Class Unity

Transmissions Ep. 6: Gay Particularity (w/ Armand M); Labor Strikes in France (w/ Jamal)

Apr 16, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The General Strike in France

6min

The Disorganized Context of What's Going on in France

4min

The Unions' Response to the Paris Garbage Collection Strike

2min

The Intercyndical Coalition

4min

The French Capitalist Class and the Unions in a Difficult Position

4min

Le Pen and the Far Right in the French Political Left

2min

The Far Right's Strategy of Dividing the Working Class

2min

McCaw and the Working Class

2min

10.

The Left's Role in the Protest Wave in France

2min

11.

The History of the ACT UP Era

6min

12.

The Conservative Turn in Gay Marriage

4min

13.

The Politics of Gay Marriage

3min

14.

The Role of Politics in Queer Identity

4min

15.

The Emergence of Queer Identity

2min

16.

The Relationship Between Identity Politics and the Early History of Gay Liberation

2min

17.

The Pre Stonewall Version of Identity Politics

5min

18.

The Rise of the Human Rights Campaign

4min

19.

The Sea Change in Queer Politics in the 1990s

4min

20.

The Importance of Immutable Identity

3min

21.

The Left's Regression From the Politics of Freedom

2min

22.

The Importance of Employment Housing in Socialism

2min

23.

The Demand for a Substantially Different Type of Life

3min

24.

The Evolution of Sexual Emancipation

4min

25.

The Confrontation of Asexuality and Sexuality

3min

26.

The HRC and Human Energy

2min

27.

The Rise and Fall of the Gay Community

3min

28.

The Rise of the Groomer Discourse

3min

29.

What Unions Can Do to Counteract Hate of Gay Students and Parents

4min

30.

Armand's Thoughts on Class Unity

2min

Hello comrades! Welcome to our sixth episode of Class Unity Transmissions. In this episode, we open with a quick check-in with our comrade Jamal, from CU Chicago, who has been studying the recent strikes in France. Then we move to our interview recorded earlier this year with Armand M, one of the authors of our […]