SOLIDARITY with Carmen Ali / April Fiasco

Strippers and sex workers to the front!Has mainstream pole dancing been taken away from the strippers who created it? And why is the Labour Party so backwards when it comes to sex worker rights? Carmen Ali a.k.a. April Fiasco is a comedian, stripper, burlesque artist, co-founder of virtual socialist strip club Cybertease and Artistic Director of Sexquisite Events. We talk about how pole dancing on the job is different from learning in a studio, building your own strip club as a workers' cooperative, and the combined classism and whorephobia that comes crashing down on sex workers. She gives us the lowdown on how organisations like Sexquisite Events are pushing against this by platforming the creativity, writing and performance skills of sex worker artists. And then we go off on one about why Labour are so rubbish at sex worker rights, whether we're bad socialists, and the artistic power of cake.You can watch Sexquisite Events' live-streaming of their NSFW digital theatre show on 19 & 20 Sep here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nsfw-not-safe-for-work-by-sexquisite-tickets-163878295393And watch the Sexquisite Cabaret Show Live Sep 23rd at BGWMC in London: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sexquisite-tickets-161633370763 Find Carmen Ali a.k.a. April Fiasco on Instagram here: @carmenjeanali @aprilfiasco Cybertease: @cybertease_ Sexquisite Events: @sexquisite.events