Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics

from the Workers' Liberty pamphlet, Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999.

from the pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999.

On 30 April 1999, a nail-bomb killed three people and injured dozens more. It exploded in the Admiral Duncan pub in Old Compton Street, the heart of gay Soho.

from the pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999.

What causes homophobia? Why are lesbian, gay and bisexual people oppressed?

from the Workers' Liberty pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999.

"a class with radical chains ... which can only redeem itself by a total redemption of humanity" "The emancipation of the working class is also the emancipation of all human beings without distinction of race or sex."

from the Workers' Liberty pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999

A good place to start is with what we need. It's better than starting with what politicians are prepared to give, or what employers say they can afford.

This abridged version of an article published in Workers' Liberty, December 1997, was included in the Workers' Liberty pamphlet Radical Chains: Sexuality and Class Politics, published in 1999.

In 1987, the anti-gay law Section 28 made its first appearance in Parliament. It was to mark a turning point in the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement.

From the pamphlet, Radical Chains: sexuality and class politics, 1999:

"The rallying point of the gay liberation movement ... the bar riot that ushered in the gay rights movement" ... "Stonewall is the emblematic event in lesbian and gay history ... Stonewall has become synonymous over the years with gay resistance to oppression."