[ASDnet] Social Democrats USA]

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Mon Jul 9 18:35:09 PDT 2001


Another graduate of the Little Red Schoolhouse. Kathy Boudin, of the Weather Underground. Just started the E. Kolbert story in the newest New Yorker on her. Wished Kolbert had mentioned her Grandfather, like her Dad, a left lawyer. Wrote, "The Theoretical System of Karl Marx, " for Charles Kerr pubs. around 1908, if I remember right, and , "Government by Judiciary, " in 1937. Michael Pugliese P.S. If the New Yorker had "pull quotes" the J. Edgar Hoover line that Kathy Boudin was, "The La Pasionara of the Lunatic Left, " would grab ones eyeballs. From glancing at, "Masters of Deceit, " one would have never guessed that Hoover could write anything but bureaucratic dreck. P.P.S. Leo' points about distinguishing between Lovestoneites, Shactmanites (left and right), left and right social democrats, Cold War Liberals and Neo-Cons, are well taken. There is some level of ideological and political continuity/similiarity in those labels and institional affilations though. The PIR website of ex-CIA agent, Ralph McGehee has a button where you can do a "network analysis" of the various figures. For example, Bayard Rustin, links to A. Phillip Randolph, Max Shactman, Norman Thomas, Tom Kahn and down the line...



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