McCubbin emphasized that Feinberg - using the Marxist dialectical-materialist method to interpret both her own life and that of other workers within broad social, political and economic developments - was able to bring hope to millions that the “capitalist nightmare” could be ended.įeinberg defined herself as “an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.” She used the complexities of her identities as the starting point for a Marxist-Leninist analysis. McCubbin told of meeting with Feinberg at the beginning of her life in the party how she talked to him as a worker who had, in her words, “barely completed high school ” how she spoke of the intimidation of weighty ideas and how the party nurtured her as a worker-intellectual, who then created her groundbreaking theoretical work. Comrade LeiLani Dowell, a managing editor of WW, summed up the impact of those moments, “I want to say, fist held high, Black and queer and proud, that I and my comrades will forever continue the struggle in Leslie’s name.”īob McCubbin placed these moments in context, saying, “Leslie Feinberg spent her whole adult life building a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist combat party to overthrow imperialism and build a socialist future.” offered anecdotes of moments when Feinberg extended respect, solidarity, empathy, access, compassion, caring, political insight and revolutionary optimism in individual personal encounters and day-to-day political work. The memorial movingly and amply documented Feinberg’s life dedicated to “hastening the revolution,” and contained many pointed and poignant lessons in building a “workers’ world.”Ī program of WWP members and friends from across the U.S. She asked that this be used to strengthen the party and to bring comrades and friends together to share lessons of political experience relevant to ongoing struggles.
Feinberg requested no memorial except one given by Workers World Party.
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