Author: Heather Benno

Lola Rosa at home, March 1996. Maria Rosa Luna Henson. ("Grandma Rosa") (1927–1997) was the first Filipina who made public her story as a comfort woman (military sex slave) for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War.

Violence and sexual labor under American imperialism: A case study of Lola Rosa

By Heather Benno November 12, 2021 0 Comments

Maria Rosa Henson (“Lola Rosa”) was a World War II Filipina war heroine and liberation fighter. She was a member of the Hukbalahap (Huk) guerilla army in the Philippines, fighting

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Capitalism, immigration and women’s lives

By Heather Benno December 20, 2018 0 Comments

Millions of people experience the realities of migration. The circumstances of exploitation, poverty and war that shape this reality and compel people to emigrate are created by the capitalist system

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