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| + | ==Gay Rights at WWP conference== | ||
| + | At the 2009 [[Workers World Party]] conference [[LeiLani Dowell]] spoke of the party’s contributions to the struggle for women’s and LGBT rights, and later on [[Bob McCubbin]] introduced Stonewall rebellion participant [[Sebastian Pernice]]. | ||
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| + | ==Neidenberg connection== | ||
| + | [[Bob McCubbin]] was a college student when he met [[Milt Neidenberg]]’s life partner, [[Rosemary Neidenberg]], when they were co-workers in [[Buffalo]]. Rosemary invited him to dinner, where he met Milt. They took him to political events, including a picket against a car dealership in Buffalo that refused to hire Black workers. “I had finally walked the walk on racism where previously I’d only talked the talk,” McCubbin said. | ||
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| + | ==Gay theory== | ||
| + | [[Harry Hay]]’s theorization was still incomplete, but it would be further refined and bolstered by later radical gay activists. [[Bob McCubbin]]’s 1976 study, The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal, which was put out by the left-wing [[Workers World Party]], remains a touchstone historical document that followed in the [[Harry Hay]] tradition.<ref>[https://peoplesworld.org/article/before-stonewall-queer-liberations-communist-party-roots/]</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Bob McCubbin]] was a member of the [[Workers World Party]]. | ||
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| + | ==The Gay Question== | ||
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| + | [[Bob McCubbin]] was the author of "The Gay Question: a Marxist Appraisal". | ||
==Labor for Palestine== | ==Labor for Palestine== | ||
| + | On December 14, 2009 [[Labor for Palestine]] released an "Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel". | ||
| − | + | Signers of the letter included [[Bob McCubbin]] of [[CTA-NEA]].<ref> http://www.iacenter.org/palestine/palestine_labor122209/</ref> | |
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| + | ==Hands off Venezuela!== | ||
| + | In May 2005 [[Hands off Venezuela!]] circulated an internet petition: "from American trade unionists and workers to the appeal to the U.S. government to stay out of Venezuela." | ||
| − | + | [[Bob McCubbin]] of the [[California Teachers Association]] endorsed the petition.<ref> http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/signatures_appeal_us_government.htm</ref> | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Labor for Palestine]] | [[Category: Labor for Palestine]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 25 June 2021
Template:TOCnestleft Bob McCubbin
Gay Rights at WWP conference
At the 2009 Workers World Party conference LeiLani Dowell spoke of the party’s contributions to the struggle for women’s and LGBT rights, and later on Bob McCubbin introduced Stonewall rebellion participant Sebastian Pernice.
Neidenberg connection
Bob McCubbin was a college student when he met Milt Neidenberg’s life partner, Rosemary Neidenberg, when they were co-workers in Buffalo. Rosemary invited him to dinner, where he met Milt. They took him to political events, including a picket against a car dealership in Buffalo that refused to hire Black workers. “I had finally walked the walk on racism where previously I’d only talked the talk,” McCubbin said.
Gay theory
Harry Hay’s theorization was still incomplete, but it would be further refined and bolstered by later radical gay activists. Bob McCubbin’s 1976 study, The Gay Question: A Marxist Appraisal, which was put out by the left-wing Workers World Party, remains a touchstone historical document that followed in the Harry Hay tradition.[1]
Bob McCubbin was a member of the Workers World Party.
The Gay Question
Bob McCubbin was the author of "The Gay Question: a Marxist Appraisal".
Labor for Palestine
On December 14, 2009 Labor for Palestine released an "Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel".
Signers of the letter included Bob McCubbin of CTA-NEA.[2]
Hands off Venezuela!
In May 2005 Hands off Venezuela! circulated an internet petition: "from American trade unionists and workers to the appeal to the U.S. government to stay out of Venezuela."
Bob McCubbin of the California Teachers Association endorsed the petition.[3]