[lbo-talk] Review of Hitchens and Ali

[dave dorkin]

Dennis Perrin: I offered my, admittedly brief, opinion
on Ali ["Pro wrestlers have more dignity"]
...Ali isn't ignorant, but he is a schmuck, in my
view. He offers little more than 60s Left  boilerplate
at a very complex and different time. And his free
association with ANSWER doesn't help. DP....

One may disagree with Ali but in a public forum I
think it a disservice to cavalierly make statements
like these. I dont know what "free association" with
Answer means and still less what it might prove nor is
Ali is merely 60's boilerplate. I dont have a
particular stake in Tariq Ali's life and work but am
amazed at the casual dismissal. Do you think that
Edward Said and Perry Anderson were/are unable to see
that Ali was boilerplate as well?
David

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