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Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the reporter: his national, ethnic and sexual identities
Introducing the reporter: his national, ethnic and sexual identities
Place of the report in the session: closely linked to earlier reports (crisis, working class, women, imperialism) and later reports (strategy in different regions)  
Place of the report in the session: closely linked to earlier reports (crisis, working class, women, imperialism) and later reports (strategy in different regions)  
Central question: relationship between class-consciousness and other identities
Central question: relationship between class-consciousness and other identities
(Multiple) crises and people’s impulse to take refuge in (pre-existing) identities; forms of resistance and forms of reaction
(Multiple) crises and people’s impulse to take refuge in (pre-existing) identities; forms of resistance and forms of reaction
Central principles: self-organization and self-emancipation
Central principles: self-organization and self-emancipation
Motto of the report: citation from Lenin
Motto of the report: citation from Lenin
Difficulties of the report: enormous diversity of religious, national, ethnic and sexual identities — and of the participants here!
Difficulties of the report: enormous diversity of religious, national, ethnic and sexual identities — and of the participants here!
Objective analysis and lived experience, collective and individual: for the discussion
Objective analysis and lived experience, collective and individual: for the discussion
Three interlinked parts: intersectionality; nationalism/ethnicity; religion
Three interlinked parts: intersectionality; nationalism/ethnicity; religion


Part 1.  Intersectionality
Part 1.  Intersectionality
Conceptual tool developed by feminists of colour
Conceptual tool developed by feminists of colour
Multiple (double, triple) oppressions  
Multiple (double, triple) oppressions  
Oppressions are not additive — they constitute one another (and so do dominations)
Oppressions are not additive — they constitute one another (and so do dominations)
Every class identity or national identity is always, intrinsically gendered and sexual
Every class identity or national identity is always, intrinsically gendered and sexual
Brenner’s Marxist adaptation: capitalist restructuring and relative privilege
Brenner’s Marxist adaptation: capitalist restructuring and relative privilege
Sexual oppression and intersectionality
Sexual oppression and intersectionality
Women’s oppression and LGBT oppression: a global struggle (Nadia)
Women’s oppression and LGBT oppression: a global struggle (Nadia)
Gay identity and homonormativity in imperialist countries: dual significance of same-sex marriage
Gay identity and homonormativity in imperialist countries: dual significance of same-sex marriage
Transgender, MSMs, class and imperialism
Transgender, MSMs, class and imperialism
International queer resistance?
International queer resistance?
Towards an inclusive, working-class-led, internationalist rainbow of movements
Towards an inclusive, working-class-led, internationalist rainbow of movements
Autonomy and unity: a dialectical relationship in the formation of class-consciousness
Autonomy and unity: a dialectical relationship in the formation of class-consciousness


Part 2. Nations and ethnicity
Part 2. Nations and ethnicity
What’s at stake politically
What’s at stake politically
National liberation and anti-capitalist revolution in the 20th century: Yugoslavia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua
National liberation and anti-capitalist revolution in the 20th century: Yugoslavia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua
Contemporary national struggles: Kashmir, Mindanao…
Contemporary national struggles: Kashmir, Mindanao…
… and workers’ movements fragmented by national conflict  
… and workers’ movements fragmented by national conflict  
Nationalism and internationalism: a contradiction of capitalism
Nationalism and internationalism: a contradiction of capitalism
Capitalist classes need national markets and a national state  
Capitalist classes need national markets and a national state  
At the same time, capital needs to expand beyond national markets
At the same time, capital needs to expand beyond national markets
Limits of Marx and Engels’ understanding in the Communist Manifesto  
Limits of Marx and Engels’ understanding in the Communist Manifesto  
A national working class? Labour market segmentation today
A national working class? Labour market segmentation today
Rules of thumb for our positions on national conflicts
Rules of thumb for our positions on national conflicts
Abstract internationalism is not enough
Abstract internationalism is not enough
Oppressor nations and oppressed nations
Oppressor nations and oppressed nations
The right of self-determination — even for ethnic groups that are not ‘nations’
The right of self-determination — even for ethnic groups that are not ‘nations’
Indigenous struggles: sovereignty and autonomy
Indigenous struggles: sovereignty and autonomy
In Latin America: from the Comintern (Mariateguí) to Nicaragua and 1992
In Latin America: from the Comintern (Mariateguí) to Nicaragua and 1992
Chiapas, Bolivia, Ecuador: national sovereignty and indigenous autonomy  
Chiapas, Bolivia, Ecuador: national sovereignty and indigenous autonomy  
Internationalism and identities: towards a new internationalist culture
Internationalism and identities: towards a new internationalist culture


Part 3. Religion  
Part 3. Religion  
Basics of Marxist approach to religion (Achcar)
Basics of Marxist approach to religion (Achcar)
Religion as alienation, and oldest form of ideology
Religion as alienation, and oldest form of ideology
Ideology of gender and sexual roles — almost always of women’s subordination
Ideology of gender and sexual roles — almost always of women’s subordination
Tension in Marxist tradition between ‘withering away’ and anti-religious struggle
Tension in Marxist tradition between ‘withering away’ and anti-religious struggle
Intersection between religion, colonialism and racism — Muslims as oppressed minority (in Europe!)
Intersection between religion, colonialism and racism — Muslims as oppressed minority (in Europe!)
Varieties of religious politics
Varieties of religious politics
Religion is never politically monolithic
Religion is never politically monolithic
From liberation theology in e.g. Brazil and Nicaragua (Löwy Notebook) …
From liberation theology in e.g. Brazil and Nicaragua (Löwy Notebook) …
… to Saudi fundamentalism (Achcar’s Theses)
… to Saudi fundamentalism (Achcar’s Theses)
Many complex intermediate cases (e.g. Iran and Hizbullah)
Many complex intermediate cases (e.g. Iran and Hizbullah)
Abortion, same-sex sexualities and Catholicism (under a new pope)
Abortion, same-sex sexualities and Catholicism (under a new pope)
Armed globalization (see Alex’s report on imperialism), ‘war on terror’ and the Islamic world
Armed globalization (see Alex’s report on imperialism), ‘war on terror’ and the Islamic world
Alliance of fundamentalisms: US Protestant, Israeli Jewish, Indian Hindu — and Saudi Muslim
Alliance of fundamentalisms: US Protestant, Israeli Jewish, Indian Hindu — and Saudi Muslim
‘Anti-Crusader’ Islamic fundamentalism / Islamophobia: ‘clash of barbarisms’
‘Anti-Crusader’ Islamic fundamentalism / Islamophobia: ‘clash of barbarisms’
Muslim immigrants in Europe — at the heart of European working classes
Muslim immigrants in Europe — at the heart of European working classes
The explosive issue of the Islamic headscarf
The explosive issue of the Islamic headscarf
LGBTs in Islamic countries: a special case (similarities and differences between Arab region, South Asia, Indonesia)
LGBTs in Islamic countries: a special case (similarities and differences between Arab region, South Asia, Indonesia)
Age-old Mediterranean tradition: beyond gay and straight?
Age-old Mediterranean tradition: beyond gay and straight?
Imperialism as champion of women and LGBTs? Afghanistan and Iraq
Imperialism as champion of women and LGBTs? Afghanistan and Iraq
Hybrid identities, combined struggles: Lebanon and Palestine
Hybrid identities, combined struggles: Lebanon and Palestine


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1. In major national struggles in your part of the world, is independence the central demand? Autonomy? Something else? Why?  
1. In major national struggles in your part of the world, is independence the central demand? Autonomy? Something else? Why?  
2. Do women’s and sexual liberation in your country require a direct confrontation with religion? With religious fundamentalism? Or more subtle tactics in dealing with believers? If so, what tactics?  
2. Do women’s and sexual liberation in your country require a direct confrontation with religion? With religious fundamentalism? Or more subtle tactics in dealing with believers? If so, what tactics?  
3. To what extent is working-class struggle directly central to an anti-capitalist strategy in your country? To what extent are other axes key? How are class and other axes linked?
3. To what extent is working-class struggle directly central to an anti-capitalist strategy in your country? To what extent are other axes key? How are class and other axes linked?



Latest revision as of 13:00, 17 December 2013

Ecosocialist School 2013 The crisis and intersecting identities, national and religious Peter, 1 December

Introduction Introducing the reporter: his national, ethnic and sexual identities

Place of the report in the session: closely linked to earlier reports (crisis, working class, women, imperialism) and later reports (strategy in different regions) Central question: relationship between class-consciousness and other identities

(Multiple) crises and people’s impulse to take refuge in (pre-existing) identities; forms of resistance and forms of reaction

Central principles: self-organization and self-emancipation

Motto of the report: citation from Lenin

Difficulties of the report: enormous diversity of religious, national, ethnic and sexual identities — and of the participants here!

Objective analysis and lived experience, collective and individual: for the discussion

Three interlinked parts: intersectionality; nationalism/ethnicity; religion

Part 1. Intersectionality

Conceptual tool developed by feminists of colour

Multiple (double, triple) oppressions

Oppressions are not additive — they constitute one another (and so do dominations)

Every class identity or national identity is always, intrinsically gendered and sexual

Brenner’s Marxist adaptation: capitalist restructuring and relative privilege

Sexual oppression and intersectionality

Women’s oppression and LGBT oppression: a global struggle (Nadia)

Gay identity and homonormativity in imperialist countries: dual significance of same-sex marriage

Transgender, MSMs, class and imperialism

International queer resistance?

Towards an inclusive, working-class-led, internationalist rainbow of movements

Autonomy and unity: a dialectical relationship in the formation of class-consciousness

Part 2. Nations and ethnicity

What’s at stake politically

National liberation and anti-capitalist revolution in the 20th century: Yugoslavia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua

Contemporary national struggles: Kashmir, Mindanao…

… and workers’ movements fragmented by national conflict

Nationalism and internationalism: a contradiction of capitalism

Capitalist classes need national markets and a national state

At the same time, capital needs to expand beyond national markets

Limits of Marx and Engels’ understanding in the Communist Manifesto

A national working class? Labour market segmentation today

Rules of thumb for our positions on national conflicts

Abstract internationalism is not enough

Oppressor nations and oppressed nations

The right of self-determination — even for ethnic groups that are not ‘nations’

Indigenous struggles: sovereignty and autonomy

In Latin America: from the Comintern (Mariateguí) to Nicaragua and 1992

Chiapas, Bolivia, Ecuador: national sovereignty and indigenous autonomy

Internationalism and identities: towards a new internationalist culture

Part 3. Religion

Basics of Marxist approach to religion (Achcar)

Religion as alienation, and oldest form of ideology

Ideology of gender and sexual roles — almost always of women’s subordination

Tension in Marxist tradition between ‘withering away’ and anti-religious struggle

Intersection between religion, colonialism and racism — Muslims as oppressed minority (in Europe!)

Varieties of religious politics

Religion is never politically monolithic

From liberation theology in e.g. Brazil and Nicaragua (Löwy Notebook) …

… to Saudi fundamentalism (Achcar’s Theses)

Many complex intermediate cases (e.g. Iran and Hizbullah)

Abortion, same-sex sexualities and Catholicism (under a new pope)

Armed globalization (see Alex’s report on imperialism), ‘war on terror’ and the Islamic world

Alliance of fundamentalisms: US Protestant, Israeli Jewish, Indian Hindu — and Saudi Muslim

‘Anti-Crusader’ Islamic fundamentalism / Islamophobia: ‘clash of barbarisms’

Muslim immigrants in Europe — at the heart of European working classes

The explosive issue of the Islamic headscarf

LGBTs in Islamic countries: a special case (similarities and differences between Arab region, South Asia, Indonesia)

Age-old Mediterranean tradition: beyond gay and straight?

Imperialism as champion of women and LGBTs? Afghanistan and Iraq

Hybrid identities, combined struggles: Lebanon and Palestine

Conclusion: the workers’ party as a tribune of all the oppressed (Lenin)


Questions for discussion:

1. In major national struggles in your part of the world, is independence the central demand? Autonomy? Something else? Why?

2. Do women’s and sexual liberation in your country require a direct confrontation with religion? With religious fundamentalism? Or more subtle tactics in dealing with believers? If so, what tactics?

3. To what extent is working-class struggle directly central to an anti-capitalist strategy in your country? To what extent are other axes key? How are class and other axes linked?


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