[lbo-talk] Vive Jacques, Le Moor ! Vive la differance !

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>I'm saying simply that the left would not be in its current moribund state 
>>if more energy had been spent on politics since the Vietnam war era 
>>instead of playing dweeby word games.
>
>Hmm, perhaps you overlooked the Eric Alterman passage I've posted several 
>times:
>
>>"But here's the twist. [Labor historian Nelson] Lichtenstein is part of a 
>>perfectly Rortyite reformist Campaign for a Living Wage at the University 
>>of Virginia. This campaign is not about ending sexism, racism, or 
>>homophobia, but about getting janitorial staff a few extra bucks an hour. 
>>Who are its volunteers? Primarily, says Lichtenstein, faculty and graduate 
>>students from the pomo literature and theory crowd."

Exactly.  Were it not for the time wasted on pomo literature and theory, we 
might have brought on a socialist revolution by now instead of worrying 
about getting janitorial staff a few extra bucks an hour.

Carl