[lbo-talk] mourn

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Thu Nov 4 21:31:15 PST 2004


On Nov 4, 2004, at 7:28 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Gregory Geboski wrote:
>
>> ... although I don't think "Don't mourn, organize" is a stupid cliche.
>
> It is. It's a command to substitute action for thought and feeling, a
> classic impulse of American activistism
> <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Action.html>.

But doesn't organizing also imply thinking hard about *how* to organize? Every successful organizing effort I've taken part in or observed took a lot of careful thought to plan. It's not just mindlessly charging out into the streets, Yoshie-style. :-)

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ When I was a little boy, I had but a little wit, 'Tis a long time ago, and I have no more yet; Nor ever ever shall, until that I die, For the longer I live the more fool am I. -- Wit and Mirth, an Antidote against Melancholy (1684)



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