The U.S. military constitutes a prolific sexual exploiter of women, children, and young men across the world. In this livestream, Elly Arrow and Sybil Jo discuss an in-depth report about the U.S. military presence in South Korea and the fall-out for the local community and the women exploited by G.I. Joes, the unplanned children that result, and the utterly destructive male-female occupier-occupied dynamics it creates.

Source: ‘My Body Was Not Mine, but the U.S. Military’s ’: Inside the disturbing sex industry thriving around America’s bases: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/sex-industry-military-bases-213311/

Andrea Heinz speaks to Renze Nauta of Cardus, a non-partisan think-tank in Canada, about his recent report titled "Is 'Sex Work' Actually Work? Human Dignity, Liberty, and Prostitution Policy in Canada". They trace the history of the prostitution debate in Canada, policy results of a Nordic model with only partial implementation, the reality for exploited women and why at its core prostitution is incompatible with dignified labor, genuine economic liberty and human flourishing.

Sources:

The Cardus Paper: https://www.cardus.ca/research/work-economics/reports/is-sex-work-actually-work/

Canada’s Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA): https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2014_25/page-1.html

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Modern psychiatry often treats trauma as an illness or injury to be corrected. In this episode, Sybil Jo and Elly Arrow will explore an alternate view, through the ancient Sumarian myth of Inanna. The Queen of Heaven and Earth loses everything, including her Self as she knows it, to travel to the World of the Dead. She returns transformed, with other-worldly Strength and Wisdom.

What if “trauma” isn’t an illness to be cured, but a journey of initiation? What can those who have walked hand-in-hand with Death bring back with them? And how can our movement utilize these gifts in our fight against exploitation?

Sources

“Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld” The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature – https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr141.htm

“Journey to the Dark Goddess” by Jane Meredith – https://www.overdrive.com/media/1081803/journey-to-the-dark-goddess

“Inanna’s descent to the Underworld” Podcast by Catherine Svehla - https://mythicmojo.com/inannas-descent-to-the-underworld-part-3-of-4-in-the-series/

“Greater Mysteries” Album by Kelli Scarr – https://kelliscarr.bandcamp.com/album/greater-mysteries