-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Yoshie Furuhashi Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:39 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org; furuhashi.1 at osu.edu Subject: [lbo-talk] mourn
>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
Stop flaming. -- Yoshie
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