[lbo-talk] Class Difference among Women

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 10/30/06, Michael Pugliese <michael.098762001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/29/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:The
> stance on economy does not necessarily coincide with the stance on
> such questions as gender and sexuality among women as well as men.  To
> take one example, Heloisa Helena of PSOL in Brazil is a fervent
> opponent to abortion.  Lula is more corrupt and neoliberal than
> Helena, but he has also been more tolerant on social questions than
> Helena: e.g., "Brazil Begins Talking Openly About Abortion," 15 May
> 2005, <http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2296/context/archive>.
>
>   http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1098
>   Socialists of the World Support Heloisa Helena
>
> Today, Heloisa has become the presidential candidate of the new
> Party of Socialism and Liberty (PSOL), founded by several
> bureaucratically excluded or dissident members of the PT, and of a
> Left Front...
>
>    (But, not the Liberty of Women.)
>
>    I would hope, that these notables registered their qualms about
> this w/the F.I.
> Gilbert Achcar, university professor and author
>
> Antony (sic.) Arnove, International Socialist Organisation, US
>
> Patrick Bond, political economist, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
>
> Robert Brenner, economist, US
>
> Mike Davis, University of San Diego, California (S/B, UCSD)
>
> Lindsey German, convenor, Stop the War Coalition (A Woman finally)
>
> Stalin Pérez Borges, National Coordinator of the National Union of
> Workers (UNT) Venezuela (Just for Carrol ;-)
>
> James Petras, Professor Emeritus, adviser, MST in Brazil
>
> Teresa Rodriguez, member of the Federal Presidency of Izquierda
> Unida/United Left, Spanish state
>
> Vilma Vivas, Coordinator, Táchira Region of the National Union of
> Workers (UNT), Venezuela
>
> Howard Zinn, writer, US
>
> Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian philosopher
>
> All in a personal capacity unless otherwise indicated.

I don't know if the signers were also backing (not that it matters)
Heloisa Helena for the first round of the elections this year, but, if
so, we have a relatively clear picture of the gap between Brazilian
voters and the signers: about 7% of the Brazilian voters agree with
the signers.  The proportion might be similar in Iran.
-- 
Yoshie
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