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Sublevamiento en Honduras 12 Mujeres en huelga en Suiza 12 Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 61 No. 26 June 27, 2019 $1 Kick cops and corporations out of Pride! Pressure is building to Afro-Latinx transgender woman, died kick cops and corpora- June 7 in solitary confinement in New tions out of Pride marches York City’s notoriously abusive Rikers and events in LGBTQ2S+ Island jail. She was locked up because she communities across the U.S. couldn’t afford bail for a misdemeanor Activist resistance to the state and to charge. (Workers World, June 13) capitalism is intensifying this year, the A few facts from this June alone 50th anniversary of the historic Stonewall show the current reality of state anti- Rebellion in New York City, which was LGBTQ2S+ violence. sparked by a violent police raid. On June 1, a trans woman from El For five decades the New York Police Salvador died after seven weeks in ICE Department has refused to apologize for detention without medical care. On June the harassment, the raid, the beatings 2, a Tennessee cop called for “the gov- At Bronx Pride, June 23. WW PHOTO: HENRY LUNA and arrests at the Stonewall Bar in 1969. ernment” to execute “gay people.” (think. Finally, on June 6, current commissioner progress) On June 8, armed neo-Nazis On June 9, in Sacramento, Calif., gender-nonconforming homeless youth, James O’Neill issued a vague “sorry.” threatened Detroit Pride while police hundreds of demonstrators blocked the queer draft resisters to the Vietnam War, His apology was promptly rejected by provided an escort for the white suprem- entrance to that city’s festival, carrying Black gay fighters against racism and mil- organizers of NYC’s alternate Reclaim acists. On June 22, at St. Pete Pride “No Cops at Pride” and “Black Trans itant sex workers using their high heels as Pride as a symbolic public relations stunt in Florida, a cop contingent marched Lives Matter” signs. Malkia Devich Cyril, weapons. to frame cop brutality and state punish- close behind the Sex Workers Outreach a queer activist and leader in Movement The Stonewall Uprising challenged ment of LGBTQ2S+ people as happening Project, sparking fears about safety and for Black Lives, has denounced the police both big business with Mafia ties and the only in the past. surveillance. as “a force of terror for queer and trans paid-off police department serving the The very real, current impact of cops communities.” (Guardian, June 13) state. and the state on the lives of LGBTQ2S+ Returning to radical roots The new Pride is linked to the rev- Now the movement to reclaim Pride is people was tragically confirmed the day But alternate Pride organizers are chal- olutionary acts of resistance in the again challenging the cops— part of the after that perfunctory apology. lenging the state and returning to the rad- three-day Stonewall street battles “armed bodies” of the state— and also ical roots of the Stonewall Rebellion. of 1969 led by trans people of color, Layleen Polanco Xtravaganza, an Continued on page 7 Pride Means Fight Back! Many histories converged at Stonewall Rebellion, 1969 By Leslie Feinberg Rebellion as a quali- tative development Gay and lesbian historians who view history from that is a social prod- WW PHOTO: DEIRDRE GRISWOLD a materialist vantage point have emphasized that uct of capitalism. Leslie Feinberg speaking for while same-sex affection and sexuality appear to have They point out freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Town Hall, New York City, 1999. existed in all epochs of human society, the conditions that the ascendancy of capitalism were required for the development of of capitalist produc- a distinct political and social minority identity: gay tion in the United States created a vast class of “wage and lesbian. slaves”— workers who owned nothing but their abil- But Stonewall was not just a product of capitalism, ity to labor. The organizing of a large-scale work- but of national oppression as well. force also centralized laborers, creating large-scale The historians accurately describe the Stonewall WW PHOTO: MONICA MOOREHEAD Continued on page 6 A poster image of the banner of the Gay Caucus of YAWF (Youth Against War & Fascism of Workers World Party), at a NYC Christopher Street Liberation Day march in the early 1970s, photographed at today's Stonewall Inn. End anti-migrant terror! 8-9 Subscribe to Workers World No war on Iran! 10-11 4 weeks trial $4 1 year subscription $30 ☐ ☐ 6-7 ☐ Sign me up for the WWP Supporter Program: workers.org/donate RECLAIMING PRIDE Name _______________________________________________________________ RED SUMMER 1919 3 Email _______________________________ Phone _________________________ Street _______________________________________________________________ Domestic & laundry workers 4-5 City / State / Zip _______________________________________________________ U.S. role in Hong Kong 11 Workers World Weekly Newspaper workers.org 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10011 212.627.2994 Page 2 June 27, 2019 workers.org ACT NOW Save Mumia’s eyesight and this week ◆ In the U.S. demand his release! Kick cops and corporations out of Pride! .......... 1 Many histories converged at Stonewall Rebellion .. 1 Sign the following petition at tinyurl.com/mumiaeyes. the “fake compassionate release” of transfers from prison Save Mumia’s eyesight and demand his release! ...2 to care facilities that Pennsylvania will only grant when a Mumia’s vision has rapidly deteriorated. It has been prisoner is within a year of dying. Mumia’s family, friends Eddie Africa released after 40 years ..............3 confirmed that Mumia currently suffers from conditions and supporters are ready now to provide the health care Centennial of Red Summer......................3 that seriously threaten his eyesight. These include glau- Mumia requires if he were home. Domestic Workers drive on Philadelphia horizon ..4 coma, vitreous detachment and cataracts in both eyes. Mumia is not alone in enduring these cruel and unusual Refinery explosion threatens Philly communities ..4 This threat seriously jeopardizes his life and wellbeing, as assaults on the health of those aging and ill behind prison well as his journalistic profession. walls. According to Bureau of Justice statistics, over Disability Pride rocks Philadelphia ...............5 An outside eye doctor is recommending surgical pro- 130,000 of U.S. prisoners are elderly, a 400% increase Laundry Workers Center picket in NYC ...........5 cedures to remove the cataracts on both eyes, but SCI- between 1993 and 2013. Mumia himself has noted the 30 years of Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan .......5 Mahanoy Dr. Courtney Rodgers is delaying scheduling significant number of those confined at his own prison Reclaiming Pride: A desire to redirect a movement . 7 the needed examinations and surgeries with Mumia's who suffer similar life-threatening illnesses that require outside ophthalmologist. Rodgers works for Correct Care immediate attention. 25 years of Pride @ Work ....................... 7 Solutions, a notorious for-profit prison and immigration Across the nation elderly prisoners experience a tor- Three historic wins for N.Y. farmworkers .........8 detention medical company that, according to the Project turous journey toward the end of their lives without any Domestic gag rule: fight the patriarchal state ......8 on Government Oversight, has been sued at least 1,395 “compassionate release.” Once again, as we fight for Seattle protest hits ‘Homeland Security’...........9 times with complaints alleging a range of charges, includ- Mumia’s right to treatment and for his release, we fight ing wrongful death, malpractice and inadequate health care. for the freedom of all the imprisoned from mass incarcer- Buffalo demands Green Light implementation.....9 Meanwhile Mumia faces increasing nerve damage to his ation’s cruel and unusual conditions. Trump is terrorizing migrant workers ............9 eyes. He is unable to read or do other things requiring nor- Mumia Abu-Jamal should receive cataract surgery Boston activists protest U.S. threats to Iran.......10 mal vision. This delay echoes the years of delays Mumia immediately! experienced getting treatment for hepatitis C. By the time Mumia should be released now not only because he ◆ Around the world the DOC was finally forced by federal court to treat Mumia can receive better health care outside of prison, but also Hondurans rebel at 10th anniversary of coup .....10 with the Hep C cure, it was too late to prevent cirrhosis of because he is an innocent man! the liver. TAKE ACTION Iran and the big lie behind U.S. power . .11 African Americans are 1.5 times more likely to develop 1. Sign the petition at tinyurl.com/mumiaeyes. U.S role in Hong Kong protests ..................11 cataracts than the general population and five times more 2. Call: Dr. Courtney P. Rodgers—(570)773-7851 likely to develop related blindness. and SCI Mahanoy Superintendent Theresa A. ◆ Editorial Not only is his overall health deteriorating as he is Delbalso—(570)773-2158. Tell them to approve Iran crisis: Which side are you on? ..............10 threatened by permanent blindness, his failure now to Mumia’s cataract surgery immediately. receive the immediate attention he requires is cruel and 3. Call: PA Gov. Tom Wolf—(717)787-2500; PA DOC ◆ Noticias en Español unusual punishment, especially as an innocent man who Secretary John Wetzel—(717)728-2573; Philadelphia Honduras: El pueblo contra la dictadura ......... 12 has been unjustly incarcerated for almost four decades. DA Larry Krasner—(215)686-8000. Tell them to Furthermore, considering his multiple ailments and the release Mumia Abu-Jamal NOW because he Mujeres en huelga en Suiza .................... 12 threat of blindness, we demand that Pennsylvania officials can receive better health care outside of prison allow a real and humane “compassionate release” now, not and also because he is an innocent man! Workers World 147 W.