

Author(s): AFP

In: Arab News, 2018

A brief overview of responses to the ‘MeToo’ movement in some countries in Africa, noting how women still face stigma and victim-blaming when they are victims of sexual harassment

Available online at:

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1382826/offbeat

Author(s): Against Equality

2009

An anti-capitalist collection of radical queer and trans writers, thinkers and artists

Available online at:

http://www.againstequality.org/

Author(s): Agnes Poirier

In: The Guardian, 2018

Poirier reflects on the open letter published in Le Monde, which was signed by 100 French women, including the film star Catherine de Neuve, and became news around the world. The letter suggested the Hollywood campaign was intolerant and promoted censorship, and that MeToo reflected a puritanical strain in feminism, and led to intolerance of those not politically correct.  It asserted that 'rape is a crime, but trying to seduce someone, even persistently or cackhandedly, is not'. The letter provoked anger among feminists, with many younger French feminists accusing the signatories of being over-privileged and not caring about victims of rape and harassment. Poirier argues that, although the letter included clumsy and provocative wording, it did represent an important strand in French feminism, inspired by Simone de Beauvoir, which is still the mainstream position. It is opposed to a younger American-inspired movement, which is seen by more traditional French feminists as extremist, and leading to censorship of the arts. Poirier also points out that although the Le Monde letter is usually identified with Catherine de Neuve, its initiator was Abnousse Shalmani, a 41 year old Iranian refugee from Ayatollah Khomeini's regime, who had herself experienced rape, and who had found in French culture the inspiration to become free 'as a woman and a sexual being'.  Shalmani said on French radio after the letter's publication that the signatories did not dismiss those who had the courage to speak out against Weinstein, or their struggle, but wished to 'add our voice' to the debate.

Available online at:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/french-feminists-catherine-deneuve-metoo-letter-sexual-harassment

Author(s): Agnieszka Król, and Paula Pustułka

In: International Feminist Journal of Politics, Vol 20, No 3, 2018, pp. 366-384

This paper discusses the events of the 2016 mobilization against a proposed total abortion ban proposal through a lens of reproductive justice, and explains the context of the struggle. The authors examine the Strike as a ‘tumultuous act of women’s solidarity’, while simultaneously assessing its implications for RJ issues. They also discuss the aftermath and the social unwillingness to acknowledge the complexities of women’s lives and reproductive choices. They also provide arguments for applying the RJ framework to illuminate the concept of ideal citizens, and to explore gendered social control in Poland. This study has a global relevance, reflecting the impact of worldwide trends in women’s rights activism, and the relevance of RJ in the context of resurfacing nationalisms and populism.