In the EU, thousands of women coming from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are forced to engage in prostitution. This phenomenon that became overwhelming after the fall of the Berlin Wall, is explained by the rapid impoverishment of the population. A report from Le Monde Diplomatique provides a close view.

1998 was the year of Monica Lewinsky in the United States. For those who had been familiar with Bill Clinton, this was not an unexpected development. The long story that went so far as the impeachment of the president demanded a deeper analysis of the relationship between U.S. politics and sexuality.

Mitbestimmung, or co-determination, was a major novelty of workplace democracy in post-war Germany. It used to be criticized for its function in eliminating class struggle and increasing the divisions within the working class. The new critics, however, come from the right, and intend to reform this mechanism for the purposes of neo-liberal streamlining.