Chuck0 wrote:
> The Nation sucks, period. Now we hear that the awful liberal writer,
> John Nichols, has infected the magazine. The Progressive magazine went
> downhill as soon as they hired him as a regular columnist. Nichols
> cheerleading for the Democrats is pretty awful, if not downright boring.
> I used to subscribe to both magazines, but didn't renew in disgust of
> how they were embracing Clintonism and the neoliberal agenda.
I've noticed he has become a frequent voice on our pacifica station KPFK - Marc Cooper has had him on his show.
>
>
> The Nation is hardly a progressive magazine anymore. It's a coffetable
> magazine for New York liberals who like to go on Carribean cruises with
> Christopher Hitchens. The addition of Nichols is logical, given the
> current nature of the magazine.
I do agree with you wholeheartedly. Perhaps it is a compliment not to have been noted by the neoliberal Nichols but there are thousands of people out there who depend on the Nation so they can join the coffee klatch conversation and it is better that the disability rights movement is included, even given superficiality.
>
>
> Good luck, Marta. Your concerns are valid ones. I've started work on
> making my website more accessible to the disabled, but this project will
> take time, given my scarce resources.
>
thanks, and good luck with this. I know it is not easy. If you get stuck, there are a couple of people I can put you in touch with who might be able to help.
marta
>
> Chuck0
>
> Marta Russell wrote:
> >
> > A friend of mine who teaches disability studies posted
> > this to another listserve.
> > He asked, what's missing?
> >
> > progressives get up in
> > > the morning and go about the work of fighting racism,
> > sexism and
> > > homophobia, defending the environment, organizing
> > trade unions and
> > > tackling corporate hegemony.
> >
> > The answer is -- there is no mention of disability or
> > ableism. Progressives, in the Nation's view, obviously
> > aren't in the work of fighting disability
> > discrimination or ableism. What's worse, given its
> > omission of our issues for decades, I suspect that the
> > Nation thinks they should not be in the work of
> > fighting ableism. I am beginning to wonder if there
> > aren't some ableists in key positions there making sure
> > disability isn't included.
> >
> > If anyone has Victor Navatsky's email or other
> > pertinent email addresses, we could use them.
> >
> > thanks,
> > marta
> >
> > So, what's missing in this message and why? David
> >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:35:20 -1000
> > > From: The Nation Magazine <emailnation at thenation.com>
> >
> > > Reply-To: owner-emailnation at thenation.com
> > > To: The Nation Magazine
> > <emailnation at mail.thenation.com>
> > > Subject: The Beat, The Debt and MafiaBoy
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear EmailNation Subscriber,
> > >
> > > Every day in every city and town across America,
> > progressives get up in
> > > the morning and go about the work of fighting racism,
> > sexism and
> > > homophobia, defending the environment, organizing
> > trade unions and
> > > tackling corporate hegemony. And sometimes they win
> > -- on the picket line,
> > > at the ballot box and outside the WTO meetings in
> > Seattle.
> > >
> > > Recently, The Nation debuted The Beat, a regular
> > column written by John
> > > Nichols devoted to registering the pulse of America's
> > progressive
> > > community, which Nichols, freelance writer and
> > editorial page editor of
> > > the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin, has long
> > covered. The current
> > > installment is available at http://www.thenation.com.
> >
> > >
> > > The purpose of The Beat is to report regularly on the
> > political, social,
> > > economic and cultural activism that too often goes
> > uncovered in so much of
> > > the media. This week, we're introducing the Online
> > Beat, whose purpose is
> > > to make that reporting more immediate and frequent.
> > The ultimate goal? To
> > > reveal the hidden reality that there is a left in
> > America, and that it's
> > > active, growing and winning more often than the
> > pundits or the politicians
> > > want you to know. We'll be updating the Online Beat
> > regularly, sometimes
> > > as frequently as every day, and it'll feature
> > material unavailable in The
> > > Nation.
> > >
> > > So please check out http://www.thenation.com/thebeat
> > today. And if you
> > > find it of interest, please consider sending it
> > around to a friend, family
> > > member or political adversary using our
> > Email-To-A-Friend feature.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Peter Rothberg
> > > Associate Publisher
> >
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > David Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
> > Resident Scholar
> > Center on Disability Studies
> > University of Hawai`i at Manoa
> > pfeiffer at hawaii.edu
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Center on Disability Studies....maximizing individual
> > potential by encouraging independence,
> > self-determination,
> > and full participation in the community.
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> --
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> "A society is a healthy society only to the degree
> that it exhibits anarchistic traits."
> - Jens Bjørneboe
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