Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio.

On today's episode I have my friends and comrades Bridget and Esperanza on to talk about

proletarian feminism, the sex trade and a lot of issues which are ostensibly controversial

on the left but from a principled Marxist perspective a lot of them really shouldn't

be. I really admire the bravery of these two women who constantly face the backlash for

being outspoken on this crucial topic and trying to educate other people on it and for really

just standing their ground and refusing to back down in the face of that backlash. I've

been a fan of their voices on social media, the probably cancelled podcast and Esperanza's

writings which again I'll link to in the show notes for people that want to follow up

and learn more about this topic but this is a really really important discussion and a really

really good one. Like I said they're both incredibly knowledgeable, have first-hand experience

and are rooted in a genuinely Marxist and materialist and dialectical analysis which brings

a lot of light to this issue. And as always if you like what we do here at RevLeft Radio

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further ado let's get into this wonderful conversation with Bridget and Esperanza. Enjoy.

Hi comrades my name is Esperanza Fonseca I'm based in California. I am a proletarian feminist

an organizer, I organize workers and tenants and also I am a survivor of the sex trade and

recently I've been doing a lot of writing and research on the topic of sexual exploitation,

women and imperialism and really excited to be here today. Hi comrades my name is Bridget

Aquilin I'm an educator I work with the youth, I'm a student, a communist and I'm also

just a regular working class person I'm not an academic by any means and I'm also one

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