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Author Ross, Liz, author

Title Revolution is for us : the left and gay liberation in Australia / Liz Ross
Published [Brunswick, Victoria] : Interventions, 2013
[Brunswick, Victoria?] : Interventions, 2013
©2013

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Description ix, 147 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Love's coming of age -- Ch. 2. Desire, shame and rebellion -- Ch. 3. Generation on fire : the sixties -- Ch. 4. Gay liberation : the age of demonstrations -- Ch. 5. Gay liberation : the road to mardi gras -- Ch. 6. Red and lavender -- Ch. 7. Revolution is for us!
Summary It was the Left which championed revolution, which had a theory and practice of revolution Marxism. But when it comes to Gay Liberation it is often asserted that the Left was backward and even hostile, that Marxism had no tradition of dealing with sexual oppression. This book challenges those claims
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147)
Subject Gay activists -- Political activity -- Australia.
Gay liberation movement -- Australia.
Socialism and homosexuality -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
LC no. 2013412847
ISBN 9780646901794
Other Titles Left and gay liberation in Australia