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James L Westrich II westrich at miser.umass.edu
Wed Jun 2 05:24:48 PDT 1999



>Max, him say:
>>Dem/Repug cadres -- equal bullshit
>>Social dem/progressive cadres -- less bullshit
>>Clinton Administration -- incredible bullshit.
>>Academics, think-tank workers, and lawyers -- generalizations are
>>bullshit.


>My favorite are the Ayn Rand Objectivists. (Did anyone catch the Showtime
>original movie the other night?) After college, circa '92, I was kicking it
>in Austin, Texas and joined the International Socialists local, partly to
>discuss Marx, partly as an amateur anthropologist studying the tribe. I
>witnessed a great debate between an ISO heavy and an Objectivist heavy - the
>large crowd of spectators was half and half. There was much heckling.


>The ISO teamed up with the local Anarchist group to lead some great protests
>against the privatization of the U. of Texas student union food services.
>The strategy meetings were pretty tense, though.


>Peter "I wouldn't want to join any group that would want me" Kilander


>PS - Max, what about the South African Communists who helped throw off
>apartheid? Anyone?



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