Queer Liberation is Class Struggle

by Jomo

How can we form organizations today that take up the struggles that queer workers, both employed and unemployed, face at the workplace and in doing so, further the struggle for all of the working class? So that our victories are also class victories?

The need for a working class queer liberation theory and practice is not just an academic foray. It is a necessity for us to reach out beyond the abstract lingo of queer theory, beyond the annals of academia, urban centers and progressive non profit scenes. If we are to appeal to queers who are working class, are people of color, are differently abled, and who may not even identify as queer but, whose love lives, sex lives, gender expressions and family formations are all queerly out of heteronormativity, then we need to articulate a politics that reflects this diversity.

Book information
Publisher: thoughtcrime ink (Edmonton, Alberta)
Printer: Black Cat Press
Stock number: TCI-025
Publication Date: Dec 04, 2011
booklet, 28 pp., 4" x 5.5"