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Towards a Queer Marxism? Peter Drucker reviews two books on sexuality, socialism and queer Marxism.
Peter Drucker reviews Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation by Sherry Wolf, Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2009, pages, $12 paperback and The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism by Kevin Floyd Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009, 271 pages, $25 paperback for Against the Current -> read article... |
| Sri Lanka
Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri LankaIn February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character. -> read article... |
| Greece
The “Movement of the Squares” and the perspectives it createsOne year after the imposition of the Memorandum and the antilabor and antisocial measures it brought in its wake, the situation of the Greek economy, even under capitalist criteria, has not only not improved but instead significantly worsened. Salaries have decreased, provoking a generalized crisis in the market. At the same time the public debt, which served as a pretext for taking these measures, has increased, whereas the state’s income is far below the nominal expectations. -> read article... |