
 Class Unity
 Class Unity Transmissions Ep. 6: Gay Particularity (w/ Armand M); Labor Strikes in France (w/ Jamal)
 Apr 16, 2023 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 2min 
 The General Strike in France 
 02:18 • 6min 
 The Disorganized Context of What's Going on in France 
 08:07 • 4min 
 The Unions' Response to the Paris Garbage Collection Strike 
 12:05 • 2min 
 The Intercyndical Coalition 
 14:23 • 4min 
 The French Capitalist Class and the Unions in a Difficult Position 
 18:08 • 4min 
 Le Pen and the Far Right in the French Political Left 
 22:29 • 2min 
 The Far Right's Strategy of Dividing the Working Class 
 24:24 • 2min 
 McCaw and the Working Class 
 26:32 • 2min 
 The Left's Role in the Protest Wave in France 
 28:05 • 2min 
 The History of the ACT UP Era 
 30:06 • 6min 
 The Conservative Turn in Gay Marriage 
 35:54 • 4min 
 The Politics of Gay Marriage 
 39:44 • 3min 
 The Role of Politics in Queer Identity 
 42:25 • 4min 
 The Emergence of Queer Identity 
 46:25 • 2min 
 The Relationship Between Identity Politics and the Early History of Gay Liberation 
 48:55 • 2min 
 The Pre Stonewall Version of Identity Politics 
 51:22 • 5min 
 The Rise of the Human Rights Campaign 
 56:07 • 4min 
 The Sea Change in Queer Politics in the 1990s 
 01:00:09 • 4min 
 The Importance of Immutable Identity 
 01:04:19 • 3min 
 The Left's Regression From the Politics of Freedom 
 01:07:10 • 2min 
 The Importance of Employment Housing in Socialism 
 01:09:08 • 2min 
 The Demand for a Substantially Different Type of Life 
 01:11:24 • 3min 
 The Evolution of Sexual Emancipation 
 01:14:00 • 4min 
 The Confrontation of Asexuality and Sexuality 
 01:17:58 • 3min 
 The HRC and Human Energy 
 01:20:43 • 2min 
 The Rise and Fall of the Gay Community 
 01:22:17 • 3min 
 The Rise of the Groomer Discourse 
 01:24:49 • 3min 
 What Unions Can Do to Counteract Hate of Gay Students and Parents 
 01:27:52 • 4min 
 Armand's Thoughts on Class Unity 
 01:31:59 • 2min 
