Why Did a Majority of White Women Vote for Trump?
Deciphering the political enigma of the women’s vote.
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Gender & Sexual Identity
Justice on the Job for Nail Salon Workers– Narbada Chhetri and Pabitra Dash interview with Kressent Pottenger
Organizing on the far side of the economy is gaining ground once thought impossible.
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Recognize, Reduce, Redistribute Unpaid Care Work: How to Close the Gender Gap
In September 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. election, in which Hillary Clinton was expected to become the
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Queer Precarity and the Myth of Gay Affluence
The LGBT movement’s laser-focus on marriage equality propagates the myth of gay and lesbian affluence as political strategy, leaving aside any analysis of class or economic inequality or poverty—much less an analysis of capitalism. LGBT people are typically depicted as affluent consumers with high disposable incomes, yet this is hardly the norm. The majority of LGBT/Q people are poor or working class, female, and people of color, who struggle to get a job or hold onto one, to pay their rent and care for themselves and the people they love.
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Sex Workers Join the Indian Labor Movement
Sex worker activists have long argued that sex work is work like any other work. But what are the prospects for sex worker collective action inspired by the labor movement? The labor of sex falls outside the purview of the traditional trade union: sex workers are partly criminalized, often with no fixed “employer” with whom to negotiate, and operate through a range of often contingent work arrangements, from gift-based relationships with a few long-term partners to highly organized brothel work.
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Stuart Applebaum on Labor and LGBTQ Lives
Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies: The Impacts of Economic Injustice on LGBTQ Communities was A 2-day conference on the impacts of economic injustice on vulnerable LGBTQ communities. One of the speakers was Stuart Applebaum, President of RWDSU.
Other speakers included:
Amber Hollibaugh, Kenyon Farrow, Rebecca Lurie, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas & Reina Gossett.
Socialist Feminism: The Legacy of the “Second Wave”
The Occupy movement thrilled many who long for stronger progressive movements, and then its wane reminded us of the lack
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Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies: The Impacts of Economic Injustice on LGBTQ Communities
A 2-day conference on the impacts of economic injustice on vulnerable LGBTQ communities.
Speakers include:
Amber Hollibaugh, Kenyon Farrow, Rebecca Lurie, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Reina Gossett.
Book Review – Making Your Own Luck Casino Women: Courage in Unexpected Places
By Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones ILR Pess, 2011 Reviewed by Lois Rita Helmbold Ah, the glamour of
Read MoreThe Feminization of Austerity
The current attack on public sector unions is the latest step in a long-term effort to “end big government” through
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