Leslie Feinberg

Leslie Feinberg

At Stonewall, many histories converged to fight back, 1969: Lavender & Red 71At Stonewall, many histories converged to fight back, 1969: Lavender & Red 71

At Stonewall, many histories converged to fight back, 1969: Lavender & Red 71

Originally published Aug. 24, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg’s series of articles on the connections between LGBTQ2S+…

June 27, 2019
Stonewall Uprising 1969, night 3: ‘The battle was on!’ from Lavender & Red, Part 70Stonewall Uprising 1969, night 3: ‘The battle was on!’ from Lavender & Red, Part 70

Stonewall Uprising 1969, night 3: ‘The battle was on!’ from Lavender & Red, Part 70

Originally published Aug. 14, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg’s series of articles on the connections between LGBTQ2S+…

June 22, 2019
1969 Stonewall uprising against police repression: ‘All hell broke loose!’ in “Lavender & Red,” Part 671969 Stonewall uprising against police repression: ‘All hell broke loose!’ in “Lavender & Red,” Part 67

1969 Stonewall uprising against police repression: ‘All hell broke loose!’ in “Lavender & Red,” Part 67

Originally published June 26, 2006, this column was part of Leslie Feinberg’s series on the connections between LGBTQ2S and socialist…

June 13, 2019
Lavender & Red, Part 66: At the Stonewall Rebellion, crowd rage ignitesLavender & Red, Part 66: At the Stonewall Rebellion, crowd rage ignites

Lavender & Red, Part 66: At the Stonewall Rebellion, crowd rage ignites

Leslie Feinberg’s 120-part series on connections between LGBTQ and socialist history, “Lavender & Red,” appeared in Workers World newspaper from…

June 6, 2019
Western, colonizing rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout the worldWestern, colonizing rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout the world

Western, colonizing rulers imposed anti-gay laws throughout the world

This lightly edited article was originally published in 2007 as Part 112 in Feinberg’s “Lavender & Red” series on LGBTQ…

April 11, 2019
India throws out British colonial anti-sodomy lawIndia throws out British colonial anti-sodomy law

India throws out British colonial anti-sodomy law

On Sept. 6, India’s Supreme Court struck down the country’s law criminalizing consensual sex between same-sex partners. The law, known…

September 17, 2018
U.S. and Afghanistan: The cynical abuse of ‘women’s rights’U.S. and Afghanistan: The cynical abuse of ‘women’s rights’

U.S. and Afghanistan: The cynical abuse of ‘women’s rights’

This article, originally published in 2007 in Workers World’s “Lavender & Red series, exposes an Islamophobic argument hidden under the…

June 13, 2017
Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’

Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’

Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2 CeCe McDonald survived a racist, transphobic attack by a group of neofascists, who attacked…

February 2, 2013

Signal boost the peoples’ verdict—‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

1% & its hired guns can’t suppress growing solidarity Of all the words I’ve penned over decades — as a…

January 28, 2013

Guns – weapons or tools? Pointed which way?

Part 5: Haitian Revolution defeated colonial armies Under capitalism, guns — like other weapons technology — are commodities produced by…

January 13, 2013