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(1970) Huey P. Newton, “The Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements”
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Great timing, considering Sylvia's portrait in this weeks Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink and Blue reading thread!
Researching events related to that is what led me to find this speech!
Here's the full Portrait section from the text for anyone who hasn't read it: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Trans_Liberation:_Beyond_Pink_or_Blue#Portrait:_Sylvia_Rivera_-_%22I'm_glad_I_was_in_the_Stonewall_riot%22
And here's specifically the part where she talks about meeting Huey P. Newton:
I was trying to find more info about the meeting but so far haven't found anything else that covers it in detail.
Great job, comrade! Really shows the value in what reading threads can bring.
If only the Capital reading threads weren't basically me talking about my own reading of Capital by myself, haha... seems everyone else dropped it
I am still reading and waiting for comments, and I intend to write some thoughts down after some reflection, but Capital volume 2 is hard, comrade.
Great! I genuinely thought I was the only one still reading, haha. And I agree, I started taking notes for Volume 2 and I am now behind about a week, on chapter 4 and trying to read a chapter a day to catch up. It's like Chapter 1-3 of Volume 1, but for seemingly every chapter, haha.
Awww :( I'm sorry. I want to read Capital myself but given how dense it is I'd need to be very committed before I start on it.
No worries! Seems others actually are reading it, haha. Not just me speaking into the void. And yea, it:s pretty dense, but the first 3 chapters are the hardest. After that, it's pretty smooth sailing! Just for when you feel up for it.
I know I should pick that book up again and keep reading but life keeps getting in the way. I've turned to more digestible writings, just finishing up State and Revolution, and would be done, but I'm currently negotiating with a 2yo about nap time. (This is why I haven't finished capital 😅). The pings keep it in the front of my mental list though, so they're not wasted!
S&R is one of my favs, for sure! We all have different paces and responsibilities, definitely understand!