[I think this is really well-put, except the foregrounding of Marxism - Peter]
>After all, the bourgeoisie knows some of what we know: That half of
>the world's people are attempting to survive on less than two dollars
>a day, that their racist cops and criminal justice system have
>imprisoned over two million people in the U.S., that they have
>carried out a massive attack on the working class during the past
>quarter century. If I had done those things, I too would be
>frightened by any sign that Marxism, the science of working class
>revolution, was alive in sociology or anywhere else.
[again, "Marxism, the science of working class revolution" is a little off-putting and probably offends both anarchists and complacent-reformist types]
>Let us not be in any way defensive in response to this attack. As
>Marxists, we should understand that it is a good thing to be attacked
>by the ruling class' "paper of record." It shows that our analyses
>have drawn blood.
[here, here. - Peter]
>If anyone would like to read the short speech I gave to open the
>session on globalization, it is on my web page at:
>
>http://users.exis.net/~smrose/ASAspeech.htm
>
>Steve Rosenthal
>