Leslie Feinberg - ASWAT Conference Speech (2007)

ASWAT is the Palestinian Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms, the first Palestinian org for lesbians. “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” The last words of Leslie Feinberg 1949-2014 We were deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of a great activist and a author and comrade Leslie Feinberg who died on November 15. Our thoughts are with her family and her partner, the poet Minnie Bruce Pratt. Feinberg identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female and a revolutionary communist. Leslie was also very keen and advocated for the Palestinian struggle against the occupation. She was also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. It is such a great lose to Aswat, to LGBTQI communities and to humanity in general. In her memory, we attach her speech at Aswat’s first conference on the 28th of March 2007. As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com We have AIA business cards with QR codes - please email or DM us to have one mailed to you