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The International Socialist Organization (ISO) is obviously hoping to
recoup its prominence in last fall's DC "equality" crawl, and is
involved to some extent (it hasn't said how much, so far as I know,
though it is facing criticism from some gay activists for its role) in
the patriotically named "Equality Across America," which, she notes,
held its first conference on ISO's home turf in Chicago. Wolf says she
now endorses civil disobedience as a tactic to pressure the Obamaite
administration to "do the right thing." Apparently, the ISO strategy is
to be the "best builders" of the assimilationist/patriotic "LGBT" agenda
(marriage, getting into the military...). Excerpts from her article below.
For my review of Wolf's book /Sexuality and Socialism, /see:
http://www.williamapercy.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sexuality_and_Socialism:_Book_Review
David
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"THE LGBT blogosphere, EAA's conferences and Facebook are buzzing with
talk of how to ratchet up the pressure on Obama and Congress. Sixteen
months after the passage of Prop 8's denial of marriage equality in
California that inspired this "Stonewall 2.0" movement, activists are
impatient and ready for bold action.
"Drawing on the great tradition of the Black civil rights struggle, many
LGBT activists see civil disobedience as a next step. I am among them."
"We are now approaching the 41st anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion
in Greenwich Village, a time when being gay was illegal and being out of
the closet was a perilous act of brave rebellion. The stigma, legal
limbo and soulless discrimination against those who are gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender cannot be buried so long as the federal
government sputters and delays. Let's force them to do the right thing."
Full: http://socialistworker.org/2010/03/30/making-them-do-the-right-thing
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