Stephen Durham, presidential candidate of the Freedom Socialist Party, and the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz discuss LGBT people, the Chicago teachers’ strike and the 2012 elections. Durham is a unionist, openly gay, and a socialist feminist. They discuss why …
LGBT People, the Teachers’ Strike, & the 2012 Elections Read more »
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender seniors face unique challenges as our identities and relationships are not always respected by institutional and government authorities. The vulnerabilities that all elders are potentially prone to are thus accentuated for LGBT seniors. In this …
Issues For LGBT Seniors Read more »
President Obama has persecuted whistleblowers with a vengeance not seen since the Nixon administration. Chief among his victims is gay, alleged wikileaker Chelsea Manning. In this episode of the Gay Liberation Network on CAN TV, the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob …
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Contrary to the myth put out by U.S. politicians and their media, NATO has long been unpopular in Europe. Far from feeling “liberated” by NATO during the Cold War, the peoples of Europe bitterly resented the U.S. and Russia contemplating …
NATO & the G8: A View From Europe Read more »
Openly bigoted Republicans have frequently used anti-gay hate as a “wedge issue” in election after election. Now the Democrats are using LGBT equal rights as a political football – cynically promising things to their LGBT core voters while doing nothing …
Gay Marriage: More Broken Promises, More Money For the Democrats Read more »
Rick Rozoff is not only Chicago’s premiere expert on the NATO military alliance, he is internationally renowned for his encyclopedia knowledge of the largest such alliance in world history. With NATO coming to Chicago this May, our local media has …
What’s Wrong With NATO? Read more »
The Gay Liberation Network has long argued that LGBT people shouldn’t concern ourselves only with our own rights. We are a rainbow community, many of us sharing additional oppressed identities in addition to being LGBT. We must not only demand …
Eyewitness Honduras: Since the U.S.-Supported Coup Read more »
With the recent victories for equal marriage rights in California and Washington state, full marriage rights for same-sex couples is finally on the legislative agenda in Springfield. But standing in the way is Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George, who can be …
Cardinal George vs. Equal Rights Read more »
Chicago’s Cardinal George recently got himself in hot water by comparing gay rights demonstrators to the KKK, then defending that comment on at least two occasions subsequently, before finally saying “sorry” in a short note posted on the Archdiocesan website. …
Countering Bigotry in Church Leadership Read more »
In the run-up to Chicago May 2012 G8/NATO summits, the City is preparing to pass repressive legislation designed to punish protesters for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Predictably, Mayor Emanuel introduced the legislation by saying that it was “just” for …
The 1st Amendment & Chicago’s G8 / NATO Protests Read more »