Description: First publication in English of a groundbreaking book of revolutionary queer theory.
Brief description: Mario Mieli was a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s, respected as one of the movement's most profound intellectuals. He committed suicide in 1983 at the age of 30. His work Towards a Gay Communism (Pluto, 2018) was considered a controversial classic of the era.
Review Quotes: 'An indispensable, pioneering example of the long, difficult effort to articulate queer struggle with anti-capitalist struggle' Kevin Floyd, A of The Reification of Desire: Toward a Queer Marxism (University of Minnesota Press, 2009)