Heroic Myths of Defeat?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Nov 4 13:55:35 PST 2000


LeoCasey at aol.com wrote:


>I just want to avoid more defeat -- and if that
>means taking a rather meager victory, sign me up.
>
>Leo Casey
>United Federation of Teachers
>260 Park Avenue South
>New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869)
>
>Power concedes nothing without a demand.
>It never has, and it never will.
>If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
>Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who
>want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and
>lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.

Maybe I missed it among all the cubic miles of hot air, but did you ever answer CG Estabrook's question about squaring your (self-righteously) tepid politics with the militant language of Douglass?

Doug



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