the New Sincerity

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 10 14:12:16 PDT 1999


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>the alternative to leftish symbolpolitik is getting involved in
>realpolitik, but i do not think that the idealistically oriented left is
>ready for such a drastic move.

Just who are you talking about here? Who are these symbolic politicians? Most of the left academics I've met are active, sometimes very active. Who are these detached demons you (& Lou Proyect) keep invoking? Or do you just have a need for them?

Doug



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