"activism"

[Doug Henwood]

Alex LoCascio wrote:

>The fact of the matter is that most "activism" in this
>country IS reformist and NOT ideological.

And a lot of the "activists" I've come across are proudly, deeply
anti-intellectual - a perfect mirror image of those intellectuals who are
proudly, deeply anti-activist (e.g. Jameson's denunciation of Bob Fitch for
being an "activist"). An opposition that leads to the impoverishment of
both.

Doug