For #Pride2021 - "The Roots of Lesbian and Gay Oppression: A Marxist View" by Bob McCubbin
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And join us Mon. June 28 for an online conversation with Bob McCubbin about his latest book, "The Social Evolution of Humanity.”
“This book was originally published as The Gay Question in 1976, during the first flush of the modern lesbian and gay liberation movement. Its unparalleled achievement was to offer a historical analysis of when, where, why and how lesbian and gay oppression developed.
"That achievement still stands. With all that has happened since – the growth of the movement, victories and setbacks, the AIDS crisis – Bob McCubbin’s contribution is as relevant today as ever.
"In this slim volume, McCubbin shows that all oppression is rooted in the constraints of private property and the bonds of class society. He looks back to the matriarchy, the era before classes existed – and before homosexuality was stigmatized. He looks around to explain how capitalism today upholds and preserves lesbian and gay oppression, along with racism and sexism. And he looks forward to socialist revolution in which the liberation of all oppressed people, including lesbian, gay and transgender people, is an indispensable condition for victory.
"Here, then, in a new, updated edition: a clear, dispassionate, yet utterly partisan review of a history of pain, persecution, courage and pride. You have in your hands a powerful weapon in the struggle for liberation. You are invited to use it.”
