[lbo-talk] Identity Politics, Single Issues and Solidarity

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 7 16:27:38 PDT 2006


On Aug 7, 2006, at 7:24 PM, joanna wrote:


> Well, buzzwords aside, the reason why "working class" grants a
> privileged view is because that class is
> responsible for creating lived reality -- the food, clothes, cars,
> buildings, etc.

But there's almost no aspect of work that's not segmented by gender and/or ethnicity. And what about the lived reality of families (which are vehicles for the transmission of inheritance, of wealth and/or poverty) and intimate relations, which are all about gender and sexuality.

Doug



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