Liza
> From: Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:12:55 -0500
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Unequivocal statements by Friedrich Engels
> (Homophobia from German maoist loons)
>
> Dennis Perrin wrote:
>
>> I made a similar point on some Pacifica show years ago, much to the host's
>> visible anguish. I said that if given the choice b/w the current make-up of
>> the American government running TV (a la the BBC), or corporate capital, I'd
>> take the latter. More room for sexual and artistic dissent (which in many
>> cases political activism makes possible), and, as DRM points out, a shiv up
>> the reactionary ass. I mean, the Family Values crowd boycotting Disney over
>> Queer Issues? Beautiful.
>
> Interesting points. I often wonder what all the factors are that
> short-circuited the relgious right's culture wars. Thomas Frank had some
> interesting comments about this in his book.
>
> Speaking of queer TV: I'm ansolutely hooked on Queer Eye for the
> Straight Guy. Go figure that one of my vices is a contradiction of my
> anti-capitalist activism.
>
> Did anybody else watch 'Boys Meets Boy'? My brain was blown away by the
> "queers and their allies" stuff that was in the final episode.
>
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> "...ironically, perhaps, the best organised dissenters in
> the world today are anarchists, who are busily
> undermining capitalism while the rest of the left is
> still trying to form committees."
> -- Jeremy Hardy, The Guardian (UK)
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