i am happy to be able to pass on this brief interview with Hisila Yami, nom de guerre Comrade Parvati, of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). While i am wary of some features of the revolutionary movement in Nepal (see here or here for instance), i am also inspired …
Calle Santa Fe 2007 / 35 mm / Colour / 163 min, Dir. Carmen Castillo, Chile – France. On October 5th 1974 the Chilean military and political police (DINA) raided a safehouse in a working class neighbourhood in Santiago. Miguel Enriquez, a leader of the underground resistance to Pinochet and …
Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, recently announced the arrival of XXIst Century Socialism. This declaration, although greeted with great enthusiasm, left a residue of confusion. Since Chavez didn’t discuss XXIst Century Socialism during his recent Presidential campaign, and since there are virtually no public theoretical documents defining this new Socialist …
about thirty people marched with Pervers/Cite in Montreal’sannual “LGBTA” Divers/Cite event this year Retrain your gag reflex: Don’t Swallow Corporate Pride translation: Queers against the Gaygeoisie’s Sole Model: Capitalist, White and Male another cop-hating faggot indeed…
It’s coming up that time of year again: Divers/Cite, Montreal’s “LBGTA” pride event. As some know, but too many do not, Pride in Montreal takes place later than in most North American cities, commemorating as it does not Stonewall, but Sexgarage, an after-hours party that was subject to a violent …
The rev. Irene Monroe has an excellent column on queer homeless Black youth on her website and in the latest Black Commentator… worth checking out!
It’s been a while, and she’s obviously back home now, but here’s another dispatch from my comrade who recently went to Palestine:> i didn’t make it to lesbian and gay pride, ubiquitously known as “pride,” this year in toronto. that was the date of my return to town. i had …
Not much to say, other than news reports on a young guy getting beaten up by four boneheads as he left a gay bar in Quebec City last Sunday night. Note of course that the police say they don’t really have a problem with the boneheads, as they’re “only” implicated …
artwork by Brian Bowes (brianbowesart.com) The following on the scumbags in the ADL and SPLC… from the Earth First! journal, worth reading, worth passing on: Extreme Confusion: Why Do Civil Rights Watchdog Groups Care About the Earth Liberation Front? By Josh When federal prosecutors recently likened the Operation Backfire defendants …
Lawless gay people… yeah!