The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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30 years past a seminal book titled "The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions" was published by Calamus press, written by Larry Mitchell. An amazing work out of he radical hippie queer ethic, I remember noting this book upon many alternative bookshelves back in the day. Reading this in todays light, the prophetic aspects are a tad spooky. There even is a most interesting chapter about faeries. A taste: "The faggots and their friends now live in Ramrod, the leader of Ramrod is Warren-And-His Fuckpole. He is the leader of Ramrod because he is the most paranoid and therefore the most vicious man in the land. Warren wants to know who the leader of the faggots is so he can rationalize with him. But the faggots have no leader. They only have dead heroes. Ramrod is known to it's neighbors for the fierceness of it's weapons and the touchiness of it's leaders.To support their violence, the rich men without color who own Ramrod send their tax collectors out to steal the people's work; they send their shifty-eyed ones out to sell to the people machines which do not work and security which is not dependable; they send their thugs and goons out to take peacefulness away from the people. The more the rich men without color can steal from or take from or sell to the people, the more violence they can buy. Ramrod is known to it's neighbors for the elaborateness of it's violence and it's eagerness to use it. The faggots and their friends live the best while empires are falling. Since the men are always building as many empires as they can, there are always one or two falling and so and so one or two places for the faggots and their friends to go.When an empire is falling, the men become so busy opposing the rebellions elsewhere and searching for the reasons why this is happening, that they have no time to watch the faggots and their friends at home. The populace, tired of hearing only of foreign defeats, allows the faggots room to play. This entertains them. The men, desperate over the ingratitude of foreigners and their declining fortunes at home, forget and let the faggots play. Once the empire is gone, the cause of the present evil must be found. And the faggots and their friends along with others often get chosen. Then times get bad and the faggots and their friends fade. "