A U.K. minister became victim of a strange sex scandal recently. The social pheomenon in the background of the story is highlighted by the article from Socialist Outlook.

The major political tendencies of the pre-war period: bourgeois radicalism, social democracy, and Catholicism, manifested themselves in the women's movement as well. In their own way, they took a position on issues like intra-family relations or prostitution.

The Soviet censorship eliminated the figure of Inessa Armand from history, though the Swedish woman had a close relationship with the revolutionary leader. If we wanted to pursue a view on history without dogmas, we also have to have an accurate picture about the private life of the founder of party and state.

Critique on Carole Pateman: The sexual contract, 1988, Stanford University Press and Carole Pateman The disorder of women: democracy, feminism and political theory, 1989.The article was originally published in Our Generation, Vol. 23 No. 1

For a long time, socialists ignored the importance of sports in social life. Later, however, critical thinkers started to analyse the tendencies and institutions of mass sports. The authors believe that sports may display forms of competition and co-operation, and thus show an example for the real society as well (From Rethinking Marxism).